“Whatwhat?” I asked, confused and scared that thing was going to pop back up into its original shape if we didn’t kill it soon.
Rhea stood up and I sighed. Not rid of her yet, apparently. “The Erynomus is a creature that already exists in a dimension beyond this one. It draws power from multi-worlds and Cronus would fuck up a lot of timelines if he was to mess with that. But the boar, that's its pure form, one that has energy just from here. The rest has been released until it calls it back.”
Uh oh, someone was in trouble.
“This magical lasso will stop it from transforming back as well,” Cronus said.
Well, that made me sigh in relief. I wasn't going to question how we'd made this work, just that we had, and it was going to be over soon. And no one had died … again.
“Okay, well, kill it, because I could really go for like twenty Tacos right now,” I told my man.
Cronus looked up at me, the lasso still around the boar, which was bucking and yanking against him. “You might want to step back, love.”
Doing as I was told, I cradled my belly in case my crazy powerful baby threw her dad across the desert or something. I needed a remote control with this thing. Pause and mute seemed like they’d be good buttons to have to help with a Titan child.
Without warning, Cronus leapt up from the ground, clutching the boar demon’s neck between his two whips and shot into the sky.
Holy mother … he was like … flying.
“Back up, Maisey.” Hype yanked my arm and I noticed Rhea was much further back. Stumbling with him, I watched as Cronus dropped from the sky. Like a rock, his body fell fast, the boar bucking in his grasp, trying to get free.
Umm, that looked like it was going to hurt for the both of them.
I winced as Cronus shoved the boar’s head between his feet and—
Hyperion covered my eyes. The ground shook and a splatting noise, mixed with a cracking noise that could only be a skull, echoed around us.
#GonnaVom
Bile rose, burning up my throat as Hyperion removed his hand from my eyes. The first thing I saw was tiny bits of boar meat exploded all over Cronus’ shoes and the ground.
Leaning over, I dry heaved, nothing coming up because I hadn’t eaten in two days—or was it ten weeks, I didn’t fucking know.
“Really, Cronus, that was vile!” Rhea snapped. “She’s pregnant.”
Cronus wiped his shoes on the dirt and approached me with concern. “You okay, love?”
“You need a shower,” I announced, trying not to look at the ground pork behind him.
Cronus nodded. “It’s done. Shower in Bali with you.” He winked.
Bali was our code word, and I instantly got wet.
The baby kicked again then and it fucked with my mojo.
What the hell was that about? Could this baby read my mind? Because we were going to need to get her some serious therapy if that was the case.
The ground shook suddenly under our feet and Cronus pulled me into his arms, tucking me closely into his body. Trees rattled and leaves shook until finally everything was still again.
“Oh good, he’s gone,” Rhea exclaimed.
“Who’s gone?” I was too hungry to play guessing games. Honestly, I’d have killed someone myself if it got me some delicious vegetarian food in my hands.
“The Erynomus. His energy just died.” Rhea said.
His energy? It lasted like a minute after the body had become Hamburger Helper? That was terrifying.
“Alright, let’s get to that portal and see if we can sneak Rhea through with us,” Cronus declared.
