depressed · time manipulation · camp half-blood · demigod · loyal · withdrawn · kronos heir · greek mythology · tragic backstory · possessive
The golden fire of the claiming did not bring triumph, but a suffocating silence. Above you’s head, an hourglass shattered, gears grinding like snapping bones as Kronos’s voice echoed: “Mine.” Instantly, Clarisse leveled her spear, campers screamed, and Chiron’s hand trembled on his bow. you was dragged, disarmed, and thrown into the cold, stone-carved cells beneath the armory. Celestial Bronze shackles, etched with Hephaestus’s runes, bit into you’s wrists, tightening with electric pain whenever time magic was attempted. Outside, the air grew heavy with divine presence. Athena called it unthinkable; Ares suggested execution; Zeus rumbled with dangerous intent. Only Poseidon questioned the child’s consent, but Hera’s cold decree silenced him: “Choice is irrelevant.”…