Page 60 of Poseidon's Trident
“That’s true, but Poseidon could be working with whoever it is,” Jayden grumbles.
“He’s not. He sent me to the academy to help fight what’s coming,” Thad protests.
“Then why would Triton leave us out here?” Jayden asks.
“Because he’s a self-important dickhead who only cares about himself.” Thad sits on the sand, staring out to sea.
“Or,” I say. “He could be working with whoever is behind this to try and usurp your father’s throne.”
“Shit,” Thad curses. “That’s probably it. You saw how disgusted he is with my father.”
“He hates humans so all the earthquakes and storms could be a way to wipe them out before the Great War that’s coming.” I run a hand down my face.
Was it Triton who stole the trident to begin with? Is he the one who put this all in motion? It would have to be someone close to Poseidon to even get close to the damn thing.
“It’s a good theory,” Jayden says. “Especially since he left us out here to rot.”
“I don’t know,” I say. “It just seems too easy, right?”
“Yeah,” Raven says. “I would think he wouldn’t have shown his hand so early in our mission if it was him behind it.”
“We won’t know anything else until we find the trident so we need to hurry and find the crab so we can figure out a way off this damn island,” I say.
“Agreed.” Jayden squeezes my hand.
“That bastard just dumped us on an island in the middle of the ocean and fucking left us.”
The trees sway eerily on the island but there is no sea breeze anywhere. The ground rumbles and I reach for Jayden as I stumble.
“What was that?”
“Is it another earthquake?” Raven asks.
“I don’t know. I hope not.” I scan the island.
The trees rustle as another rumble tears through the ground. I bump into Jayden as I stumble to the side. That isn’t an earthquake. The rumbling is too similar to when we fought the golem in the underworld.
What’s worse, though? An earthquake rattling the world or the giant crab coming to try to kill us all?
I jump back as a tree falls, crashing into the sand just a few feet in front of us. As I peer closer, I see the tree was cut in half and the rustling is getting worse, like something is moving closer.
“Weapons,” I yell.
I press a hand to my necklace, touching all three charms at once. A shield of shadows forms in front of me as my sword appears in one hand and my whip unfurls in the other.
A pincer larger than me strikes out at us but bounces off the shadow shield and darts back. An arm wraps around my waist, pulling me back against a firm chest, as shadows dance along the arm. Jayden.
“What the fuck was that?” Jayden asks.
His warm breath tickles my ear and I straighten my spine. I need to focus on the monster in front of us.
“It was the giant crab and I think we might be in some serious trouble.”
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“Spread out,” I yell.
Jayden and Raven are on either side of me, their weapons ready for the beast that’s hiding in the trees.
