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STRENGTH ✷ chapter seven, ━━━━━ the heroes return, wings break free. PUBLISHED. . . February 8th, 2024 EDITED . . . July 20th, 2025 REPUBLISHED . . . July 21st, 2025
𝕰VER SINCE THEN, NABI WAS TO BE WATCHED AT ALL TIMES. Of course, Luke had offered to be the supervisor—ensuring that he could always watch what she was doing. It drove her mad. She wasn't able to gain any evidence of her own, especially not when the culprit himself was constantly in her vicinity.
No one else, other than those present at the Senior Council Meeting, knew of Nabi and Clarisse's supposed betrayal. Luke had convinced everyone at the table to keep silent, claiming that if the rest of the demigods found out, all hell would break loose. Nabi knew better. He was biding time, keeping everything under wraps, until he revealed himself as the criminal.
Nabi couldn't wrap her head around it. Kronos? No. There was no way.
Not only that, but Clarisse and Nabi were prohibited from speaking to each other. After discovering that the two had apparently worked together to steal Zeus' bolt, they were no longer allowed to do anything that might have given them reason to talk or 'scheme' alone. Rumours were circulating that they'd had a fight. Everyone made sure to steer clear of Clarisse's anger that had doubled tenfold recently... though it wasn't because of Nabi.
More so, Nabi's forthcoming deadline of leaving the camp. It was in two days... the last five of them were spent moping and uncovering absolutely nothing. How was she supposed to convince everyone who the real lightning thief was?
Nabi wasn't as angry as she was... sad. She didn't want to leave. She didn't want to be punished for a crime that wasn't on her hands. During breakfast one morning, Connor and Travis were snickering at her dishevelled appearance. Travis laughed, "Trouble in paradise?"
"What are you talking about?" Nabi frowned, swirling the milk in her cereal.
Connor rolled his eyes. "The whole camp's placing bets. Did Clarisse do something? Is that why you're not talking? Because, no offense, but you look kinda rough."
"No." Nabi said.
In reality, she had laid awake at night to wait for everyone to fall asleep. Nabi had searched around Luke's bunk bed again whilst they were all snoring, but there wasn't anything she could find.
"Why do you look so gloomy, then?" Connor snorted.
Nabi mumbled, "Just leave it."
The two Hermes boys gave each other a look. Travis mumbled, "Y'know, Katie was telling us to 'stay away from you' yesterday, does your mood have to do with that?"
