A Taste of Greek (Out of Olympus #3) by Folsom Tina & Cooke Cynthia

Author:Folsom, Tina & Cooke, Cynthia [Folsom, Tina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romantic comedy, paranormal romance, greek gods, contemporary, paranormal, fiction, mythology
Published: 2013-11-05T08:00:00+00:00

19

“One sandal? What am I gonna do with just one?” Hermes stared at his friends Triton and Eros as they stood around the kitchen island in Triton’s Olympus Inn. In front of him sat his winged leather-and-gold sandal, perfect as always, the wings intact and shining brightly in the early morning light.

Eros flipped him a crooked smile. “Fly in circles?”

Triton chuckled. “Might look a little odd, but if anybody can carry it off, you can.”

Hermes threw a slice of toast at Eros, aiming for his face, but his friend caught it midflight before it hit its target.

“I wanted jam on that,” the love god complained with a grin, then bit into the buttered slice.

“I’ll give you jam, if you don’t stop your stupid comments. Ever seen an airplane fly with one wing?” Hermes asked, pausing briefly. When neither Triton nor Eros answered, he continued. “Well, didn’t think so. And neither can I.”

“Look at it this way,” Triton started. “Fifty percent of our work is done.”

Hermes tossed him a glare. “How do you figure that?”

Triton pointed at the sandal. “That’s fifty percent.”

Hermes had to refrain from rolling his eyes. “Maybe you want me to explain it to you in terms you understand: half of a boat doesn’t float either. It’ll sink.”

Both Triton and Eros laughed, then Triton put a hand on Hermes’ forearm. “Just joshing you. You’ve been way too tense the last few days. Lighten up! We’re on the right track. The other sandal can’t be far. She probably just hid them separately to spread the risk.”

“Huh?” Hermes grumbled.

Eros set half of his toast down on the plate. “Yeah, you know, like a don’t-put-all-your-eggs-in-one-basket kind of thing. She’s just being smart. Count yourself lucky.”

“Lucky how?” Hermes shot back.

Eros exchanged a conspiratorial look with Triton. “At least you’re not dating a stupid woman. That would be worse.”

Hermes slammed his hand onto the kitchen island. “I’m not dating her!” How could he be dating a woman who’d stolen his most precious possession from him, a woman who’d lied to him, a woman who’d made a fool of him? Yet at the same time he couldn’t get the sight of Penny at the soup kitchen out of his mind—the sight of a caring, giving Penny.

“Oh, my bad,” Eros conceded quickly, but his face showed no remorse about his comment. “Then I’m assuming you didn’t sleep with her last night to keep her off our backs? Was she not putting out anymore, now that she got what she wanted?” He winked at Triton. “No wonder our friend is a little tense this morning: he didn’t get any last night.”

Hermes narrowed his eyes at the love god. “You’re treading on thin ice, Eros. Very thin ice.” He sucked in a breath, trying to tamp down his anger. “I could have gotten whatever I wanted last night. But I decided that she wouldn’t get any. Do you think I would really waste my energy on a woman who so blatantly used me, only so she could

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