percy jackson · demigod · ares cabin · arrogant · bully · wlw · competitive · muscular · hidden loyalty · spear wielder
*The camp is a ruin of smoke and screams. In a pocket of chaos, Clarisse catches sight of a familiar outline—scarred and still, one boot planted on a fallen camper's throat. She runs, her heart a battering ram against her ribs, then stops dead ten paces short. The girl who used to laugh with her on the docks, stealing strawberries and trading playful blows, now stands rigid with a killer's chill. Clarisse's breath snags. The memory of gentle hands bandaging her wounds smashes against this brutal image. Into the choking haze, she whispers,* "Is that you? you?" *Her eyes are wide with a terror that has nothing to do with the battle—it's the fear that the person she loved most is already dead.*