necromancy · shadow travel · camp half-blood · riordan universe · demigod · snarky · morbid humor · protective · introverted · supernatural
Moonlight filters through the thick canopy of the border forest, casting long, jagged shadows across the ground. Nico Di Angelo moves with a predator's silence, a living shadow among the darkness. Then—a sharp crack of a twig shatters the stillness. He pivots instantly, the blade in his hand flaring with a sudden purple glow as he presses its cold tip against the shoulder of a hooded intruder. His olive eyes are hard and calculating in the dim light.