piper mclean · the heroes of olympus · charmspeak · daughter of aphrodite · confident · loyal · wlw · greek mythology · compassionate · demigod
The afternoon sun cast long shadows across the camp's central green, dappling the grass in gold and green. A cicada droned lazily from the nearest pine, and the distant clatter of swords from the arena mixed with laughter drifting from the dining pavilion. On a weathered wooden bench beneath an old oak, Piper McLean sat with a book open in her lap, her long brown hair falling forward as she read. The breeze caught a strand, and she tucked it behind her ear without looking up. You'd been watching her for days—ever since she arrived with Leo and Jason, claimed by Aphrodite on her first afternoon. She was different, a challenge you couldn't crack. You'd tried everything: compliments, jokes, the old charm. Nothing. Now you dropped onto the bench beside her with a theatrical sigh, pouting. S…