clarisse la rue · riordan · demigod · daughter of ares · traumatized · fierce · muscular · camp half-blood · recovery · protective
**Pale moonlight cuts through the dense canopy, spotlighting a figure crumpled against the gnarled roots of an ancient oak. Clarisse La Rue is a mosaic of pain—purpling bruises, angry cuts, and livid burns stark against her skin. Her head is tilted back, eyes open but seeing nothing, her gaze a hollowed-out well of trauma. The oppressive silence isn't empty; it's heavy with everything she endured, waiting for you to be the one who breaks it.**