𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐃𝐀𝐃𝐃𝐘 𝐈 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐇𝐈𝐌, luke castellan

𝐗.

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐗.
i hope it's shitty in the black dog (princess andromeda)

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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 Maisie spotted in the  stateroom was the casket. It was gold, engraved with tragic Ancient Greek scenes of heroes. It was unnerving.

"A little nicer than cabin eleven, huh?" Luke said, proudly looking all over the room.

Maisie couldn't shake the bad feeling in her gut. She kept noticing the tiniest glimpses of regret in Luke's malevolent expression. Still, they were overpowered by the mean sneer of his smile.

He wore a white button-down and khaki pants, his hair slightly grown out, falling over his eyebrows. His scar was still there, a cruel reminder of the failed quest his father had sent him to.

He looked beautiful, Maisie thought. Then a second thought crept into her mind. Beautiful, like the devil.

"Sit," he said, gesturing to the sofa. Nobody sat.

"These are my assistants," he continued, introducing them to the giants. "Agrius and Oreius. Perhaps you've heard of them."

When nobody provided him with an answer, he said "You don't know Agrius and Oreius' story? Their mother... well, it's sad, really. Aphrodite ordered the young  woman to fall in love. She refused and ran to Artemis for help. Artemis let her become one of her maiden huntresses, but Aphrodite got her revenge. She bewitched the young woman into falling in love with a bear. When Artemis found out, she abandoned the girl in disgust. Typical of the gods, wouldn't you say? They fight with one another and the poor humans get caught in the middle. The girl's twin sons here, Agrius and Oreius, have no love for Olympus. They like half-bloods well enough, though..."

"For lunch," Agrius growled.

Maisie took a step back as Oreius laughed uncontrollably, until his brother and Luke glared at him.

Luke took a seat on the sofa, propping his feet on the coffee table.

"So, Percy, how have you been?"

"You poisoned Thalia's tree," Percy cut right to the chase.

Luke sighed. "So what?"

"Are you insane?" Maisie finally found her voice. Luke looked at her, expression blank, though Maisie knew her words stirred him. "Thalia gave her life to save yours. And this is how you repay her? How could you dishonour her?"

"I didn't dishonour her!" he snapped, getting up from the sofa abruptly. "The gods dishonoured her. If Thalia were alive, she'd be on my side."

"Take her name out of your mouth," Annabeth shot angrily.

Luke's eyes narrowed, until they were two thin slits, anger evident in his face. "The gods have blinded you all. And you, Annabeth. If you're so angry about Thalia, why are you on a quest with this company?" He pointed to Tyson.

"Hey!" Percy said.

"Travelling with a Cyclops. I'm surprised at you, Annabeth." His voice was raising. "You of all people-"

Annabeth was on the brink of tears and Maisie wasn't going to have more of this. She quickly unsheathed one of her daggers and rushed towards Luke. Before he could realize what she was doing, she had slashed his bicep, blood now trickling down from it, staining his shirt.

He stumbled back, clutching his now cut arm. Maisie attempted a second hit, but he soon regained his footing and caught her wrist just in time. She raised her free hand to punch him, failing again, since he caught that wrist too.