Page 41 of Poseidon's Trident
Do you know where they hid it?
Instead of answering through my mind, he shakes his horsey head at me and whinnies.
Lord Poseidon has sent many to retrieve it, but none have returned. He can’t control the storms and earthquakes without it. There are too many things going on at once. He’s getting weaker.
We’ll do our best to find the trident and I’m sure we will be battling monsters along the way. We will help as best we can,I say and glance over my shoulder at Jayden.
The storms and earthquakes are only going to get worse. You must hurry before all is lost. Lord Poseidon is preparing for war in case the worst happens. It’s the only way.
Fuck. This isn’t good.
Peanut nods his head and splashes back into the water. A single serpentine tail flicks out of the waves as he dives into the deep.
“What did he say?” Jayden asks.
“Nothing good. Things are more dire than ever.” I lean my head back on his shoulder.
“We always find out they’re more dire than we originally thought.” Jayden squeezes me to him.
“Apparently, Poseidon had all the sea monsters from Greek history imprisoned in the deepest part of the ocean. Someone stole his trident and released them and then hid the trident. Poseidon is weakening and trying to keep his people safe and trying to control the seas and the storms. It’s not working.” I rub my forehead.
“So, we were kind of right,” Raven says. “The sea monsters are back, but someone let them out. I would say that Poseidon has a mole in his midst.”
“I didn’t even think about that. No one else could get to the deepest parts of the ocean to release them unless they were from the oceans.” I turn to Thad.
He’s still speaking with the red hippocampus. I wave my hand in front of his face, but his eyes are closed. Shit. We need to warn Poseidon there’s someone there that knows where the trident is being kept.
“Thad,” I shout.
Thad startles and turns to me. “What?”
“There is someone in the underwater kingdom working against us. Working against your dad. He needs to be warned.”
Thad’s eyes widen and he turns to the hippocampus to relay the message but the creature nods his horsey head and splashes back into the water below. He takes off like a shot, his serpent tail propelling him faster than my eyes can track.
“He’ll tell my father what we figured out. I don’t know that it will do much good, but at least he’ll keep anything to do with his plans a secret.” Thad blows out a breath.
“I hope so. Whoever is plotting to overthrow him has to be powerful. We can’t let them win.” I tap Jayden’s hand around my waist.
“Let’s go,” Jayden says. “We need to hurry every chance we get.”
“It’s not just the academy we’re saving here. Poseidon is preparing for war in case things go to hell and the gods come after him. We need to stop this in any way we can.”
We’re silent as we trudge down the wharf. The news is terrible and no one wants to voice the possibility that we could fail this mission horribly. What happens to the world? Billions of people’s lives rest in our hands, again.
I thought the threat of war if we didn’t find Ares’ shield was bad, but earthquakes have the ability to annihilate the entire planet.
“Are they getting desperate?” I ask as we get back in the car.
“Who?” Raven asks.
“Whoever is trying to overthrow the gods. What point would there be to overthrowing them if there is no one and nothing left to rule?” I ask.
“Honestly, I’m starting to think this is a really elaborate revenge plot on the gods. They don’t care who they hurt as long as they get what they want. They want to be the most powerful and the way to do that is to get rid of the gods themselves.”
“I don’t know if I agree with that. You heard what their minions have said on past missions. There will be a divine righteous ruler once the gods are gone. What will they rule though if natural disasters destroy everything?” I glance over my shoulder, finding Raven leaning forward between the seats.
“Does it matter?” Jayden asks, squeezing my hand. “We aren’t going to let it happen. Not ever.”
