Page 49 of Poseidon's Trident
“I like how you think because I have a feeling I’m going to need your help sooner rather than later.” Her silver aura flares to near blinding, and I cover my eyes.
“You really are having issues, aren’t you?” I blink at her.
“I think the storms are affecting me too. The moon has an impact on the tide so maybe us both weakening is making things worse.” Artemis sighs.
“One thing at a time. You’re good for a bit while we figure out how to get the trident back, right?” I chew my lip.
Thad cuts in, staring at Thetis. “Can you give me exact directions to the place where the crab has been sighted?”
Thetis hands over a piece of paper with scrawled latitude and longitude numbers on it and Thad nods.
“I’m fine. Fix the oceans and the earth shaker first. I’ll be out with my hunters and you know how to get a hold of me if you need to.” Artemis vanishes with Thetis and I lean back in my chair.
“We need to finish eating and get back on the road. Poseidon and the fucking academy don’t have much time.” I pick up my forgotten burger and take another bite.
“We didn’t have much time before and now we have even less,” Raven grumbles. “Why does Athena have to stir up trouble?”
“I don’t know, but I have a feeling something isn’t right. It’s too convenient to blame Poseidon for everything when whoever is behind this has repeatedly gone after me and Jayden as well as Cross.”
“Be very careful what you put into the universe, Beth,” Jayden warns, squeezing my hand.
“I’m not saying anything at all, Jayden.” I take another bite.
“They have turned people into monsters for less.” Raven raises a brow at me.
Thad squirms in his seat but stares down at his food. “I don’t like this. Why is the sea so turbulent? We need to leave and get to Monterey. I have a bad feeling.”
Adrian turns to Thad. “Listen to that feeling, trust it. What is it telling you?”
“It’s telling me to hurry,” Thad barks. “We need to get out of here. I think another earthquake is about to hit. It will stop us from getting to the crab in time.”
Thad’s body shakes as he stares between the rest of us. Fear is bright in his eyes.
“I’m done. We can’t afford to get stuck here.” I stand from my chair.
The others follow close behind. If the son of the earth shaker says there’s an imminent earthquake, you fucking listen. Especially when he can control them.
We jog out to the car. Artemis likely already paid for our food as she usually does. Jayden rushes in front of me and opens the door for me before quickly running to the other side of the car.
Humans stare at us from inside the diner, probably wondering what the rush is, but I don’t care. They can do or think what they want. We have to get out of here. Quickly.
Jayden starts the car and peels out of the parking lot.
“How are we going to figure out where this thing is just from coordinates?” I ask, turning to Thad.
“I can read them. I think in nautical miles and not necessarily miles on land. This place is in the Pacific Ocean. I don’t know how anyone but me can get there.” Thad rubs his eyes with his thumbs.
“We can’t breathe underwater and we definitely can’t swim that far.” I bang my head against the headrest.
How are we supposed to go kill a giant crab in the middle of the ocean? We can’t let Thad go on his own. That could be suicide and we need his help.
“I could go alone.” Thad glances around at all of us.
“No,” I say and to my surprise Jayden says the same.
I glance over at him and smile, but his eyes never leave the road. “We will figure out another way to defeat the crab. We don’t split up. We learned that the hard way.”
“Not since Nashville. We don’t split up unless we have to. I’m sure we can find a way to get to the crab.” I glance over my shoulder.
