Page 7 of Poseidon's Trident
We’re going to be drenched before we ever get to the admin building. We race across the quad as fast as we can and finally up the steps to the admin building. We all stand there brushing off the water when Thaddeus walks up and dries our clothes and hair with his magic.
“Thanks,” I say and open the door.
We rush through the halls to ancient history and Cross glares at us and glances down at his watch. We aren’t late yet, but there are others still in the dining hall. When I step inside the class, my face falls. Somehow Dax beat us to class and is sitting in his normal seat.
Shit. What are we going to do now? I glance at Kira and shrug before tugging her with me to my seat. The seat in front of Dax is open and I point to it. Kira raises an eyebrow at me but saunters to the seat and sits in it. She flips her hair over her shoulder as she turns to talk to me.
I glance at Dax from the corner of my eye but he’s looking straight ahead. Straight at Kira’s profile. Maybe there is some hope for them after all. I glance at Raven who is turned around in her seat, staring at Dax like he’s a complete moron.
“Hey, Dax.” Kira brushes a lock of hair behind her ear. “Do you have a pen? I didn’t remember to put mine back in my bag.”
“I’m sure Raven has one. She’s always got extras.” He shrugs and glances at the back where Cross is walking up to the front to start class.
Raven throws a pen at his stupid head and it hits him in the forehead. “Here, hand that to Kira.”
Dax rubs his forehead and glares at Raven before handing the pen to Kira and she smiles as their fingers touch. He pulls his hand back as Cross starts the class.
“Everyone get in groups of two and discuss the ‘Odyssey.’I want you to look at Homer’s version of events and what we know to be the truth.”
I grab Raven before anyone else can ask to be either of our partners and nod my head at Kira. She turns to Dax who is looking around the room, absolutely clueless.
“Hey, Dax. You want to be my partner?” Kira asks.
He scans the room one more time before shrugging. “Sure.”
My hand itches to zap some sense into him, but Raven beats me to it and thrusts her palm into his forehead.
“Ow, what the fuck, Raven.”
“You’re seriously dense, you know that?” Raven huffs and turns to me. “What can we learn about sea monsters before we ultimately have to go fight them?”
“Why am I dense?” Dax whispers to Kira.
“I don’t know.” Kira rolls her eyes.
If he still doesn’t understand what the hell is going on here, there’s no way any of us are telling him a thing. We’re just going to have to try harder.
We study together, learning about Odysseus and his problems getting back to his wife after the Trojan War. Will we have to fight the same monsters that he did? We’ve already defeated a couple sirens but if there are more guys with us, will we have double the problems? I’m more sure than ever that something’s going on with Poseidon.
I glance out the window and then at Thaddeus. He’s working by himself against Cross’ orders but Cross doesn’t seem to care. Maybe as a half brother he’s giving him leeway that he refuses the rest of us.
Cross ends the class when the clouds part for a bit of sunshine and we head out to our training sessions. I link my arm with Kira’s as we head out to the forest.
“Come train with us today. Dax is never far away.” I wink at her. “Let’s show him how tough you are.”
“Are you sure about this?” Kira asks, glancing around. “The two of you are far more advanced than the rest of the training class.”
Raven bumps her shoulder with hers and Kira stumbles slightly. “Sorry, still adapting to that strength.”
“It’s okay.” Kira rights herself.
“You gotta have confidence. You are a badass. You won’t show it until you believe it yourself.” Raven pats her shoulder.
“Okay, I can do this. You both are just kind of legends in this class and I don’t feel that confident.” Kira rolls her shoulders back and cracks her neck.
“What’s your weapon of choice?” I ask as we step toward the weapons wall.
I don’t have to store mine there anymore because Ares gave me the charm on my necklace that can send any weapon into the ether. It’s like Raven’s ability to call on any of her weapons at any time and with the sword Claud made for me, it’s a lifesaver because I can never lose it now.
