Page 3 of Ares' Shield
What the fuck? It’s going to be like this again? Why does he have to be so fucking moody? I didn’t even do anything wrong.
“Is this about that idiot Draven?” I ask, gripping him by the arm and spinning him back to me.
“Not now, Beth,” he says through gritted teeth.
“You have got to be kidding me. You are sitting here letting an idiot who knows nothing about us get in your head because of who your father is.” I tighten my grip on his arm.
“It’s a problem, Beth, and you know it.”
“Why? I met your father and I think he’s great.”
Jayden peels my fingers from his arm and squeezes my hand before turning and walking away.
“You know nothing about him,” Jayden calls over his shoulder.
“No one who names a vicious three-headed hellhound Spot can be that bad,” I yell at his back.
His shoulders stiffening at the mention of Cerberus is the only reaction I get as he stomps away.
Asshole.
Why won’t he just tell me what the fuck is going on?
It’s fucking ridiculous.
Pain shoots through me and I stumble as someone knocks into my shoulder. “What the hell?”
I turn on the person with lightning crackling in my palms, but he doesn’t even acknowledge that he just basically shoved me.
His eyes are glassy and vacant as he keeps walking straight into the woods.
“Hey,” I shout. “Are you okay?”
He doesn’t answer or acknowledge me at all. What the hell is going on? Where is he going?
“Hello?” I wave my hand in front of his face as I jog to keep up with his long strides.
Still nothing. It’s like he doesn’t even see me.
What do I do? Should I follow him? Is someone or something controlling him?
I follow the guy through the forest. He tramples the underbrush without a care and twigs break with his every step. He’s not worried about being quiet.
He doesn’t appear to be worried about anything. We get to a small pond, and he doesn’t even stop as he changes course to walk around it. The nereids peek out through the depths of the pond, watching us with inquisitive eyes.
“Can you spray him with water?” I ask the closest nymph. “I don’t know what’s happening to him.”
The girl giggles, her blue hair glittering in the sun as she spits a stream of water in the guy’s face.
He doesn’t even flinch. He doesn’t reach up to wipe the water from his face or turn in the direction of the nereid.
The nereid shrugs helplessly as I curse under my breath. Nothing is stopping him from wherever the hell he’s going.
“Ahhh, it’s fine. Thanks for trying,” I say to the blue-haired girl.
Something isn’t right. Wasn’t I just thinking that everything was finally calm? Of course, I jinxed myself.
As the guy leads me deeper into the forest, I start to question my sanity.
