* WARNING! THIS CONTAINS SPOILER ALERTS FROM ALL OF THE PERCY JACKSON BOOKS, HEROES OF OLYMPUS BOOKS AND TRIALS OF APOLLO BOOKS*
It had been ten years since Gaea had been defeated. Percy and Annabeth were together, Frank and Hazel are together, Leo and Calypso are both together .... and Piper was all alone.
Ever since Jason had died, Piper felt like he had taken a fraction of her soul with him. Sure, they had broken up, but that didn't mean she didn't love him still. But after her journey with Meg and Apollo, the only person who really understands how Piper feels is Apollo.
Apollo was a god again, but he remembered very much what it was like to be mortal. Every day he thought of his demigod brother, Jason, who was now dead and it was his fault. After he and Meg had travelled with Piper, Apollo felt like the only person he could really talk to was Piper.
Are the two really 'just friends', as they claim? Or is this the start of something new?