Artemis
Chapter 1 Apollo laughed and playfully smacked Hephaistos’s arm. “You really think you could beat Athena in a building challenge?” Hephaistos rubbed his arm and rolled his shoulders. He raked his hand through his long gray hair and moved it out of his eyes. “When she’s not around to hear me say it, yes.” His dark blue eye winked at Apollo as he fell into the overstuffed gray couch in the living room. His blue jeans and red flannel shirt looked tight against his enormous muscles, his boots strangely dirty. Apollo laughed harder and shook his head. His neon blue eyes twinkling, he said, “Wait till I tell her you said it.” He tugged his crisp white shirt down over his tan slacks, his black shoes shiny from a recent cleaning. Hephaistos blanched and jumped to his feet. “You wouldn’t.” “He wouldn’t what?” Athena asked as she walked confidently down the steel staircase towards the boys. Her hair was shoulder length and a cool gray different from the others. Her tight