_pprincessa_
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*taking place after the Battle of Manhattan*
*slow burn*
Camp Half-Blood was supposed to feel safe.
But lately, strange things have been happening around Maria.
Shadows move when they shouldn't. Weapons shake in their owners' hands. The camp's magical borders flicker every time her headaches get worse. And no matter how hard she tries to ignore it, something in the darkness seems to be watching her.
Percy Jackson notices the changes before anyone else.
At first, it's small things:
exhaustion,
shaking hands,
the way Maria keeps disappearing whenever people look too closely.
Then the lake explodes.
As fear spreads through camp and the strange magic surrounding Maria spirals further out of control, Percy and Annabeth are forced to uncover the truth behind powers older than the gods themselves-before Maria loses herself to them completely.