Page 44 of Found In Destruction

You used to have her eating out of the palm of your hand. Oh how you’ve fallen,Voice smugly stated.

I took the times when she’d sit on my lap and let me feed her for granted,I agreed with him.

I probed the bubble with magic to start the message, and my brother Apollo’s face flashed in the center. Setting the audio to play internally, I listened to his voice in my mind.

“Ares, I’ll be back at the compound soon. Can you do me a favor and keep an eye on Angela for me?Paternas’company, as usual, is insufferable. I wish I could come back sooner.”

A favor… a favor…Why is that ringing a bell…

A favor!

Those wheels are TURNING!Voice screamed. His cackle reverberated through my mind, spurring me on to connect the dots. A favor!

I shot out of my chair, and the sound of it falling over onto the ground echoed throughout the dining hall.

“Woah, calm the fuck down, Ares. I’m not fighting you in the dining hall,” Bash snapped, but I ignored him.

A favor!How hadn’t I thought of it before? I ran to the buffet, and grabbed Feathers’ hand, pulling him toward me so fast he dropped his bagel, then gripped onto my shirt to steady himself.

“It’s nice to see you too. What’s going on?” he asked, only slightly surprised. “Are you okay?”

“LUCIFER!” I shouted across the room. Everyone was staring at us but I didn’t care. “Code purple!”

Technically there wasn’t such a thing as a code purple, but that was the only thing I could think of to get his attention. I charged out of the room, and Lucifer met us in the hallway. He grabbed my shoulder, fading us into his private barrack.

“Yes?” he sounded mildly exasperated.

“I know how we can revive Marilyn!” I yelled.

Yeah, pop his eardrum, that will really get you back on his good side,Voice sassed.

Your attitude needs an adjustment, I reminded him.

“Go on,” Feathers prompted me.

“When we went to Mount Olympus, I strong-armed Zeus into giving me three favors. I used two of them and told him I would save one for a rainy day.”

“Maybe we can ask him to revive her?!” Feathers exclaimed.

“I’m not sure if he can, but if he can’t, he knows someone who can.”

“Props, coercing your father is commendable. It’s worth a shot.” Lucifer paced around the room. “If your father doesn’t cooperate, I may have to get creative to make him comply. Times of war and all…”

I knew what he was asking. “Do what you have to do, and if you need help let me know.”

“You’re a good man, Ares,” he said, clapping my shoulder.

Opa! He thinks we’re cool!Voice fangirled.

I know,I internally squealed. At some point I’d probably stop getting starstruck by my FIL, but today was not that day.

“Should we summon him here, or do we go to him?” Feathers asked as Diana faded into the room.

“Summon who here? What is a code purple?” she huffed. “And don’t you three dare lie to me, something is up.”

Don’t say anything! We don’t even have a concrete plan,Voice hissed.

Fuck off. The last time I listened to you I almost lost her.

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