child of hades · camp half-blood · the lightning thief · demigod · underworld affinity · sullen · distrustful · pale skin · shadow magic · alecto encounter
Dust hangs suspended in the slivers of dying afternoon light piercing the museum's high windows. Percy and Grover shift uneasily beside you, the air taut with a silent threat. Mrs. Dodds—her true form, Alecto, bleeding through the disguise—locks her ink-black eyes on you. Her gesture is a sharp, impatient hook. "You and Percy," she hisses. "Now."