Loving You (Nico Di Angelo) Book#2

Chapter Nine: My manipulation...

Priscilla

"No stop. Please." I barely heard Nico say this.

"My eyelids drooped. I couldn't handle this any longer. And then, it all stopped, as quickly as it had begun. There was still a burning pain on my arms, but had decreased and there was no more acid. Did Grinch really listen to Nico?

I was let loose and then was carried back to the cuffs, but this time I wasn't restrained. Nico was in the chair. I felt as if this pattern would never end. It hurt so bad. I didn't want Nico to feel this.

"Let us go!" I screamed with all of my might. With all of the strength I had left. Grinch turned and looked me straight in the eye. He hesitated before swinging his body around to face Nico again.

I thought it had worked for a second. I thought again about what Annabeth would do. And then, what would Piper do? I was blessed by Aphrodite after all wasn't I. There had to be some perks to that.

My manipulation. I had told myself that I wouldn't use it ever again after an incident in school. I could make the whole male population feel something if I wanted to.

I wanted empathy from Grinch. I focused on him and on what he was doing to Nico and me. I wasn't sure if it would work, but it did.

Grinch stood and released Nico. Nico's chest relaxed and he stared up at him.

I attempted to stand and I did. I stumbled to Nico while keeping my mind on Grinch.

Nico looked me in the eye and I nodded.

We turned to see the door guarded by a sleeping Vladimir. He was leaning on the door with his eye lids closed. By his breathing I could tell he was in a deep sleep.

Grinch gently moved Vladimir to the side and opened the door for me and Nico. We stepped through into the gray hallway.

It was dead quiet. Grinch stood in the doorway and stared at us walk out. "I hope you make it out safely." He called.

"What is happening?!" Nico muttered and walked beside the wall while using it as support. We were both exhausted from the physical and mental torture we had received.

"I used my Aphrodite powers on him. We need to get out of this hallway." I decided.

"Okay, but I can't go for much longer, that really took the life out of me." Nico choked out. He held his rib in pain. I had forgotten that his rib was still not fully healed.

"Nico what will happen if we get caught?"

"I don't know."

We leaned on the walls all the way down the hallway until we reached a black door.

There was a small window that we looked into. All I could see were shelves and shelves of books and papers. Document after document.

I shifted my head a bit and saw a desk with two chairs in front of it. Someone sat behind it. Amber and Theseus were in the two chairs.

We couldn't hear what they were saying, but we knew that we were in trouble.

Theseus stood up suddenly with Amber and strutted to the door. Nico and I ducked down and pressed our bodies against the wall space next to the door. Theseus opened the door hard and it smashed into Nico.