Crius and Koios both jerked to a stop; their eyes blazed with dark light as they turned to Cronus. “The sins?” they said together, softly.
“They’re free,” Cronus confirmed. “All nine of them.”
The brothers cursed and then started to pull weapons from behind their backs. Each held a heavy sickle in one hand and a dagger in the other.
“Has Sickness manifested?” one of the brothers asked.
Cronus nodded. “Rhea has awoken and is handling him.”
“Strife and Turmoil will be next. Do we have the box?” the other brother asked.
Cronus cleared his throat and pointed to me. “She is the box. For now. I’m going to wake Hyperion. He’ll know what to do.”
Crius and Koios nodded, “You always favored Hyperion,” Crius said with a bit of a smirk.
Cronus shrugged. “He’s the only sane one out of you all.”
The two brothers shared a look that said that maybe they thought Cronus was the insane one, but they wisely kept it to themselves. “Good to be back. Once we catch Strife and Turmoil, I’ll find a nice human to bed.”
“Ugh.” I was feeling nauseous again and his talk of sex was grossing me out for some reason.
Koios stepped closer, eyes alight. “Please tell me you’re a virgin.”
“Fuck off,” I shouted. I hated manwhores, and I hadn’t been a virgin since I was seventeen.
Cronus’ hand shot out lightning-quick and reached around the back of his brother’s neck, forcing him to bow on his knees. “You will apologize to the daughter of Selene.”
At the mention of my lineage, the Titan’s eyes widened. “My apologies, daughter of Selene.”
Cronus released him. “Try to only get a few dozen women pregnant this round, okay, boys?”
They both shared devilish grins.
The cemetery started to sway then and I had to hold on to Cronus’ shoulder to keep from falling.
“I’m tired.”
He frowned. “Okay, I’ll tell you what. We’ll go wake Hyperion, then I’ll get us a nice four-star hotel. Hyperion is second to me in regard to power. We need him awake in order to take any rest.”
I just nodded. Too tired to argue. How I was going to help him wake one more god without dying, I had no idea.
“Don’t fuck up,” he snapped at his brothers before grabbing Hound and me, and then everything went black for a moment.
We landed on a beautiful cliff top overlooking the ocean. “Where are we?” My stomach was cramping now, and I was really hoping it wasn’t going to turn into diarrhea.#Please #NotSexy
“Positano, Italy. Hyperion is just inside this cave.” He grabbed hold of me and turned me around to the opening of a large, dark cave.
“I have bad luck with caves,” I told the giant god.
He looked at me, brows turned down. “Are you still sick? You don’t look well. Maybe we shouldn’t wake Hyperion just yet ... give you a chance to recover from the last.”
I shook myself. “No, if he’s powerful, let’s wake him. Then I’ll rest.”
Cronus nodded, reaching out to grasp my fingers. He frowned. “You’re warm.”
“I’m fine. I think Rhea just poisoned my mushrooms,” I confessed. Joking.Or not.
His eyes widened a little as if he wondered if Rhea was capable of such a thing. I was half human, and even with the bond, I would probably die first and he might not even get ill until well after me, if at all.
