Page 129 of Poseidon's Trident
“I think my brother would like to know what she knows. Hermes, take this Titan to Zeus.”
“My pleasure, Lord Poseidon.” Hermes grabs Calypso by the arm and pulls her to her feet.
“I didn’t do anything,” Calypso screams. “Hera promised me freedom. That’s all I want.”
“You think you will ever taste freedom again, psycho?” I ask. “You fucked around and now you’re about to find out.”
“Good one.” Raven high-fives me.
“Thanks,” I say as Hermes blinks away with the screaming Titan.
“That woman is annoying,” Poseidon huffs.
“She’s absolutely batshit crazy and I kind of think the gods are to blame for that. Whose idea was it to leave her alone on an island for fucking millennia? It’s no wonder she took Hera up on her deal,” I say.
“It was a group decision,” Poseidon growls. “She could not be trusted being who she is, but she didn’t oppose us so we couldn’t justify sentencing her to Tartarus.”
“But you could leave Claud there?” I raise a brow.
“Claud?” Poseidon asks, confused.
“The ancient cyclops that Cronus sent to Tartarus that the Olympians just left there because they were too powerful.” I cross my arms.
“We have been wrong in many things, godling, but we can admit that now. Not even gods are perfect, even if we would like the world to think we are.” Poseidon glares at me.
I nod because that’s more of an admission of guilt than I ever expected to get from any of the gods.
“We need to get back and check on things,” Raven says.
“You’re right. Poor Kira looked frazzled the last time we spoke,” I agree.
“You can’t leave without your gift.” Poseidon steps forward.
He waves a hand to me and my necklace cools with the water of the sea. “What’s this?”
“I do know how much you love your necklace.” Poseidon grins.
“What does it do?” I ask.
“It gives you the power over the sea and you can breathe underwater.” Poseidon nods to the small trident on my neck.
“I can breathe underwater?” I ask. “Cool.”
“Lucky,” Raven grumbles. “I want to breathe underwater.”
“Let’s get you all back to the academy so you can check on your friends.” Poseidon waves a hand.
I spin through time and space. Is this a trap or is Poseidon sending us back? It has to be Poseidon, right? We helped him.
Is he really sending us back or is he really on Hera’s side?
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Islam into the ground. My teeth clench as my bones pop. I groan. “Fuck, that sucked.”
“He could have been a little more gentle with us,” Raven grunts.
“We did fucking save the world again,” I agree.
