𝑮𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑮𝒐𝒓𝒆－ 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧

𝑵𝒊𝒏𝒆

[ Liz Gillies as Khione ]

I 09. I

𝑮𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑮𝒐𝒓𝒆

❝ north wind ❞

     SHE WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHATEVER ACTIONS HAPPENED WHEN SHE WAS AROUND KHIONE. If it ended with the goddess trying to kill her with her powers, it wasn't her fault.

Ariadne could already tell that she would not like Khione. Everything about her screamed stuck up and snobbish, as if she had been handed the entire world, and quite frankly, as a goddess she had.

The brunette looked up the staircase. Her eyes narrowed. At the top stood the goddess in a white silk dress. Her skin was unnaturally pale, the color of snow, but her hair was a lush mane of black, and her eyes were coffee brown. She focused on Leo with no expression, no smile, no friendliness.

Then she looked at Jason and Piper, and seemed to understand the situation immediately. Her lips turned downward toward a scowl at the sight of Ariadne, who stood with her arms crossed, and a nasty glare settled on her face.

"Father will want to see the one called Jason," Khione said.

"Then it is him," Zethes said excitedly.

"We'll see," Khione said. "Zethes, bring our guests."

Leo grabbed the handle of his bronze dragon suitcase. Before he could take a step, she froze him with a look.

"Not you, Leo Valdez," she said.

"Why not?"

"You can't be in the presence of my father," the goddess said. "Fire and ice—it would not be wise."

"We're going together," Jason insisted, putting his hand in Leo's shoulder, "or not at all."

Khione tilted her head, like she wasn't used to people refusing her orders. Ariadne smirked slightly. "He will not be harmed, Jason Grace, unless you make trouble. Calais, keep Leo Valdez here. Guard him, but do not kill him."

Cal pouted. "Just a little?"

"No," she insisted. "And take care of his interesting suitcase, until Father passed judgment."

The trio looked at Leo, their expressions asking him a silent question: How do you want to play this?

Leo felt a surge of gratitude. They were ready to fight for him. Part of him wanted to see if Ariadne could take down the gorgeous girl that scared him, as another gorgeous girl who scared the ever living life out of him.

"It's fine, guys," he said. "No sense causing trouble if we don't have to. You go ahead."

"Listen to your friend," Khione said. "Leo Valde will be perfectly safe. I wish I could say the same for you, son of Zeus. Now come, King Boreas is waiting."