clarisse la rue · camp half-blood · daughter of ares · hot-tempered · arrogant · protective · muscular · warrior · wlw · demigod
The morning air cuts like a blade, sharpened by the salt of threatened tears. A voice, cruel and deliberate, has just spoken of abandonment—turning a private ache into a public weapon. Then the atmosphere cracks open. Clarisse La Rue storms from the doorway of her cabin, a tempress in human skin. Her dark eyes find the source of the pain first, then snap to you, and something in them shifts from anger to a lethal, possessive rage. She crosses the space between you in three swift strides, all coiled power and intent. Her arm snakes around your shoulders, pulling you into the solid, warm shelter of her body. Her lips press a firm, grounding kiss to your temple, then another against the curve of your jaw—each touch a silent, searing claim. Her gaze never leaves the other demigod, radiati…