The Corpse King by Elisa S. Amore & Kiera Legend

Author:Elisa S. Amore & Kiera Legend [S. Amore, Elisa & Legend, Kiera]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: DreamInkes Publishing
Published: 2021-04-26T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

CADE

After dropping Nicole off at the infirmary where Chiron could take a look at her hand, I went with Lucian, Athena, and Heracles to see Prometheus and tell him about what happened. Hermes had opted to inform the other professors, Demeter, Dionysus, and Poseidon. Although, I wasn’t really clear on what occurred, or the why of it. To be honest, I was still in a bit of a shock from seeing corpses running around, trying to kill me and steal a Pegasus.

The last time the dead had risen, over a year ago, I was in Olympus, far removed from the events happening in the mortal realm. I’d been tasked by Hephaistos to take over his role there, to maintain the mechanics of the fairy-tale-like place. To make sure everything was working properly.

I’d been there since I ascended after the trials. So, I basically missed all the craziness of the past few years. It wasn’t until six months ago that I returned to the academy to help Hephaistos, in secret, to create the stone statue of the Dark Angel of Pecunia, which stood in the square of Pecunia Victory Mall.

With the news, Prometheus immediately started to pace the room. His wiry hair stood on end. “Where were you, Cade, when you heard the commotion in the stables?”

“In the garden, working with the sundial.”

“That’s quite the distance away from the stables,” Athena mentioned. The tone of her voice wasn’t accusatory, but I still felt the sting. I supposed she would know. Since Artemis’s demise, she and Hermes had been tasked with taking care of the stables and the training with the beasts.

“It was Tinker, my little robot, who heard the animals’ call of distress.” Tinker, who had clearly resumed his loyalty to his original mistress, Nicole.

Prometheus stopped at the window and looked out to the land. “And Nicole was with you?”

“Yes.” I winced as I spoke.

His eyebrows raised when he faced me. “Was she not supposed to be sequestered in one of the rooms?”

“She was, but she managed to find her way out to the garden with Tinker.”

“So, when you got to the stables, what happened?” Prometheus was the one to ask, but I saw Athena lean forward, ever so slightly, clearly invested in my answer.

“When I went inside, I saw several… I guess zombies, in the stalls, four of them were trying to get a piece of golden rope around Pegasus. They didn’t seem to have much interest in the other beasts. The griffins and horses got out of the stables unharmed.”

Lucian stood from one of the chairs where he sat. “Sounds like Aphrodite’s rope. But she’s dead…”

Prometheus’s hand lifted, as if to stop him. “She gave other Demigods, and mortals, pieces of her spelled rope for their own purposes over the years. It could’ve belonged to any one of those people.”

“It’s the presence of the dead that worries me,” Athena added.

With a heavy sigh, Prometheus nodded. “For me, as well.”

“I took a look at the ones Cade stopped,” Lucian

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