Page 94 of Poseidon's Trident
I untangle myself from Jayden and lead them over to Thad. He’s standing on the shore, a grin on his face. “You really upset my father’s guard.”
“I was kidnapped and brought to a stupid island. What do you expect?” Raven growls.
“Sorry, I didn’t have time to warn you all of the plan. It had to change abruptly as well.” Thad raises a hand and dries us all.
“What do you mean it changed abruptly?” Jayden asks.
“A tsunami hit the shore. It wiped everything out. The mainland is gone.” Thad sits on his ass in the sand.
“How much of the mainland is gone?” Raven asks.
“Half the California coast.” Thad covers his face.
“The academy?” Jayden asks.
“The academy is safe, for now, but this is all getting worse and we need to hurry,” I say.
“Where are Greyson and Adrian?” Raven asks, scanning the sea.
“They are swimming to shore now.” Thad grumbles behind his hand.
“It will be okay. There has to be a reason that Poseidon had us dropped off here. Maybe Nereus is pulling strings and this is another trial.” I turn toward the island.
“I think you may be right, but it looks deserted,” Jayden says.
“Looks can be deceiving, always.” I lean my head on his shoulder. “We need to stay alert and figure out what’s here that Poseidon or Nereus wants us to find.”
“We should call the academy too. I want to check on Kira and Claud.”
“Are you even sure you’ll be able to call them from here? It feels like this island doesn’t belong here. Like it’s wrong.” Jayden wraps an arm around my back.
“Greyson,” Raven shouts.
I turn to my friends. Raven races to the water and practically tackles Greyson to the ground. Water crashes over them and I can’t help the laugh that bubbles up despite the direness of this mission.
“We should move inland now that we’re all together.” Thad stands and dusts the sand off his pants.
“Raven, Greyson, let’s go,” I shout to the waves.
“I thought he was dead, B. Give me a minute,” Raven says with a growl.
“She’s right,” Adrian says. “We need to move. We’re running out of time.”
I stare at Adrian. “How much time do we have?”
“I can’t say exactly, but we need to move.” Adrian shakes his head.
Raven gets up and shakes her hair out before reaching for Greyson’s hand to help pull him back up. She glares at me as they stomp through the water.
“Killjoy,” she mumbles.
“You didn’t do the same thing to me?” I raise a brow.
“C’mon, oh wise one, where are we going?” Raven glances at Adrian.
“There’s something here, but it’s shrouded. I just know we have to defeat it before we can leave.” Adrian runs a hand through his wet hair.
I call my weapons as we stalk up the beach, hoping whatever monster we’re meant to fight here is on land and not in the ocean. I never want to see the ocean again once this mission is over.
