Adira has never been a normal girl. Plagued by monsters and a mysterious past, she walks the streets of New York City alone. Soon she happens upon two young demigods who show her a magical camp for people like her.
She soon has friends-a family...
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"And here's the mess hall," Aaron finished, showing me a room full of picnic tables with a few kids lingering around, talking. "In fact, dinner's about to start soon, if you want to go ahead and sit down."
"Okay. Yeah, that sounds good," I said.
He lead me to a long, wooden table with benches alongside it. It was weathered and had slender splinters jutting out from it, as if the table had been here throughout the years and throughout many catastrophes. I took a seat on the bench, and Aaron plopped down beside me.
More kids started to join us, and Aaron introduced me to everyone who sat down at our table.
"This is my half-sister, Silas," he said when a blonde girl who looked similar to Aaron sat across from us. Her hair was shoulder-length and shaved on one side, showing several piercings in her ears. She waved hello, with a warm smile on her face, but her eyes seemed distant—sad, almost.
Seeing that I had noticed this, Aaron leaned over to me to whisper, "Her girlfriend, Amy, disappeared a week ago. No one knows where she went. Silas has been beating herself up about it."
"Oh," I said, looking empathetically at Silas. "I hope Amy's okay."
"Me too. I miss her. She was also so kind to everyone," he answered.
More people started joining us.
"This is Matt, son of Hermes," Aaron introduced a thin, gangly boy.
"Oh, and here's Charlotte, daughter of Demeter." Charlotte had long, wavy brown hair that sailed just past her waist, a friendly smile and dark but warm eyes.
"That's Nate, son of Aphrodite, and his girlfriend, Georgia, daughter of Hecate." The two held hands, both giving me a smile and a nod.
The people seemed nice, but I couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed. I just got to this camp today, and discovered that I'm apparently a demigod. It was almost too much for my brain to comprehend, and I felt like it was working into overdrive.
"Sorry if it's a little much." Aaron whispered to me, sensing my discomfort. "There's just a lot of campers here over the summer, and we don't get to see each other much. Most kids go home and go to school the rest of the year, while some of us stay here. Like me." His voice quieted at the last sentence.
"So you stay here all the time? The whole year?" I asked.
"Yeah, pretty much. I don't have a family to go home to. Will you be staying just for the summer, or year-round?"
"All year, I guess. I don't have a family. Or, you know, a home," I admitted quietly, shrugging as if it didn't bother me. I didn't want to worry or upset Aaron any further.
