the gods never quite knew when enough was enough, or when it was just time to quit it.
ashanti supposed that's why she hadn't been surprised that something else went wrong. something went utterly, and horribly wrong, not even an entire year after they'd finished fighting for their lives, and the entire western civilization. the gods never believed in the interest of those other than themselves, so it was no surprise to the dionysus girl that they'd taken him from her.
the entire flight down from california, she felt completely numb. the moment she'd gotten the news, the coldness seeped deep into her veins, and spread a cruel iciness through her bloodstream. she'd been anticipating the annoying, but heart melting way he'd stoop down, and hide his face into the warmness of her neck. she'd been anticipating the way his cerulean, ocean green eyes would widen in an awestruck, star-studded surprise as if he hadn't known she was coming down to see him, and he totally did. she'd been anticipating the excited, but nervous flush of color to his cheeks when she'd finally be close enough to press her lips to his once more.
but that'd all been cruelly snatched away from her. it wasn't coming in the slightest. at least, she tried to convince herself, not yet. she'd gotten that heart wrenching call from annabeth three days ago. she instead of curling into a ball, and crying like she did several times whenever percy jackson had some type of death scare, ashanti decided she was done with that three days ago. she left no room for herself to waste time lingering on being sad. no, the coldness hardened any part of her able to shed a tear at the moment. because for the last three days, she'd been determined to find him.
part two to "the winemaker's daughter"!
published: october 10th, 2023
finished:
"I don't know what's gotten into you, but the last thing I want is to find her dead," she muttered, "Even Clarisse would be sure of that about me. It almost feels like you don't know me at all."
"Exactly," he turned to look at her, "I actually don't know you. Not as much as Harris, who by the way couldn't care less to talk to Chiron about Annabeth."
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Things were getting normal. Y/N Y/L/N is finally trying to get used to these feelings she kept in for Percy. While they started meeting up sometimes and hanging out, two new members joined them - one, being Thalia and the other being Harris. She felt the change in the atmosphere whenever he joined. Well, to be specific when he was around the one she fell in love with. Although, things are soon about to get worse.
An ancient monster has arisen - one rumored to be so powerful it could destroy Olympus - and Artemis, the only goddess who might know how to track it, is missing. Now Percy and his friends, along with the Hunters of Artemis, have only a week to find the kidnapped goddess and solve the mystery of the monster she was hunting. Percy is beginning to get confused about the way he feels whenever he met Harris. Y/N on the other hand receives a bolt out of the blue when she faces the truth her friends have been hiding from her. Along the way, they must face their most dangerous challenge yet: the chilling prophecy of the titan's curse.
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Book Cover Art by Shan Hitori (@Prithvi_Hitori) on Twitter.