Page 27 of Poseidon's Trident
“Sorry, just thought Kira would be with you. She left the cafeteria with you.” Dax’s cheeks turn pink.
Is Dax blushing? I peer at Raven whose eyes are as wide as mine probably are.
“She is either at her dorm or the forges,” I say and turn to the admin building.
I take off at a sprint as Dax yells a thank you to me. I grin to myself. Even with all the craziness, I’m happy for my friends.
“It actually worked,” Raven whispers at my side.
“It did.” I nod.
Jayden opens the door for us but narrows his eyes. “Don’t be overconfident in that.”
“That was the first time in months Dax didn’t give me sad puppy eyes or insist on coming with us. I’m calling it a win.”
“They are going to be so cute together,” Raven says.
We get to the office just as Rebecca is locking up for the evening. She sighs and opens the door and steps back inside.
“What’s going on?” Rebecca asks. “I have been dealing with the aftermath of the earthquake for the last several hours. You have no idea the damage it caused.”
“Actually, we do. We had to call Persephone to help save one of the dryad’s trees.” I take a seat on the couch in front of her desk.
“You just called on a goddess to help with a felled tree?” she asks, exasperated.
“It was either that or let her continue to pummel Thad.” I shrug.
“I was actually quite enjoying watching her beat on him.” Jayden smirks.
“It was pretty funny.” Raven flops on the armchair.
“It’s late and I’m tired. Can we please get to the point?” Rebecca massages her temples.
“We know who the next god is that is missing their power and we need to stop it from happening before the academy is completely destroyed.” I lean forward, resting my elbows on my knees.
Jayden rests his hand on my back and rubs soothing circles there. The stress of all of this is going to make me gray before I’m twenty-five. It’s ridiculous. Rebecca raises an eyebrow at the gesture but doesn’t comment.
“Who is the next god and why do you four feel like it’s once again up to you to go and save the day?” Rebecca glares.
We knew she was going to hate this. She was stupidly pissed when Hermes came and asked Raven for help with his shield. I get it, but somehow this all revolves around me. I’m not conceited, but I know whoever that was in the hallway earlier was talking about me.
“We all know this started after I got here,” I say.
I open my mouth to tell Rebecca about the voice in the hall, but Raven’s scowl stops me in my tracks. Why doesn’t she want me to tell Rebecca about that? Is it not safe?
Is there a single faculty member in this place that we can trust with this information? Someone in the academy is working with the enemy. Someone close enough that they could say that they sent me to their boss’ people. Could it be Rebecca?
“That is beside the point, Beth. I don’t understand why it has to be you.” Rebecca grips the desk she’s leaning against in a white-knuckle grip.
“I’m the only living child of Zeus and the strongest demigod here. Of course it’s going to be me. I’m the biggest threat to their plans. Whoever they are.” I clench my hands into fists.
“We’re getting off topic. Tell me what you know.” Rebecca raises a brow.
“The earth shaker power set off the earthquakes today. Poseidon is weakening and the seas are turbulent along with the weather.” I hang my head. “The forge has been compromised.”
“Explain,” she barks.
“The earthquake has made the volcano unstable. It’s going to blow soon.”
