Page 198 of Blood of Hercules
A Titan was about a hundred yards up the path.
Tall and skinny, its pale skin was covered in mottled black veins, and its humanlike features were hollowed and misshapen. Ragged scraps of clothes hung off it.
It resembled a rotting corpse.
I gaped.
In a blur, it sprinted forward.
Veined eyes were wide. Sharp teeth were bared. Black talons flashed.
It was fast approaching.
Dangerously close.
Standing beside Leo, I grabbed his hand and tugged on his arm to try to help him up. The Titan leaped forward from an impossible distance, its talons flashing.
Please budge. Freakin’ come on!
I yanked on Leo’s arm with all my might as he groaned, trying desperately to free him from where he was trapped.
Air whooshed.
Red splattered across me.
Close enough to touch, the Titan crouched over Leo and ripped out his throat with its teeth.
Leo didn’t make a single noise.
The hand clutching mine spasmed. Leo’s head flopped back, eyes unseeing, fingers slipping through mine.
I just held his hand as he died.
I backed away in horror, unable to comprehend the sheer brutality of what had occurred.
I kept backing away from the monster, down the mountain.
The Titan smacked its lips, spittle made of gore splashing out.
Abruptly—like it was hit by an invisible force—the Titan staggered back, swinging its arms wildly as its black blood sprayed.
Deep hair-raising growls echoed.
Where are those noises coming from?
The Titan kicked its foot forward with unnatural speed, and there was a thud and a whimper, like something invisible had attacked it and been hit aside. I patted my throat and Nyx was still there.What the heck?
The Titan lifted its head and stared.
Directly at me.
I sprinted down the mountain and looked back over my shoulder.
The Titan was still looking directly at me.
Freak, this REALLY isn’t good.
Scales slid against my neck. “I’ll slow it down, get to safety!” Nyx shouted, then she disappeared off my neck.
