House exists, then they can raise Atlantis,? Ariadne said. ?That?s
why our family has always lived right on the water. Boston, Nantucket,
Cádiz . . . They?re all near the Atlantic Ocean and we all
want front row seats.?
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?That?s insane!? Helen blurted out before she realized that Ariadne
was serious. ?I mean, Atlantis is a myth, right?? The thought
of a city existing somewhere, deep under the dark, smothering
waves made Helen shudder involuntarily. She took a sip of her
juice box to cover her violent reaction and waited for Ariadne to
continue.
?Is Mount Olympus a myth? Or heaven? It all depends on what
you believe, and most Scions believe that Atlantis is real, but the
problem is that we can?t get there until we accomplish a few things
first. See, right after the Trojan War ended, there was a great
prophecy made by Cassandra of Troy. She said that if only one
Scion House remains, then we can raise Atlantis and claim it as our
own land forever. The Hundred Cousins interpret that prophecy to
mean that if we demigods earn our entrance into Atlantis then we
will become immortal, just like the gods of Olympus.?
?Wow,? Helen murmured. ?Why wouldn?t you want that??
?Tempting, isn?t it? Except the problem is that if all four Houses
unite, or if there is only one unified House left, then we would be
breaking the Truce.?
?What truce??
?The Truce that ended the Trojan War.?
?I thought the Greeks won. Didn?t they kill all the Trojans and
burn Troy to the ground??
?They certainly did.?
?Then if the Greeks won, who?d they make the Truce with??