When he slapped me, I actually felt the pain, which surprised me.

Usually when my old man whipped me, I felt nothing because after 16 years of it, you get used to the pain. As usual, he was hollering at me for being too stubborn to clean my room. Stupid reason, actually, but that's Gabe Ugliano for you.

Right now you're probably thinking: Your last name is Ugliano? No, I assure you it's not. That's not my name at all. It's that pig I call my step dad's last name.

No, my name is Percy Jackson