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Leo XVIII

"Leo XVIII," Hades muttered.

"Hades, if you're going to read, you need to read louder." Zeus told him with mild annoyance.

"Sounds fine to me!" Leo smiled.

Hades rolled his eyes and, much to Leo's disappointment, read louder.

It Seemed Like Only For Seconds, but when Piper shook him awake, the daylight was fading.

"I hate it when that happens." Percy said, a few demigods nodded their heads in agreement.

"Still, it's better than having a dream." Will said.

"We're here," she said.

Leo rubbed the sleep out of his eyes...Buildings crowded together inside the high walls like medieval town, way older than any place Leo had seen before.

Eager to hear the details in architecture, Annabeth leaned in and listened closely.

Leo searched through his tool belt.

In the center was an actual castle- at least Leo assumed it was a castle- with massive red brick walls and a square tower with a peaked, green gabled roof.

Athena smiled at the thoughtful look on her daughter's face.

..."Yeah, Quebec City," Piper confirmed. "One of the oldest cities in North America. Founded around sixteen hundred or so?"

"In 1763." Annabeth corrected.

Leo raised an eyebrow. "Your dad do a movie about that too?"

She made a face at him, which Leo was used to, but it didn't quite work with her glamorous makeup. "I read sometimes, okay? Just because Aphrodite claimed me, doesn't mean I have to be an airhead."

"I don't have stupid kids." Aphrodite huffed, while some of her children looked offended.

"Feisty!" Leo said. "So you know so much, what's that castle?"

"It's not a castle." Annabeth said after thinking. "It's a hotel. Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, I think. Right?" *

"You're right." her mother confirmed.

"What's a god doing in a hotel? Shouldn't he have his own little kingdom in the sky or something?" Travis asked Leo.

He shrugged. "I dunno. What's a bunch of gods doing in the Empire State Building?"

..."Heads up, guys," Jason interrupted. "We got company!"

Leo looked below and saw what Jason meant. Raising from the top of the tower were two winged figures- angry angels, with nasty looking swords.

Judging by the annoyed look on Hera and Hermes' faces, the two gods had also met the Boreads.

Ugh! I was hoping they wouldn't run into those guys. Hermes inwardly groaned.

Chris frowned. "Are they more storm spirits?"

"I don't think so..." Katie said.

Festus didn't like the angel guys...He was getting ready to breathe fire.

Hermes couldn't blame him.

Sparks flew from Leo's direction.

At first Leo thought he was right, but as the angels got closer, he could see they were much more solid than a venti...