Page 42 of Poseidon's Trident
“I guess not. I just would like to know who’s the mastermind behind all this. I feel like we are always playing catch-up instead of being ahead. If we knew who was behind everything, we could plan for the inevitable war we are facing.”
“I feel that so hard, B.” Raven pats my shoulder. “I hate not being able to strategize because we don’t know anything about the person behind this.”
“We have a couple facts though. Medea got away at the end of the last battle for the shield. She is definitely a part of this but not the mastermind at all. Hecate is in Tartarus for her crimes trying to wake the Titans and destroy the underworld,” I say with a sigh.
“Someone is at the academy who wants us dead and there is a mole in the sea.” Raven nods. “That doesn’t give us any clues though.”
Jayden glances at Greyson in the rearview mirror. “What highway are we taking north?”
“It looks like PCH is the only one that hugs the coast completely all the way north.” Greyson studies the map.
“PCH, which highway is that?” Jayden asks.
“It’s Interstate 1. It goes from San Diego all the way to Washington.”
“San Diego was a fun place to swim into.” Thad perks up in the back. “Are we close?”
“No, we’re going the opposite direction from San Diego.” I shake my head.
I have never met someone so excited to see the ocean before, but I guess that’s what he lives for as a sea demigod.
Wait, did he say he swam to San Diego?
“Um, Thad. Tell me you didn’t swim to the academy from fucking Ireland.”
“But I did. What’s the problem? I told you I can breathe underwater.” Thad frowns.
“How the hell did you even get from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean in the first place?” I scoff.
“It took a long time and I had to swim through the Gulf of Mexico to get to the Pacific Ocean but I made it and some new friends along the way. There are people from my father’s kingdom all over the world in the different oceans. It was fun.”
Maybe his cocky attitude when we first met was warranted if he swam around the world to get to the academy. That’s impressive.
“Wow.” I shake my head.
“I couldn’t fly because Zeus doesn’t like demigods of the sea in his space and I have been swimming my whole life. I wanted to compete in the Olympics but Mom said no. It wouldn’t be fair to the humans.” He shrugs.
Thad is so different than he made himself out to be when he first met me. He is basically an open book. It’s refreshing in a way. He just tells everything as he sees it.
“Your mom knew what you are?” Raven asks with a frown.
Her parents have no idea who her real father is and they are safer that way. She grew up clueless like me, only they didn’t constantly run from monsters and discovery the way my mom constantly had us running.
It wasn’t until we saw her in the underworld that I realized she knew all along who and what I am.
“How does someone not know they had sex with a god?” Thad tilts his head to the side.
“My mom doesn’t know that I’m a demigod,” Raven grunts. “She doesn’t need to know.”
“I’m sorry,” Thad says. “I meant no offense by it. I was just curious how that’s possible.”
“It’s fine.” She slumps back in her seat. “Ares doesn’t really stick around long enough to explain things to humans.”
Jayden grips the steering wheel harder than necessary. “If you and your mother both know what you are, then why didn’t you come to the academy when you turned eighteen like you’re supposed to?”
He still doesn’t trust Thad? He’s basically telling us his life story here and Jayden is still being an ass.
“I didn’t know the academy existed. My mother didn’t either. We moved around to places close to the sea a lot growing up because if I stay away from the ocean too long, I get sick. If she knew about the academy, she didn’t tell me about it.” Thad blows out an irritated breath.
