Eventually we all must return home, Praetor. We must embrace our past, no matter how bitter and dark." — Orion

You will not find love where you wish or where you hope.

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She forced herself to meet the giant's gaze. "I don't define myself by the boys who may or may not like me.

Bellona has answered my prayer. She doesn't fight my battles for me. She doesn't guarantee me easy victory. She grants me opportunities to prove myself. She gives me strong enemies and potential allies.

Oh, but I don't abide by your time frame, giant," Reyna said. "A Roman does not wait for death. She seeks it out, and meets it on her own terms.

The thing about being everyone's source of strenght: sometimes you forget that you need to draw strenght from others.

He carried so much sadness and loneliness, so much heartache. Yet he put his mission first. He persevered. Reyna respected that. She understood that. She'd never been a touchy-feely person, but she had the strangest desire to drape her cloak over Nico's shoulders and tuck him in. She mentally chided herself. He was a comrade, not her little brother. He wouldn't appreciate the gesture.