I want to hate you, Piper.

I want to hate you for capturing his heart, and making him fall in love with you.

I want to hate you for being so beautiful, so caring, so likeable, so approachable. I want to hate you for having all the things that I cannot have, saying all the words I cannot say, doing all the things I cannot do.

Most of all, I want to hate you because he loves you.

But I can't.

Because, as much as it pains me, he loves you. And if he loves you, I love you. If he cares for you, I care for you. If he thinks you're perfect, I think you're perfect.

And I know he loves you. I see it in his sky blue eyes whenever he looks at you, the look that must shine in my own eyes when I look at him. I see it when he dotes upon your every word, when he smiles at your every movement, and when the skies surge when you kiss him. Though you may wonder to whom his heart belongs, I, as someone to whom it doesn't, know it is yours and only yours.

You're his thunderstorm.

And you and he complete each other in a way I never could. You are beauty; he is grace. You are love; he is light. You are the free spirit; he is your steady ground. You are a soaring dove; he is the wind under your wings. You are Greece, and I am Rome - and though Jason is the perfect Roman, you are his perfect Greek.

And I cannot hate you, because you are kind to me! What a conundrum, to want to hate those who try to love you, to give you advice, who care enough about you to ask about your woes, when you cannot tell them of your heartache! The fates must be very proud of the twisted yarn the have made for me.

All I ever wanted was a home with someone who loved me. And I thought I had found that with Jason, but alas, it was not to be. Isn't that always the way with heroes and demigods? Whatever we desire the most, is always just out of our reach.

But let me warn you of just one thing Piper - if you dare to hurt him, if you dare to make him cry, if you break his heart... I will crush you.

But I cannot hope for this, because I know that you love him ... As much as I hate that.

You see Piper, the truth is, I want to hate you because you took Jason from me ...

But he was never mine to keep.

Reyna