Torturous Betrayal

Chapter 8

Sorry for not updating I was busy catching up on AOT. Hope you enjoy.

Thalia's POV

I stormed past the pine I used to inhabit. Those were not fun times. I have to find Annabeth. I have a couple of messages for her. From myself and from Percy. Oh, Percy. He didn't deserve any of this. I still can't believe the gods. They used him to fight their wars and then they handed him over to the enemy like he was nothing more than a piece of trash! I noticed that the air started to smell like burnt ozone. "Calm down Thalia," I told myself, "you have to calm down so that when you give Annabeth those messages so you don't end up killing her in the process."
I saw Annabeth whip her head around when I yelled her name. When I reached her she asked, "Malcom said you needed to talk to me about something. What's going on?" That just made me even more upset. But I managed to grit through clenched teeth," May I speak to you in a more private place." she looked confused by my request but conceded anyway. I turned towards the woods and started jogging. I didn't even bother to check if she was following me.
Annabeth's POV
Thalia seemed like she was mad at me about something but I couldn't think of any reason for her to be. The more I searched my brain the more frustrated I felt. She continued to jog deeper into the forest until we were well out of earshot. She stopped abruptly and whipped around. I barely caught myself before I ran into her. "Thalia please tell me what's going on," I tried to keep the desperation out of my voice but I needed to know what was going on. She laughed bitterly. It wasn't a pleasant sound. "Either your just an amazing actor or your making that hair of yours proud." What was she talking about? Why would I be pretending like I didn't know what was going on? She must of seen how confused I was because her expression softened. But just a little bit. Then she seemed to remember something and her eyes turned hard again. " Surely you didn't forget the person who sacrificed everything for you." she said. What was she talking about? Apparently I said that out loud. she laughed bitterly. "You are either the dumbest daughter of Athena ever known to ever walk this earth or..." she paused for a moment,her eyes softening. Just a little bit. "You truly don't know what's going on." She finished,more to herself than to me. "Please tell me what's going on Thalia. Everyone is giving me dirty looks. I've been getting messaging from people saying they are going to punish me for what I did!" I sounded desperate, even to my own ears but at this point I don't have to energy to care.
"You really don't remember anything that happened?" She asked.
"No nothing. The last thing I remember is Nick coming over to my table,talking to me briefly, and then leaving to go sit at the Poseidon table wi...with...." I trailed off. "With Percy Jackson. Your boyfriend of almost two years," she paused for a moment. "Well I guess he's technically your ex boyfriend now." Percy, Percy, Percy. This mystery mans name became a mantra in my head. I tried to make a connection form that name and something, anything, that has happened to me over the past 5-6 years of my life. Every time my mind drew a blank. I tried to approach some of the older campers about but every time I got class enough they would excuse themselves to go do something else. Thalia left, Grover is gone, and Chiron doesn't talk to me unless absolutely necessary. Nick is the only one talking to me but he's about as helpful as a brick wall.

So I was left to ponder who Percy was by myself. In the dark of my cabin. I should probably at least try to sleep but I can't. The mysterious man on the beach. Percy. Why everybody was avoiding me. Wait.... Maybe Percy was the man on the beach. I need to IM Thalia tommorow. This was my last thought as darkness took me into it's loving embrace.

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