“That’s why it’s so mocking,” I huff.
“That would piss me off too.” Raven pats my shoulder.
“Do you think we’ll encounter them before we get to Arcadia?” Kira asks.
“Anything is possible. Anything.” I glance over my shoulder at her.
“Sorry, my dad is apparently a bit maniacal when it comes to his inventions, and then he just releases some of them into the world.” Kira shrugs.
“All of us have parents who are unhinged,” I say. “It’s not your fault.”
“I honestly think that Hades and Persephone may be the most normal out of all of them.” Dax laughs.
“You’re not wrong,” Raven says.
“He’s done plenty of fucked-up shit in the past,” Jayden says. “He just kind of outgrew it, I guess?”
“Yeah, I think Persephone probably had something to do with that.” I glance at him and then back to the sky.
“Are you just going to watch the sky the whole time?” Raven asks.
“Those bastards came out of nowhere last time. I don’t want them sneaking up on us.”
“They did. Maybe we should rethink the dragon realm. That means bigger things that fly and shoot fire from their huge jaws.” Raven slumps back in her seat.
“They’re dragon shifters so maybe they won’t be psycho like the demon pigeons.” I stare up at the sky with a single-minded focus.
I had been watching the damn Phoenix for days and still it caught me off guard when it attacked us. So, maybe it won’t matter if I actually see it coming or not. Still, I can’t take my gaze from the sky.
“What in Hades is that?” Thad lunges forward between the seats.
I tear my gaze away from the sky to glance at what Thad is pointing at and gasp. “That, my friend, is our first giant.”
Jayden slows down the vehicle. We are still surrounded my farmland so the giant would be visible to any humans passing through.
“Do you think it’s dangerous?” Kira asks.
“We come across very few creatures on these missions that aren’t dangerous,” I say.
“Orion wasn’t dangerous and he’s a giant. Maybe there’s a reason this giant is out here.” She shrugs.
“Something that happens on these missions is the queen brings back beings who have a grudge against the god we are fighting for. Hermes had quite a few run-ins with giants in ancient history. I’m assuming this ugly bastard is one of them.” I frown.
“Look how many eyes he has. I’ll bet money that’s Argos, the queen’s jailer,” Draven says.
“That’s just great,” I grumble.
He does have eyes like everywhere. That’s going to be a huge problem if we have to fight him. He will be able to see us all from every angle.
“How do you fight something with that many eyes?” I ask.
Raven leans forward. “There are more of us than him. Maybe we just distract him?”
Greyson squints at the giant. “Why is there a cow at his feet?”
“You remember when we defeated Medusa and her own myth of her death played out?” I ask. “Well, Argus was the queen’s jailer for Io who Zeus was supposedly in love with. He turned her into a cow to hide her from the queen. The queen demanded Zeus give her the cow and she had Argus guard her.”
“Your history is more whack than shifters,” Greyson says.
