He looked like an evil male model, showing off what the fashionable college-age villain was wearing to Harvard this year.

I'd missed Annabeth probably more than I wanted to admit.

As soon as the rocky coast line of the island came into view, I ordered one of the ropes to wrap around Annabeth's waist, tying her to the foremast. "Don't untie me," she said, "no matter what happens or how much I plead. I'll want to go straight over the edge and drown myself." "Are you trying to tempt me?""Ha-ha.