Page 224 of The Delta's Rogue
“How long have you been planning that?” Wesley removes his shirt and hands it to Reid so he can cover himself better.
“Since I learned Zeus was Lyall’s benefactor.”
Sebastian stares at him, and with absolute sincerity and sympathy says, “I am so sorry you lost your wolf-form peeing virginity.”
Reid turns serious as well, sighing and closing his eyes. “It was a noble sacrifice for a noble cause.”
Wesley coughs into his hand, Nolan snickers, and then all four of them burst into laughter.
“I should have bet someone you’d eventually do it,” Sebastian says.
Wesley, Nolan, and Reid laugh harder, and even Maddie cracks a half-smile, although she stays quiet. She’s said nothing to anyone since the battle at Crescent Lake ended. The last word I heard her say was Sebastian’s name.
I know she’ll be okay, though. Her brothers—blood related and not—will make sure she is. It may take some time and a lot of love, but she’ll get there.
“Is this”—I nudge the decapitated head with my toe as the boys continue to laugh and enjoy their much needed moment of levity—“going to cause problems? With the other gods? He was your king, right?”
Selene glares down at Zeus. “Self-imposed king, but yes.”
“Won’t someone need to take over?”
“You needn’t concern yourselves with our affairs. It will work out. Don’t stress over the fallout of this.”
“They’ll ask questions, though, about what happened to him. There were no witnesses to his confession.”
“The crystals recorded everything.” Brenna holds hers out to Selene.
“I plan on playing it back for the other gods, so they know the truth of all that Zeus did.” Selene nods at Wesley as they finally stop their incessant laughter. “You can keep the one Brenna gave you. I’m sure there are people in your realm who would like to hear what it contains.”
“You could speak to those people yourself,” Wesley replies.
“I will, eventually. I have business to finish here first, and you have things to take care of at home. People who are waiting for you, and people to say goodbye to.”
“The body parts?” I ask. “What will you do with them?”
“The pieces will need to stay separated so he’ll remain like this indefinitely. I will take one to the moon, and we will give one to the oracles, one to Cerberus, and we’ll feed one to Cronus.”
“We?” Sebastian asks.
“Another god and I,” Selene replies.
Sebastian nods and then chuckles. “Ironic.”
“What’s ironic?” Selene asks.
“Feeding Zeus to Cronus? When he was the only one Cronusdidn’teat?”
Her eyes sparkle, but she feigns innocence. “I’m sure I don’t know what you mean.”
“There are six pieces, though,” Reid points out. “What will you do with the other two?”
“I’d like to keep a piece,” Sebastian and I say in unison.
My lycan gives a wolfish grin of satisfaction in my mind as Sebastian smiles at me in amusement.
I love how perfect we are for each other. How our dark urges align.
“I’d like one as well,” Wesley growls. “To keep at the packhouse.”
