Page 14 of Poseidon's Trident
“It’s seriously pathetic, Mia. Get over it. You’re going to end up getting seriously injured because fighting really isn’t your thing.” I turn my back on her and head for the buffet line.
She screams again from behind me, and then the sobs start. She wails for someone to help her and I roll my eyes. She is absolutely ridiculous.
“You, okay?” Thad asks.
“Yup, just another day in paradise.” I grab a tray and fill it quickly.
Mia won’t be a problem for the rest of the day. She has outbursts occasionally, but she’ll slink off into her hole to lick her wounds now.
“She called you a whore and all you did was defend yourself.” Thad lifts a brow at me.
“Mia can’t fight. She thinks she can but it’s pretty pathetic, really. She wouldn’t even be a challenge and not worth my time.” I fill my tray as Raven sidles up to my other side.
“Yeah, you should have seen her against the Sphynx. She was holding her sword completely wrong and was thrown into a tree in like two seconds flat.” Raven sets her tray down.
“I missed a lot this year,” Thad mumbles.
“Yes, you did,” Jayden says as he walks up behind me, wrapping an arm around my waist.
I glance up at him and grin. He plants a kiss on my forehead. He’s obviously staking his claim, but he isn’t acting jealous at the moment, so I call that a win.
We finish getting our food and Thad trudges to his table all alone while the rest of us go to the Zeus table. We pass Kira and I wave at her as she chats happily with her siblings at the Hephaestus table.
Jayden never takes his hand from my hip as we get to the table and take our usual seats. “Should we have Thad come sit with us?”
“What?” Jayden asks, turning to me sharply.
“He’s over there all alone. I have never had to sit alone here even when I wanted to.” I bump my shoulder into his.
Raven shakes her head at me and widens her eyes. I drop the question because something is definitely off. Thad isn’t a bad guy. He just decided to be the cocky son of Poseidon when he first met us and got off on the wrong foot.
Jayden’s expression hardens as he sits back in his seat. He’s not happy about the reminder that he was a pushy ass who used to sit at my table whether I liked it or not. Jayden doesn’t respond and is quiet throughout the rest of breakfast. Why is that question the one that pisses him off so much and puts him in this broody mood?
“Let’s get to class before Cross throws a bitch fit about us being late,” Raven says when we’re done eating.
Even when we aren’t the last ones in the class, he still gives us the stink eye like we are wasting his time. Jayden wraps a possessive arm around my shoulders as we pass the Poseidon table. Did he just basically pee on me to show his territory? Fucking demigods.
I slam my tray into the bin and glare at Jayden. Everyone knows we’re seeing each other. Why does he feel the need to do that shit? When we walk outside the clouds have parted and just a hint of the sun peeks through the clouds, warming me.
“How long do you think that break in the storms will last?” I ask.
I turn my face up to the sun and sigh. It’s not a cloudless sunny day but it’s a break from constantly being soaked. Jayden kisses my temple before he leaves for his language class and I reluctantly walk into the admin building with Raven.
Cross isn’t at the door glaring at us when we get to class and I frown. Did he start class without us? All my confusion melts away and I elbow Raven in the side to see the sight before me. Kira is sitting in the seat in front of Dax and they are chatting together.
“Did it work?” I whisper.
“I don’t know, but they look cozy.” Raven grins.
We wait for several minutes before Cross hustles in the room, clearly frazzled. Thad sits forward in his seat in the front of the room and cocks his head to the side. He notices the change in our ancient history teacher as well.
What is going on with him? Does he know more than he’s telling us? He’s a sea demigod too, but much older than the rest of us. He glances at Thad and then at me and frowns.
“Continue in your groups discussing the Odyssey.” He waves a hand and sits behind his desk.
I turn away from the desk and back to Raven who scrapes her chair loudly, turning in her seat. “Where were we?”
“Scylla and Charybdis?” I ask.
