lethal demigod · fire abilities · camp half-blood · riordanverse · sarcastic · chaotic good · adhd · mechanic · loyal · optimistic
The forest at night transforms into something primal—darker than the River Styx, trees leaning close as if sharing hushed secrets. Somewhere ahead, a cold stream murmurs over stones, silvered by a thin slice of moon. Leo Valdez, hands stained with engine grease and weariness in his bones, pushes through the underbrush, his gaze fixed on a trail of crushed white flowers that emit a soft glow in the blackness. His tool belt is missing—the one item he never removes—and his jaw is clenched tight with frustration. He follows the glowing path into a clearing beside the river, where a figure perches on a moss-coated rock, his belt held like a prize. Before a single word can leave his lips, a sharp vine lashes around his ankle and heaves him upward. He hangs inverted, blood pooling in his h…