Wings of Fury by Emily R. King

Author:Emily R. King [King, Emily R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781542023733
Google: 7XyOzQEACAAJ
Publisher: Amazon Publishing
Published: 2021-02-01T06:00:00+00:00

12

Don’t panic.

I thought I might have said this aloud, but a moment later, Theo said the same thing, as though it was a new idea.

“Don’t panic. Zeus is a valuable hostage. We can use him to negotiate.”

But our hostage was the Titan we returned here to negotiate with.

“Colonel Angelos!” Euboea called. “Come out, and no harm will come to you or your party.”

“When someone promises to do no harm, they probably intend to do just the opposite,” Bronte grumbled. She pushed a stack of parchments off a floor cushion and plopped down.

“Careful!” Zeus kneeled and picked up the scattered parchments.

Bronte picked one up. “Who’s Metis?”

“That’s private.” He snatched it from her grasp.

Bronte scanned the other parchments still on the floor. “She must be of importance. Most of these letters appear to be from her.”

“I don’t see how that’s any of your concern.” Zeus gathered the letters and set the pile out of her reach.

One of them slid from his grasp and fell at my feet. I noticed Rhea’s royal seal, a lion’s head, and her elegant signature at the bottom. I retrieved it before he could and started to read.

My dearest Zeus. You will bring about monumental change. Reorganize the sky, my beloved stormking—

“Give that back!” Zeus cried.

“Your mother believes in you,” I said, holding the letter away from him. “She risked everything to protect you. She didn’t do that so you could laze about all day eating and fornicating.”

“To be fair, he would probably be doing that at the palace,” Bronte chimed in dryly.

Zeus locked his jaw and spoke through clamped teeth. “My staying in hiding doesn’t only protect me. It protects Adrasteia, Ida, and the tribe. If my father discovered that they and my mother secreted me away . . . I dare not imagine what he would do.”

I respected his caution and his desire to protect his friends and family, but not at the expense of mine. “Cronus raped our mother. She died giving birth to his child.” My voice trembled. I cleared my throat, hardening myself. I would not gain Zeus’s respect by dissolving into hysterics, as men were wont to think all women did. “Now he has our sister Cleora. We cannot abandon her.”

“I’m sorry,” he said, “but there’s nothing I can do.”

“You’d rather be alone?” I asked. “As long as Cronus rules, you will be without your mother and the rest of your family.”

Zeus threw up his hands. “Even if I wanted to stand up to my father, I could never overpower him. He watches the whole of the world from his great hall. Using my strengths as a Titan could draw his eye, so I’ve never even tried.”

His Titan strengths were inborn. All Titans could run faster, jump higher, lift more weight, and hit harder than any man on earth. I couldn’t fathom not utilizing such advantages.

“No mastery comes without practice,” Theo said. “You must train, like any good soldier.”

My mind lit up with an idea. “Theo, you should train him.”

“Me?” he asked skeptically.

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