Page 104 of Bonds of Hercules
Then she was kneeling over an injured woman, the camera view mostly blocked by other people.
What is she doing?
“Savior,” the humans called out as they cried and prayed.
She staggered to stand again. Golden curls were messy around her head, resembling a halo.
What the fuck is she doing?
“She’s an angel,” someone shouted.
“A hero.”
“She saved her.”
Another voice said, “The Angel of Rome.”
The picture shook and there was a watery gasping, like the cameraman was sobbing.
Humans prayed loudly. From the sound of it, they were prayingtoher.
Alexis said something weakly, then she threw up.
Everything got blurry as the picture swung back and forth between the two Titans who were both standing up.
It focused back on Alexis. Her expression was determined even though she had deep wounds.
Augustus looked at me, and the unspokenholy fucking shithung between us.
Our wife was a beast.
I forced my gaze back to the screen.
Again, she leapt across the field—Crack!Then she leaptagain. She kept fighting, long past when she should have passed out from blood loss.
I didn’t look away until we appeared on the screen.
I didn’t look away as I sobbed over her in the rain, cut off my ear, and sewed it onto her.
I watched as Augustus carried Alexis against his chest, Titans dragging behind him, as I hung off him half delirious, glaring at all the humans.
I didn’t remember there being such a crowd.
The camera panned out.
There werehundredsof people.
“Angelus Romae,” echoed loudly as the young and old chanted for her.
When the screen went black, long moments passed as Augustus and I stared at it in silence, neither of us knowing what to say.
“She’s fucking insane,” I croaked hoarsely, when I finally regained the ability to speak. “She’s …”
“Perfect,” Augustus whispered reverently.
I nodded in agreement.
“The problem is—” Augustus’s voice hardened “—all the humans think so too.” The keyboard clicked as he toggled between screens.
