Page 7 of Artemis' Bow
“That was when we found out that the main landmarks from Ancient Greece had somehow been planted in the US and we have been mapping out possible locations for the items of power in relation to where they were.” I pull the ancient map closer to me, searching for Ephesus.
“I’m sorry I missed that. It sounds like it was a blast.” Thad chuckles.
“It was an experience.” Raven grins.
“Found it,” I say, pointing to a spot on the other side of the Aegean Sea.
“That isn’t even in Greece.” Thad frowns.
“Ancient Greece was different. I think in modern times that’s Turkey,” I say.
“This is a good start at narrowing down the location of the temple. We can rule out the West Coast and the East Coast. I’m gonna guess somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico.” Adrian motions to the southern coast.
“That’s still a huge coastline to look at.” My shoulders slump.
“I don’t think so. It’s north of Crete so it won’t be the panhandle. That rules out Florida and Texas.” Raven points to them.
I lean back against Jayden’s shoulder, not sure about anything. Even though we have narrowed it down, there are still hundreds of miles of coast and if we aren’t absolutely certain, we could ruin everything. I glance at the window. Daylight pours inside, making me frown.
“Guys, wasn’t it nearly night when we came in here?” I ask.
“Yeah, and it’s been a couple hours. We should call it.” Raven set the map on the table.
“That’s not why I was asking.” I jump to my feet and open the curtains.
“What the fuck?” Raven gasps. “How is this happening?”
“Why is the sun still out? It has to be after nine at night. Something isn’t right.” Jayden leans closer to the window as if that will answer his question.
“C’mon, I need to make sure.” I race to the door and we run down the twelve flights of stairs.
Other curious students wander out of their rooms on the lower floors, as confused as we are. Dax and Kira catch up to us when we’re nearly on the bottom floor.
“What happened?” Kira asks. “Why is the sun still out?”
“I don’t know, but it can’t be anything good.” I yank open the door to the dorms, bracing myself for what I already know.
“Is this your dad’s doing?” someone snarls from behind me.
Turning, I track down the speaker and sigh with resignation as I spot one of Raven’s brothers looming over the blond Apollo boy from the assembly.
“I don’t know. I’ve never actually met him, so I have no idea what he’s capable of,” the boy responds.
“Raven, which brother is that?” I ask, pointing to the altercation.
“Zeke, what the fuck. You heard Chiron leave him alone.” Raven storms over to her brother and shoves him away.
“Apollo is the sun god. It only makes sense that he’s behind this. We should have kicked all of his descendants out the second we found out where the lines were drawn,” Zeke snarls.
“We’re not blaming the child for the sins of the father,” I say. “That’s what Hera is trying to do to me. Adrian is a son of Apollo, and he’s helped us save all of your asses on multiple occasions. Have you?”
“You were mind-controlled and who helped us save you, ass?” Raven shoves him again.
“This is what they want. They want to divide us and have us at each other’s throats. I don’t care who your parents are. As long as you don’t betray me or bully my people, we are good.” I turn around and storm to the courtyard.
“You know he’s right.” Adrian steps next to me. “Not about kicking us all out but Apollo is to blame for this, I’m sure.”
“But how? The sun can’t overpower the moon. Holy fuck… that’s it.”
