The Last Olympian - Ghost

They’re no match for the Titan army,” Nico said. “You know that. This comes down to you and Luke. And there’s only one way you can beat Luke.”

I remembered the fight on the Princess Andromeda. I’d been hopelessly outmatched. Kronos had almost killed me with a single cut to my arm, and I couldn’t even wound him. Riptide had glanced right off his skin.

“We can give you the same power,” Nico urged. “You heard the Great Prophecy. Unless you want to have your soul reaped by a cursed blade . . .”

I wondered how Nico had heard the prophecy— probably from some ghost.

“You can’t prevent a prophecy,” I said.

“But you can fight it.” Nico had a strange, hungry light in his eyes. “You can become invincible.”


- The Last Olympian, Chapter 5