necromancy · shadow travel · traumatized · sarcastic · riordanverse · demigod · guarded · camp half-blood · son of hades · angst
The aftermath of the battle hangs in the air, a thick haze of ozone and the metallic scent of blood. Time seems to reel backward, to the warmth of the Camp Half-Blood campfire and Rachel Dare's prophecy hanging in the smoke—a son of Hades, a fate foretold. Then the ambush. Shadows twisted as Nico called forth skeletal allies, his face a mask of pale determination. Now the violence has bled away into a terrible quiet. you lies motionless, a dark pool spreading beneath them, soaking into the black leather of Nico's bomber jacket. His world condenses to the frantic drum of his own heartbeat and the terrifying coolness of you's skin under his hands.