04 The Mark of Athena

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• Also by Rick Riordan • Title Page • Copyright • Dedication • I • II • III • IV • V • VI • VII • VIII • IX • X • XI • XII • XIII • XIV • XV • XVI • XVII • XVIII • XIX • XX • XXI • XXII • XXIII • XXIV • XXV • XXVI • XXVII • XXVIII • XXIX • XXX • XXXI • XXXII • XXXIII • XXXIV • XXXV • XXXVI • XXXVII • XXXVIII • XXXIX Contents
• XL • XLI • XLII • XLIII • XLIV • XLV • XLVI • XLVII • XLVIII • XLIX • L • LI • LII • Glossary • About the Author To Speedy Strays and wanderers are <strong>of</strong>ten sent by the gods.
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Page 10 and 11: The Argo II definitely did not look
Page 12 and 13: Must be her nerves. Even in a world
Page 14 and 15: “Ha!” snapped the statue. “Do
Page 16 and 17: Leo pulled out his controller and y
Page 18 and 19: In front of her, the demigods made
Page 20 and 21: He introduced Reyna to Piper, who l
Page 22 and 23: ANNABETH WISHED SHE HAD AN APPETITE
Page 24 and 25: ig leader dude we fought at the Wol
Page 26 and 27: The undertones in Reyna’s voice t
Page 28 and 29: “We’ll have to hurry,” Jason
Page 30 and 31: Now that she’d said her piece, th
Page 32 and 33: “Back soon,” he promised. “Th
Page 34 and 35: “Don’t be. I’m the daughter o
Page 36 and 37: Annabeth swallowed. Something about
Page 38 and 39: enough time with Circe to know char
Page 40 and 41: Reyna finished her cup of chocolate
Page 42 and 43: Down in the forum, chaos was spread
Page 44 and 45: The Argo II returned fire. Legionna
Page 46 and 47: There was no sign of Coach Hedge, b
Page 48 and 49: Leo wasn’t sure what to make of F
Page 50 and 51: Leo scowled. “What kind of questi
Page 52 and 53: “Yes. Yes, definitely. I’m sure
Page 54 and 55: “Hang on, Coach!” he shouted.
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Leo had made the lounge as nice as
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Percy still didn’t look happy abo
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Leo found that hard to believe. Haz
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“You don’t have a twin brother
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“Aunt Rosa?” he asked. It didn
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“But we’re not at war,” Leo i
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“But, um, what sort of price are
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“Long story,” he said. “She a
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“She’s the goddess of revenge,
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“So…you have to repeat everythi
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At any rate, Leo couldn’t miss th
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“I’m so glad Narcissus is alive
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The nymph fan club tried to shove H
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Hazel stabbed her sword in the sand
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“Yeah, baby, check me out!” “
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“He is funny,” a nymph ventured
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clubs wreathed in flowers. A few of
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Leo had thought she’d meant Narci
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She’d been prepared to hate Reyna
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“Not yet,” Piper said. Leo curs
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The others must’ve felt it too. T
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“They don’t really make sense,
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“Someplace close to a city,” An
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“Yeah, but still…you didn’t h
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“Sounds dangerous!” Leo agreed
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“Correct my math,” Percy said,
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Percy and Jason climbed on their re
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“It was discussed,” Percy assur
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she was scuba diving with her fathe
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Too late, said a sleepy voice, humm
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She rolled to the edge of the road
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“You have not chosen,” he said.
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“But…okay.” He hurried off. A
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“I could try,” she said halfhea
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Piper couldn’t shake the feeling
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“Right,” Piper said. “Bacchus
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Finally Hazel exhaled. “Piper is
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“Stop!” Piper ordered, but her
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The Argo II raced east, cruising se
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have hated us ever since. They’ve
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FORGET THE CHICKEN-NUGGET SMOKE SCR
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Otis grimaced. “I’m still not s
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On the inner wall of the jar, it lo
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They worked their way past the supp
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Percy wanted to tell her the same t
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Annabeth smirked, like she was plea
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PERCY HAD SEEN FRANK SURROUNDED by
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The meeting was like a war council
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“Don’t get me wrong, Hazel. It
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“No,” Percy said. “I want you
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Percy could imagine some of the kid
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next. He started munching on the ce
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“I don’t know,” Percy said.
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“Oh, yes,” Kate said. “One of
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He wore a wet suit that was several
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The crab man sighed. “Five thousa
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“Of course. Don’t they, Frank?
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Frank laughed nervously. “Yeah. H
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assortment of weapons like tridents
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It’s just a stupid phobia, he ass
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It hit the glass with a thunk—not
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Alarms blared as they fled the exhi
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“What? What?” Leo cried, holdin
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“A map,” Piper said. “But a m
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“You did fine,” Percy assured h
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Piper leaned over the console. “A
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Percy passed out early, which left
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“Mom!” Annabeth said. “Athena
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Annabeth’s eyes stung. She though
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“Cutting-edge Ancient Greek techn
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THAT NIGHT, ANNABETH SLEPT without
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Mostly she breathed in the sea air
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away. By the time Annabeth and Haze
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The goddess sipped her tea. Her eye
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Annabeth’s tea was cold. She hadn
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following the Mark of Athena to its
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Octavian made a squeaking sound.
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irds. Soaring over the city, headin
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THE NEW CIVIL WAR HAD BEGUN. Leo ha
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the shadows. She yelled for her fat
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She forced herself to move. Still t
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Kill the Romans, she heard her moth
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A spear flew past her ear. The Argo
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“I can input star charts and orde
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She nodded, though she looked pale.
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The song didn’t seem to help Haze
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“Oh, right.” Leo glanced self-c
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Everything around him seemed solid
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Then another kid stumbled outside i
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Leo nodded in appreciation. Sammy w
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The schoolyard dissolved into a dif
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Somehow, Hazel’s power to revisit
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LEO DESERVED A DUNCE CAP. If he’d
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The ship tilted farther to starboar
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Leo caught them. Each was the size
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When Leo woke, he wondered if he wa
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“Oh, man,” Leo said when he had
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“Yeah,” Leo grumbled. “Thanks
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“Yes,” Bythos said with a dry s
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Finally the kelp forest opened up.
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By the time Leo had explained the e
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As Hazel talked, her hair floated a
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Leo thought about his least favorit
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I’ve given you a letter of introd
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Piper concentrated harder. She saw
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Annabeth swatted his arm. “Come o
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Percy took Annabeth’s hand. “I
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She didn’t finish, but the questi
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fine, but the way he acted so upbea
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“You’re beautiful and powerful,
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“No,” Leo said through a forced
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The Argo II was only a few hundred
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He did in fact have a club, which l
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He pointed at the pillars rising fr
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“Figure it out,” the god snappe
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Great, Piper thought. Jason finally
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would be so nice to jump in with Ja
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Achelous kept tipping his head to t
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“Yes,” Achelous said. “I coul
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Piper frowned. The river god sounde
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Achelous looked down at her through
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They didn’t slow down until they
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Hercules stared at her as if she we
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PERCY WAS NOT FEELING THE LOVE. Bad
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“What was that for?” the coach
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“They should land in Rome shortly
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Percy didn’t want to, but he woke
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They hadn’t been attacked since t
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The golden boy, Percy thought, reme
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Percy frowned. “I’m pretty sure
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“Dolphins,” Percy noted. Chrysa
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Chrysaor laughed easily. He wasn’
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“Fakes!” Chrysaor roared. “Sh
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It took them longer than Percy want
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They had a couple of hours before d
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through branches. Her hair was as b
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canopies. They reminded Percy of tr
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Piper drew her knife and set it on
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Finally they reached the Colosseum,
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They held hands across the table. P
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She seemed so stunned that Percy fi
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about to rise and destroy the world
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Rhea Silvia pointed out a large mod
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corner of that dilapidated mansion,
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into a bird. Jason could simply con
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Finally Annabeth made it to the bot
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At the far end of the room, the alt
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Finally the ghost with the pope hat
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“We do not need to kill you ourse
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“Bah!” the pater spat. “You c
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ANNABETH THOUGHT SHE KNEW PAIN. She
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with her dad at his place in San Fr
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gone. She pried it open and pulled
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She’d expected spiders. She knew
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She realized the beams weren’t me
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The goddess’s face was serene and
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Even Annabeth had to admit her thre
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The Forum was okay, but it was most
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On the bright side, there were no l
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They weren’t watching him. Leo wa
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“Both of you, be quiet,” Hazel
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Her fortune cookie was still in Leo
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Leo’s index finger blazed like a
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Hazel and Frank both stared at him
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Frank grunted agreement. “How do
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For the first time in days, Leo fel
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“You made me fire the ballista?
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Finally he got the last spring in p
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With trembling fingers, Leo turned
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“Stop that!” Wolf Head demanded
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She frowned, still looking a bit wo
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Leo couldn’t stand it. His hand g
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“Sixteen?” she asked. He nodded
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“You’re not allowed to say that
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Piper did not want to see that. She
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“Feel free to blast them,” Jaso
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than the Roman Empire, but Piper wa
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“For the owner,” Percy guessed.
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“When Rome rose to power, we were
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PIPER NEEDED A MIRACLE, not a bedti
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littering the ground—thousands of
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Percy jumped in the water. Jason an
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“Doesn’t matter! As long as it
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Piper’s vision went dark. She tho
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stream, perhaps, or a lake in a mea
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Several hundred feet later, they re
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Ephialtes smiled at the demigods li
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“Uh…my dad’s an actor.” “
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“Magnificent, isn’t it?” Ephi
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“Well, you can’t kill us.” Ep
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He rolled to one side as all eight
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Jason had fast reflexes. As Otis th
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PERCY HAD NEVER THOUGHT OF MR. D as
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Bacchus shrugged. “Oh, I apprecia
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PERCY HAD FOUGHT MANY BATTLES. He
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Jason understood immediately. He la
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Jason tried to take advantage. He s
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The ghosts cheered and threw spectr
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The demigods gathered around the he
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Piper must’ve been nervous, becau
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there alone with that creature for
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But could she use that weakness aga
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“I’m just telling you what Ares
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“Or you’ll kill me?” “Yes!
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“This would take a great deal of
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an Ancient Greek, walking into the
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eminder that there was always someo
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“Uh-huh.” Annabeth stepped back
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She realized her best efforts had n
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Annabeth wondered if Arachne had to
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Percy must have felt it too. He gui
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Percy had managed to grab a ledge a
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Everything had happened so quickly.
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Nico and Hazel shared a look, maybe
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They kidded him, calling him Admira
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charmspeak a blessing bestowed by A
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Hadrian a Roman Emperor who ruled f
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Marcus Agrippa a Roman statesman an
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praetor an elected Roman magistrate
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Via Labicana an ancient road of Ita
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The Red Pyramid “The first volume
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About the Author Rick Riordan is th
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