TWENTY-ONE “YOU OKAY?” Styx’s question snagged her focus. “Yeah,” Tess said, clearing her throat, hoping her trance hadn’t piqued his curiosity. “So what have we figured out? Zeus is up to something.” “That we already knew. Putting Olympus back together is his end goal, I believe that. But there’s something we don’t know. With him, always assume there’s something you don’t know.” “We can’t let Daire and the guys put the gamma site together for Zeus’s convenience.” He mused. “Yeah, but we can’t tell Ares to drag his heels either.” That idea perked her up. “Why not?” “Why not what? Ask Ares to drag his heels? ‘Cause, for starters, Hades would know it. Ares always makes progress, significant progress. If he came back to say something was taking longer or that they got nothing done, Had

