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Well, shit. There goes that plan. I tilt my head at him, wondering if he has any clues about the next item of power. I would bet anything that it’s Poseidon that we have to save, but I can’t be sure.
“Dammit.” I hang my head. “I was hoping we could get a few rain free days or weeks before we inevitably have to go fight more monsters.”
“Sorry, but if it helps, I agree that my father is probably the next on your list to help. He didn’t give me much when he said I needed to be at the academy. Actually, he didn’t see me at all. My brother Triton came in his place, which is always fun.” Thad rolled his eyes.
“Triton?” Jayden asked, his eyes gleaming.
What is his deal? The half siblings we all had that were gods themselves were usually a pain in the ass. What does Jayden know about Triton that we can use against him? Maybe we don’t have to use anything against him at all and he will just help us.
I push up to standing, my plate that was overloaded before nearly empty as I glance between the two demigods. One is mine while the other is my friend, at least that’s all I want him to be.
With demigods in this place, I never know up from down and even though Thad expressed an interest in friendship, with these guys I never know when one will go off the deep end. Better to keep Thad at arm’s length until I know what’s really going on in that mysterious head of his.
“What do you know about my brother?” Thad asks, leaning forward on his elbows.
“Just that he’s vengeful and cocky and a momma’s boy.” Jayden shrugs.
Thad relaxes in his seat. “He’s all of those things and he hates me, but when Dad sent him to find me, he did and gave me the information I needed to get where I needed to be.”
“Which is here at the academy?” I ask.
“Yes. Pontus has a son. They call him the old man of the sea and he has the sight. He told my father what needed to happen and my father ordered Triton to find me,” Thad says with a frown.
“So, it is very possible that the trident is the next item of power we need to find.” I shake my head.
We all stand from the Poseidon table and head toward the bins. Most of the students have left by now since the storm eased up a while ago. After I place my tray in the bin, Jayden wraps his hand around mine and tugs me out of the dining hall. The rain is a slight drizzle instead of an all-out downpour which I’m thankful for since my clothes are still pretty grimy from my training session.
“Ugh, this weather sucks and I can’t even give us relief,” I grumble.
“I hope that we really are looking for my father’s trident because at least then, the weather will stabilize and we can come up with a plan to get everything back in order,” Thad says, staring up at the sky. “Hopefully.”
“Me too,” I say because without the weather stabilizing, we are in a world of trouble with the demigods that we have on our side.
4
“Ugh,” I grumble the next morning as I trudge down the stairs.
Despite the cream Raven gave me for the muscle aches, my arms still feel like lead. I’m pissed that the instructors for physical training haven’t been preparing us right. Chiton’s training would be a lot easier to deal with if they had been.
“You all right, B? You look like you want to murder someone.” Raven pats my shoulder when I get to the eighth floor.
“Not really. No. I’m kind of pissed that we haven’t been training for war this entire time.” I scowl.
We get to the first floor and my mood darkens further. It’s raining, again. It’s always raining and we are getting into the summer months. It should be sunny and at least warm, but this crazy weather just keeps persisting.
I flip up the hood to my jacket and we race to the dining hall. Thankfully, the rain is only a drizzle and we don’t get too wet. The second I step through the doors, Mia is in front of me.
“You have everyone else around here fooled, but not me. I know you are nothing but a whore.” Mia sneers.
“I have no idea how you can even think that.” I shake the water from my body and Mia screams when it lands on her.
Thad is at the buffet line watching the whole interaction with a smirk. He flicks his hand and dries me and Raven collecting all the water into a ball that hovers over Mia’s head. I take a step back knowing what Thad is about to do when the water loses its shape and falls on Mia’s head, drenching her hair.
Black mascara streams down her face as she shrieks and lunges for me. “I don’t have power over water. How do you think I did this?”
I dodge her hands with her perfect nails that resemble claws and elbow her in the back so hard she stumbles to her knees.
Raven crouches in front of her. “How many times are you going to try this and get your ass handed to you before you realize all you’re doing is making yourself look like a jealous skank?”
