𝑾𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑽𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔－ 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧

𝑻𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆

[Michelle Pfeiffer as May Castellan]

I 03. I

𝑾𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑽𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔

❝ cliff ❞

ARIADNE HAD BROKEN ENOUGH DUMMIES TO KNOW THAT SHE WAS ANGRY. Despite having taken her medicine, she cracked a few dummies in half before stomping off to her cabin.

Percy was keeping something from her. She thought that after everything, he would finally tell her the truth and not lie to her. But here she was, walking to her cabin that night as Percy and Nico were running off into the shadows in search of May Castellan.

She slammed the cabin door knowing that Pollux was a deep sleeper. The girl let Zoe follow her and the tiger waited patiently until she has changed into her pajamas and climbed under her purple covers.

The brunette stared at the purple ring in her hand. The amethyst glistened slightly in the moonlight that came through the window. Zoe followed the light with her paws and leaped onto her legs, causing the girl to mutter something at the tiger.

Ariadne placed down the ring onto her side table. She closed her eyes, and she felt a slight chill.

No amount of blankets could warm her up. The girl sat up and shivered, rubbing her hands up and down her arms before getting up from bed. She left Zoe to sleep and walked out into the warm night.

In a few minutes, she had raced to the Poseidon cabin and stolen a sweatshirt, before running back to her cabin and slipping on the large grey sweatshirt, which smelled like Percy.

She slipped back under her covers and closed her eyes, as only to find herself swept into another dream.

One minute she couldn't see anything. She could only tell there was someone next to her. The next minutes the shadows melted into a new scene. She was on a cliff in the woods of Connecticut. At least, it looked like Connecticut from the few times she'd been there: lots of trees, low stone walls, big houses.

Down one side of the cliff, a highway cut through a ravine. Down the other side was someone's backyard. The property was huge—more wilderness than lawn. The house was a two story white Colonial. Despite the fact that it was right on the other side of the hill from a highway, it felt like it was in the middle of nowhere. She could see a light glowing in the kitchen window. A rusty old swing set stood under an apple tree.

It was odd to see a house like that with a lawn. She hadn't lived in one since Miami, and she was used to being on the run or in an apartment. But, she could imagine herself in one when she was older, maybe after college.

But it was Luke's home, and she couldn't help but shiver and feel her heart sadden at the sight.

Ariadne only noticed it was Percy when Mrs. O'Leary staggered, his fingers wrapped around the bronze links of her dog collar. She remembered what Nico had said about shadow travel draining her, so Percy slipped off her back.