Snorting, Urian pulled his hair back into a ponytail to secure it. “Not where she thought she’d be.”
Xander looked around. “What do you mean?”
Simi came over with her barbecue sauce. “He means that’s his Phoebe’s in the corner rocking like she’s gots the rabies.”
“Pardon?”
Simi pointed with her bottle.
His arm glowing, Urian headed for Phoebe. While he didn’t know exactly where she was, he had a good idea of the vicinity.
It didn’t take long to find her. As Simi said, she had the rabies. And the minute she saw Urian, she had a bit more.
She started to run away, but Urian caught her.
“I’m not going to hurt you.” Although hereallyfelt like it.
Her eyes appeared wild as she glanced from him to his companions. “What are you going to do?”
“Honestly? I feel sorry for you.” And for the fact that Apollo had lied to her. He looked over his shoulder at the others. “Apollo promised to free her if she gave him some of my blood. I don’t know what he needed it for. Once he had it, he sicced those bastards on me and left her here.”
Apollymi scoffed. “Apollo lying. Imagine that?”
“Yeah. Anyway, now that we know you’re not completely trelos, I’m thinking that since Acheron fixed me, we might be able to fix you.”
Phoebe gaped. “You’re forgiving me?”
“No, no, no. You attacked Davyn. You let Apollo infect my father and stepmother with a virus that almost wiped them out.”
“AlthoughIthank you for that because I got Brogan out of it,” Blaise murmured.
“Shut up, Blaise.”
“Well, I’m just saying, we don’tallhate her.”
Urian glared at him. Then returned to the topic at hand. “You attempted to feed me to them. So—”
“I want a divorce, Urian.”
He arched a brow at that.
“I’ve been caged my whole life. First by my father, then my mother. By you and here. I want to be on my own in the real world. I’m tired of being tied to other people and living by someone else’s rules. I just want to have my own life for me.”
Urian held his hands up in surrender. “You got it. I won’t argue. I’ll make sure you’re provided for.”
Phoebe laughed. “Peters heiress, remember? Don’t need it. I have my own funds.”
“Fair enough. Do you at least want your sister’s address?”
She nodded. “That I do want.”
Urian handed her his phone and unlocked it. “Press two and it’ll ring Cassandra.”
While she went off alone, he turned toward the others. “I think our crisis of the moment is over.”
Shadow burst out laughing. “No, it’s not, princess. Apollo has a scepter that can open portals. And your blood. That’s a recipe for extreme disaster. My ulcer just had quads.”
Xander nodded. “He’s right. This is going to get bad.”
