“Man,” Deacon murmured. “I could’ve seen Medusa. This is so fucked up.”

Aiden shot him a look. “I think it’s probably a good thing you didn’t see her.”

“It probably is. I get the impression she’s not too keen on the menfolk,” Josie said as Alex walked back to the couch. Aiden leaned back and she dropped down in his lap. “She took me to the door under the stairs, which sounds kind of creepy, and into this weird hallway where she made a door appear out of thin air. There was this chamber full of stone dudes.”

“Medusa,” Alex repeated, slowly shaking her head. “And a Pegasus?”

Josie nodded. “I found the icons and the—” She frowned. “I found the icons. I know how to get to them once we find the other demigods.”

“They’re in the library?” I asked.

“I don’t know. The place they’re kept in is kind of accessed through the library, but I don’t think it’s actually there,” she explained, glancing at the vial as Luke placed it back on the table. “Athena appeared then too. She gave me the vial. I guess it’s for . . .” Her brows pinched. “I guess it’s for the Titans since it works against them.”

“It works against everything,” Luke said. “Would kill a mortal if it even came into contact with their skin.”

“This is good news, though,” Aiden said as he looped his arms around Alex’s waist. “We know where the icons are. At least that’s one thing marked off the list.”

“It is.” Josie glanced up at me and she smiled. “Now we just need to know where the other . . .” Her eyes widened. “Glyphs,” she whispered.

I felt the presence of a god a second before energy rippled through the room. Two shimmery pillars appeared next to the table, and a second later Apollo was standing there.

He wasn’t alone.

Beside him was someone I’d never seen before. Some dude a little over six feet tall, and as wide as a damn linebacker.

“I’ve brought you guys someone,” Apollo said. No hello. Typical Apollo. Just popping in with random strangers with no greeting whatsoever. Such a douche. “Everyone meet Hercules.”

Everyone stared.

Apollo smiled as his all-white eyes gave way to blue irises that matched Josie’s. “Yes,” he said, “that Hercules.”

Chapter 22

Chapter 22

Josie

I’d thought earlier that today was the most bizarre day of my life, and I had not been wrong. It just went from crazy-weird straight to insanity-land. I’d seen Medusa, Athena, and a Pegasus today.

And now I was staring at my father, Apollo, who was standing next to Hercules—that Hercules.