UnTamed [Book 3]

I'm Calling Bull

Poor Luke- he's the only one who doesn't know Bryn's secret now.  Enjoy the next chapter :)

Chapter Quote:

"Love is giving someone the power to destroy you...but trusting them not to."

~Unknown

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Chapter 23: I'm Calling Bull 

Luke

As the Jackson siblings were double-checking with all the Pegasi to make sure they were ready for war, Derek and Bryn showed up, hand-in-hand.  The former broke away and practically ran up to Silena, pulling her into a hug.  Bryn watched them wistfully until she saw Luke staring at her.  Instantly she snapped into soldier mode, any previous emotion in her face gone.  He still hadn't forgotten what she'd said to her brothers when they'd tried to attack him: he isn't worth it.  What was he not worth?  Was he not worth the energy?  Was he not worth fighting?  Was he not worth the effort?  The more he thought it about it, the more it hurt.  But is also angered him.  For some unfathomable reason, it angered him.

"Everyone ready?" Bryn asked, hopping onto her steed: King.  King had a mouth on him but Luke wasn't going to mention it to anyone.  It was more that the Pegasus made sarcastic remarks about practically everything, like: Why does Death Boy look like death?  How on earth do mortals not see the massive cloud hanging above their city with ridiculously, tantrum-prone gods?  Why is it always Zeus's kids that get the bad end of the bargain?  Why does blonde superman need a Pegasus when he can fly everywhere?  And for that matter, why does Bryn?  What are you looking at Kelp Head?

Luke stopped listening to King's thoughts after that last comment.

"Where's Hallie and the twins?" Silena asked.

"Well I'm here, I don't know about the other two.  Probably making out," a twin, who must've been Brady, said.

"We're here," Hallie announced, popping up in the middle of the room with Bradley next to her.

"Great.  Get on your horses.  We have a war to fight," Bryn told them.  Her comrades obeyed.

"All right, attack the designated tunnel and bridge first.  Derek, Luke, and I have the Queensboro Bridge.  Hallie, Bradley, you take the Lincoln Tunnel.  Got it?"

Everyone nodded and took off into the night sky.  Luke could see the Greek and Roman campers trudging to their designated destinations.

"Bryn, I have a question," Derek said. "If you can fly, why use a Pegasus?"

"Because flying takes it out of me.  I'm better off using my power for skewering my enemies with lightning bolts," she replied.

Luke couldn't help himself. "Am I on that list or am I not worth it?"

"There are more important enemies right now," Bryn answered.

"Oh so I'm an enemy?"

"It's not like we're friends.  You made that explicitly clear."

"Guys, I know the tensions between you are high, but now is not the time to be working those out," Derek intervened.

"I should've worked by myself," Bryn muttered.

"We're not starting this again," Derek said firmly.  Silence ensued as the three of them flew towards the Queensboro Bridge.  Luke could feel his heart hammering as he flew to battle for a second time.  Would he survive this fight?  Would Silena?  Derek?  Bryn?  His parents?  The twins?  Hallie?  His family?  The thought of losing any single one of them was practically unbearable, which only made it worse when he wondered what their reactions would be when he died from is curse because it's not like he'd be there to see them.  However, it's not like they knew about the curse.  Luke never told them; the only one who knew was Bryn but she apparently hadn't told any of them or else he would've had his ear chewed off by now either by his parents or sister.