"Your powers drain you too much," I noted. He nodded sleepily. "With great power . . . comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later."
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Because Hope survives best at the hearth,” I said. “Guard it for me, and I won’t be tempted to give up again.”
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Hestia shook her head. “I am here because when all else fails, when all the other mighty gods have gone off to war, I am all that’s left. Home. Hearth. I am the last Olympian. You must remember me when you face your final decision.”
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“So you owe me,” she said weakly. “What else is new?”
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She removed her hand, but I kept holding it.
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“The small of my back.”
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“You would’ve done the same for me.”
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“You’re cute when you’re worried,” she muttered. “Your eyebrows get all scrunched together.”
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She put her hand on my spine, and my skin tingled. I moved her fingers to the one spot that grounded me to my mortal life. A thousand volts of electricity seemed to arc through my body.
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Then I leaned in close and whispered: “My Achilles spot. If you hadn’t taken that knife, I would’ve died.”