Extraits

‘I’m helping the Greeks and the romans,’ Nico said.

Octavian laughed. ‘don’t try to con me. What have they offered you - a place in their camp ? They won’t honour their agreement.’

‘I dont want a place in their camp,’ Nico snarled. 4or in yours. When this war is over, I’m leaving both camps for good.’

Will Solace made a sound like he’d been punched. ‘Why would you do that ?’

Nico scowled. ‘It’s none of your business, but I don’t belong. That’s obvious. No one wants me. I’m a child of-‘

‘Oh, please.’ Will sounded unusually angry. ‘Nobody at Camp Half-Blood ever pushed you away. You have friends - or at least people who would like to be your friend. You pushed yourself away. If you’d get your head out of that brooding cloud of yours for once-‘

‘Enough!’ Octavian snapped.

‘This is where he struck the earth’, Annabeth said ‘where he made a saltwater spring appear when he had the contest with my mom to sponsor Athens’.

‘So this is where the rivalry started,’ Percy said.

‘Yeah.’

Percy pulled Annabeth close and kissed her… long enough for it to get really awkward for Piper, though she said nothing. She thought about the old rule of Aphrodite’s cabin : that to be recognized as a daughter of the love goddess, you had to break someone’s heart. Piper had long ago decided to change that rule. Percy and Annabeth were a perfect example of why. You should have to make someone’s heart whole, that was a much better test.

When Percy pulled away, Annabeth looked like a fish gasping for air.

‘The rivalry ends here,’ Percy said. ‘I love you, Wise Girl’.

Annabeth made a little sigh, like something in her ribcage had melted.

‘Correct’ Kekrops sounded bitter, like he regretted his decision. ‘My people were the original Athenians - the gemini.’

‘Like your zodiac sign ?’ Percy asked. ‘I’m a Leo’

‘No, stupid,’ Leo said. ‘I’m a Leo. You’re a Percy’.

Percy was eating a huge stack of blue pancakes (what was his deal with blue food?) while Annabeth chided him for pouring on too much syrup.

‘You’re drawing them!’ She complained.

‘Hey, I’m a Poseidon kid’ he said. ‘I can’t drown. And neither can my pancakes’.

‘I appreciate the offer,’ he said. ‘But my mom told me not to accept curses from strangers.’

Nico ne savait pas lequel des deux il avait le plus envie de baffer, Will Solace ou lui-même.

( Piper à Reyna)

Reyna la regarda dans les yeux ,l'air de vouloir mesurer si l'offre était sérieuse.

-Est-ce qu'il faudrait que je chante votre chanson bizarre, là,"Mamie met son armure" ?

-Seulement si tu y tiens. Par contre, on sera peut-être obligés de t'interdire de Capture-l'Etendard. J'ai l'impression que tu serais capable de jouer solo contre la Colonie toute entière et de nous battre quand même.

Recevoir une seconde vie, c'est une chance. Mais en faire une vie meilleure, tout est là.

- On ne peut pas détruire ces automates, expliqua Léo. Ils sont conçus pour s'autoréparer. Il résistent pratiquement à tout.

- Super. Alors on fait quoi ?

- Tu te souviens du vieux programme de jeu de Chiron ?

Jason écarquilla les yeux.

- Léo, on est pas dans Mario Party 6.

- Non mais c'est le même principe.

- Mode idiot ?

Léo sourit.

- J'aurais besoin que Piper et toi fassiez de l'interférence. Je vais reprogrammer le serpent, et ensuite la grande Gigi.

- Hygie.

- Pareil. T'es prêt ?

- Non.

t'es mignon, mais t'es pas mon genre.:):):)