Page 21 of Poseidon's Trident
“Whoa, Thad. I think you need to eat before you do anything else.” Max pats him on the back.
Good to know there are demigods Max isn’t an asshole to even if I’m not one of them. What is his beef with me? Do I even care when it looks like the school is going to be trapped under a river of lava? Not particularly. I have bigger fish to fry, literally. We are definitely going after the trident; the only question is who will be coming with us?
“Claud, let us down. We’re safe for now.” I grin at the cyclops but his single eye narrows.
“We need to tell Rebecca now,” Jayden says.
“You do,” Max says. “Because if we have many more earthquakes, it won’t matter what Thad just did. The volcano will blow and it’s been dormant for centuries. It will blow sooner or later.”
“Fuck, how long do you think we have?” I ask but Max ignores me.
Claud stamps his foot when it’s clear that Max doesn’t want to answer. “How long?”
“Two weeks, but maybe less. It just depends on whether there are more earthquakes. It could be sooner. Poseidon needs his trident so we can be safe,” he says more to Claud than me, but I still take in the information.
How the hell are we going to find the trident within a week when the storms continue to rage and earthquakes are super random? We could go on this mission and end up coming back to a decimated academy.
I turn to Thad with a raised eyebrow. “How long do we have?”
“His estimation is generous. We need to leave immediately if there’s any hope.” Thad hangs his head.
“Well, shit.” Raven’s words ring through my ears, and I can’t help but echo them.
“We need to leave, Claud. Can you put us down, please?” I ask as I smile at him.
Reluctantly, Claud puts us back on our feet but I don’t get two steps before we are all crushed in a cyclops hug.
“Friends have weapons?” he asks as a tear trails down his cheek.
“I always have the awesome weapon you made me.” I grin.
I show him the necklace and rub the charm Ares gave me. I think about the sword that Claud made for me and it appears in my hand. Claud claps with glee before he turns to Raven, but she already has her ax out to show him. Claud claps with glee. He is excited that he’s helped us on our missions and that we will be safe.
“We will be back as soon as we save the world again, Claud. You’ll keep the Hephaestus kids in line until then, right?” I smirk at Max. “Especially Kira. She’s a troublemaker.”
“Kira friend, not trouble.” Claud eyes Kira before turning back to me.
“Very funny, Beth.” Kira rolls her eyes.
“I know, Claud. I made a joke.” I clap him on the shoulder.
Claud laughs as if he understands, but he doesn’t get our humor yet. He’s still got the mentality of a child but he will get it eventually.
“Don’t worry,” Kira says. “I’ll keep an eye on him. Claud will be okay while you’re gone.”
“Thank you. I don’t have a way for you to contact us while we’re gone, but I’ll try to get in touch to make sure he’s okay. I hate to leave him.” I hang my head.
“Just figure this out because even if they don’t realize it, the entire academy and possibly the world is relying on you to find that trident. That has to be the problem.” Kira shakes her head as Max steps forward.
“I’m still not your secretary, but I appreciate you doing the things most wouldn’t.” Max bows his head to me.
“Wow. I think that may have been the nicest thing you’ve ever said to me.” I smirk.
“Don’t get used to it, daughter of Zeus. I am still reserving judgment.” Max says.
“Whatever.” I turn from the horrible fucking heat of the forges and follow Jayden and Thad outside with Raven next to me.
“So, we have a new mission, I’m guessing,” Raven says, eyeing the two demigods in front of us.
