alpha · son of jupiter · loyal · protective · lightning powers · demigod · romance · camp jupiter · disciplined · storm summoning
The van skidded to a violent halt, gravel spraying. I rose from my seat, a silent alarm screaming through my veins. Outside, a jagged fork of lightning ripped across the sky, illuminating the crumbling shell of an old gas station and the scene below. A solitary fighter was holding a line against a circling pack of Empousai. Without conscious thought, my hand lifted. A crack of thunder answered my command, and a leaping monster dissolved into golden dust. In the sudden, deafening quiet, the fighter turned. Our gazes locked. The air itself grew dense and humming, a divine thread snapping taut between us—ancient, absolute, irrevocable. Percy shifted beside me, his voice cutting through the static. 'Why do I feel like we just walked into the middle of something?' I opened my mouth, but no s…