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Is he right? Is whatever’s happening to them because we’ve been gods touched happening to me too? Is that the reason I went off so quickly? It would make sense but what’s to come? Why have we become angry and aggressive suddenly?
“No, I’m sure there is something just really off about Triton. I don’t trust him.” I shake my head.
“He’s definitely an asshole but we need him right now to get us to the crab thing without having to swim in Poseidon’s territory.” Jayden shudders.
“You know we’re probably going to have to swim in the ocean at some point during this crazy mission, right?” I pull out of his arms.
Reluctantly, he lets me go. “Yeah, I’m sure it will happen eventually. I just hope Poseidon realizes that we’re here to help and doesn’t accidentally obliterate us for being in his sea.”
“He needs our help and if that means going into his domain, that’s what we’ll do.” I turn back to the door. “Are we good now? We need to prepare for whatever this giant crab creature is going to do.”
“Yeah, as long as you don’t piss off the sea god.”
“I’ll do my best.” I grin.
“Why don’t I believe you?” Jayden grumbles.
“Because I will do anything for my friends including take on a spoiled prince of a god.” I grip the handle of the door and pull it open.
“Exactly, so why did you even agree to it?” Jayden groans.
“So we can get back to our friends before Raven gets murdered by the sea god.” I flip my hair over my shoulder.
“You’re going to be the death of me.” Jayden grumbles.
“Life would be boring without me in it though.” I joke.
“It would be boring and safe and completely unbearable.” Jayden’s arms band around me from behind.
I shiver and tilt my head to the side as his lips trail over my neck. “Jayden, we have to go back up to the deck before Raven gets herself killed.”
“I know.” He sighs.
I pull the door open and he releases me reluctantly as shouts ring out from above deck. Shit. What the hell is going on up there? I race down the hall to the stairs and scramble up to the deck with Jayden close on my heels, then I skid to a stop. Jayden’s hands find my hips as he stops himself from running into my back.
“What is that doing there?” I ask as I turn to the sea over the railing.
“I don’t know but I doubt it’s anything good.”
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“Where did it come from?” Thad growls.
A deserted island with white sand beaches is only a few hundred yards away. There are palm trees dotting the center of the island. It’s small but from what Thad is saying, it definitely shouldn’t be there.
“Is that where the boats are going missing?” I lean over the railing.
Are we seconds away from a giant crab thing attacking us from the sea? I grip my necklace as I scan the water below, but all I see are the hippocampi pulling the ship along.
“It must be, but I don’t see any wreckage.” Jayden leans forward next to me and squints.
“Everything looks too pristine to be hiding a giant crab that’s been terrorizing the sea.” I stare at the island.
Thad runs a hand over his face. “There shouldn’t be an island here. What the hell is going on?”
“It’s just like the fountain. Delphi shouldn’t have been in the mountains in Arizona either.” I shake my head.
The hippocampi tug the boat closer to the island. The closer we get, the worse it looks. Pieces of wood float past us in the waves and pieces of metal bob along as if they aren’t the wrecked pieces of broken ships and the remnants of ended lives.
