Wings of Olympus by Kallie George

Author:Kallie George
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2019-01-12T05:00:00+00:00

Twelve

Pippa never encountered another rider on the mountain. Until one day, she decided to return to the stream where she had seen the nymph playing. Using the Fates’ map, she reached the spot, only to find Theodoros there, kneeling on the bank, his horse in the water and surrounded by nymphs.

Upon seeing Zeph and Pippa, the nymphs dove underwater and Pippa could see ripples on the surface as they swam away.

Theodoros went red, tugging at his horse, Hali. Hali seemed to be chewing something and didn’t budge. Theodoros gave Hali’s reins another yank. “Come on,” he barked. This was the first time Pippa had heard him raise his voice.

“I won’t say anything if you don’t,” he said to her, finally drawing Hali out of the water and mounting his steed.

“But . . . ,” said Pippa, confused. The others knew she was being punished and had to train on the mountain. She didn’t have secrets. But clearly Theodoros did.

“I have to do this, okay? It’s Poseidon’s orders. Please don’t say anything.” He gave her a desperate look.

About what?

After he sped away, Pippa noticed strange green reeds floating in the water where Hali had been. They looked like the same kind Poseidon had thrown on her, food Bellerophon had forbidden. But when she went to take a closer look, they disappeared under the water. Should she tell Bellerophon? But she had no proof. And Theodoros had looked so afraid. She wished she could ask Aphrodite for advice. But still her goddess hadn’t made an appearance.

If Bellerophon had told Aphrodite that Pippa had gotten into trouble and was now training elsewhere, it clearly hadn’t bothered the goddess, at least not enough to come and seek her out.

Instead of worrying about Theodoros and Hali—or Aphrodite—she focused her attention on Zeph, spending more and more time with him.

She was spending all her nights in his stall. Her room in the sleeping quarters was beautiful, but uncomfortable—and lonely. She preferred the company of horses to a soft mattress. Used to years of sleeping curled on a hay bed, with the familiar snorts and swishes of the horses, Pippa slept much better in the stables.

Since Zeph’s and Kerauno’s stalls were side by side, Pippa saw Bas more than any of the others. Kerauno’s stall was cavernous, double the size of Zeph’s, because it needed to be, and Bas was often there late into the night cleaning it. Once or twice, he’d given Zeph a treat that Kerauno had refused. Not even sweets softened the monstrous horse, though Zeph certainly seemed grateful to Bas.

So when Pippa was woken one night by a cry of frustration, she thought it must be Bas. But it wasn’t.

Pippa peeked out of Zeph’s stall and discovered, to her surprise, that it was Sophia.

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