Tag: A Spire to the Stars

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A golden apple shone in the sun, caught between slim, delicate fingers. Beyond it, worn stone steps led up the mountain through green cypresses. ‘So this is how it all ends.’ A broad-shouldered blonde man took the apple with a small smile. ‘Hera’s labours are complete.’ Heracles? Percy frowned. Why

‘How long must we wait?’ Thalia bounced her can of mace on her knee, fiddling with the peeling slogan on her t-shirt.  ‘As long as it takes,’ Zoë said. ‘There is no better place to fight them than here.’ Percy spun Anaklusmos in his hand, watching the reflected light shine

Trees and fields blurred past, lit by bright sunlight. Beams of light filtered in through the duct-taped driver’s window, falling over Thalia’s shoulder and Zoë’s dimpled knees. ‘There’s another junction,’ Thalia said. ‘Shouldn’t you brake?’ Bianca squeaked. Percy leant forward to catch her eye and grinned at her. ‘I think

The path wound through slim, silver-barked birches in a ribbon of wet mud and fallen leaves. Percy ran beneath the thin, drooping catkins, listening to the thud of his feet and the pounding of his heart. Sweat trickled down his temples and stuck his shirt to his back. Zoë’s dark

Pale light fell through dark leaves in slim bars, gleaming on Zoe’s silver tiara as she flitted through the brush. Soft loam squelched beneath Percy’s feet, the damp, cool scent of dew-veiled leaves clung to his nose and the rustle of the breeze filled Percy’s ears with whispers.  The crescent