AN: I am so so so sorry that I haven't updated this yet, I posted the first chapter with the intent to write the second chapter but everytime I tried the document got erased or lost, so I finally got this finished for you guys and I'm super sorry, I promise that I am working on all of my stories now and I'm going to be a better updater, it's one of my New Years Resolutions!
I;d like to dedicate this to I am Reyna daughter of Bellona and IamJamieDaughterOfHypnos as it's Ray's birthday today and it was Jamie's yesterday, so HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY!
I don't own Percy Jackson and the Olympians and I never will.
I peered around the bark of the tree, through the chain-link fence I could see the Freeway leading into the tunnel, it wasn't busy, surprisingly, for a change. across the Freeway I could see a maintainance door, guarded by two people dressed in armour and jeans. I was definitely at the right place.
"Camp Jupiter." I breathed, I'd missed my old home, from the War Games to the Senate Meetings, even Terminus's crazy rules. I was glad to see something familiar again after eight long months of travelling across and around America. I drew back against the tree, doubt filling me, I'd been gone eight months, I remembered the welcome Jason had received when he'd returned, he hadn't left of his own free-will, he'd been kidnapped. But he'd still been shunned by people when he'd returned.
I predicted I wasn't going to get a warmer welcome.
I paused for a second when I heard rapid breathing shortly behind me, it sounded like animatistic panting, my training taught me that you should take slow, careful movements as not to provoke whatever had sneaked up behind you. I turned my head as slowly as possible and almost yelped, the monster stood roughly four feet to my left, about as tall as the tree or one of the houses in the complex behind it. It had a lion's head, it's body was that of a genetically enlarged goat with the hooves to match, a tail flicked out from behind it and I saw it was a live snake, a diamondback, I guessed, I wasn't sure I wanted to find out how long it was. It's fangs were poisonous, that much I knew. I noticed the monster had a collar, it was so large I was surprised I'd missed it, I could easily make out the words from where I stood.
CHIMERA - RABID, FIRE BREATHING, POISONOUS - IF FOUND, PLEASE CALL TARTARUS - EXT. 954.
"This is not good." I whispered to myself, my hand reached for the dagger on my belt instinctively, the Chimera's beady eyes following my moments, it was salivating a lot, one wrong move and I could find myself on its menu. My hand found and gripped the hilt of my dagger tightly, I was painfully aware I hadn't worn any armour on when I left Camp Jupiter, convinced I wouldn't need it, but I'd been proved wrong over the course of the past few months as there seemed to be endless counts of monsters chasing after me all the time. I didn't like my odds against this one.
The Chimera opened it's mouth letting out a horrible stench of bad breath and Barbeque, I coughed and waved my hand in front of my nose, fanning away the smell from my face as the Chimera's mouth heated up. I barely managed to leap out-of-the-way before a column of fire was shot in my direction, I hit the grass painfully and rolled away from the tree which was now on fire, sending up smoke to the sky, it was practically a smoke signal for every monster who could see it, it wouldn't be a good idea to stick around for long.
"Neptune's greaves!" I yelped as I scrambled up from the dirt, the Chimera was a tough opponent, I didn't see any weak spots on it, I wasn't sure I could beat it. Another blast of fire had me diving for another patch of grass while the Chimera stalked towards me, it's fangs bared. I glanced towards the freeway, there was a hole in the chain-link fence some desperate half-blood had cut on the way to Camp Jupiter, it still hadn't been repaired, it was just large enough for a human to get through to the Freeway.
I didn't like my chances but my options weren't good, killed and eaten by the Chimera or stand trial and possibly get executed for abandoning my duties and Rome.
I darted to the fence and scrambled through the gap, the Chimera's fangs nearly skimming me as it lunged, my backpack snagged against a broken link in the fence and pulled me to a halt. I turned as best as I could and fought to free it, if it didn't have things that I might need I would have abandoned it for now and came back for it later, but it had my wallet and i.d in the bag. The Chimera pawed at me the best it could through the fence, it's hoof nearly catching me each time. Finally I freed my bag and leaped out-of-the-way of the Chimera's hoof, it's beady eyes glared at me fiercely. Only the Freeway stood between me and my home, and a measly fence was the only thing holding the Chimera back from eating me.
I ran out onto the Freeway without a second thought, my braid swinging behind me.
I tried to smile apologetically as cars screeched to halts, drivers honking their horns at me as I ran in front of them, I felt sorry for the drivers with children in their cars, I was setting a really bad example for their children. I quickly reached the maintainance door - alive, thankfully - and awkwardly waved at the two guards. Their helmets obscured their faces as they looked at the Freeway over my shoulders, I glanced back, catching my breath and saw the Chimera standing on the Freeway in front of the cars, it let out a beastly roar and shot fire towards us.
"Mommy, it's an Elephant!" A kid yelled from one of the cars, I didn't try to pinpoint the voice as I turned back to the guards to see one of them load a bow and aim it at the Chimera.
"No time, into the tunnel!" I insisted, the smaller guard pried open the door and ran inside, I glanced back at the housing complex, the chain-link fence had been flattened to the ground and the tree was still on fire.
"Come on!" One of the guards reminded me, I turned back to the tunnel in front of me and walked in, the door closing behind me.
"An Elephant, how does that look like an Elephant!" One of the guards complained once we were safe, we began stumbling through the dark towards the other end.
"You're still the most handsome Elephant I've ever seen, Frank." The other guard replied sweetly, I felt a little awkward walking behind them, especially as that identified who they were, Frank Zhang and Hazel Levesque. "Are you okay? You've been fighting it quite a bit across the freeway." Hazel addressed me, I slumped my shoulders, the fight had caught up to me and I felt exhausted, despite a full-night's sleep last night.
"I'm fine, thank you, Hazel, but could we move a little faster please." I questioned, there was a pause of silence where I heard the Chimera sniffing at the door behind us.
"We'd better hurry, before that monster decides that knocking is for peasants." Frank joked, I pursed my lips unamused as Hazel let out a small laugh. We began walking a little faster, I remained at the back, looking back every few seconds to listen for the Chimera. "Do you have a weapon on you?" Frank called back shortly down the tunnel, I opened my mouth to reply with a yes when I realised I didn't have my dagger in my hand any more. I must have dropped it evading the Chimera's attacks.
"I dropped my dagger, I have to go back for it!" I said, I turned on my heel and prepared to run back for it when Hazel gripped my arm to stop me.
"Don't, you'll get eaten by the monster out there." She reminded me firmly, I stopped and sighed, that dagger had kept me alive during the past eight months, it was the only weapon I'd taken with me for protection, in case I ran into a half blood that was in trouble.
"Don't worry, we'll get you a new one." Frank promised. "Until then, you walk in front and we'll guard your back." He said, Hazel guided me until I was standing in front of them, I didn't really want to be guarded but I didn't have a choice, they had weapons and I didn't. I knew my limits.
"We'd better hurry." I said, we heard the Chimera roaring behind the door and sped up, practically flying through the tunnel. We stopped a little further down, content we couldn't hear the Chimera any longer, I was winded, evading that monster had taken more out of me than I thought, I was ready for a hot shower and a long nap.
"Back there... how'd you know Hazel's name?" Frank spoke up, I thought back and realised that I'd called Hazel by her name, Frank's I could have gotten away with because Hazel had used it.
"Reyna?" Hazel asked, there was a note of hope in her voice, I looked in the direction of the end of the tunnel, where Camp Jupiter lay.
"Bullseye." I answered quietly, I waited for their reactions, they were talking in hushed whispers. "You know, we might want to get moving." I spoke up, beinging a brisk pace, I wanted as much distance between me and the Chimera as possible until I could figure out it's weakness.
"Did you just hear a thud?" Frank asked as we continued down the tunnel, my eyes had adjusted to the dark and I could pick out the tunnel walls from the dark.
"I didn't." I replied, Hazel stopped for a second and listened.
"It's the tunnel door, it's been knocked down." Hazel explained, I knew exactly what had done it.
"Run. Now." I ordered, a second later a roaring sound filled the tunnel, light shone through behind us as the Chimera sent fire after us, I saw the light at the end of the tunnel, Frank and Hazel caught up with me and we raced out of the tunnel, I turned left and pressed against the wall as the fireball shot out after us, we'd got out just in time before we were barbeque. I glanced out at what lay in front of me, Camp Jupiter lay in all it's splendour, from the Via Principalis, to the field of Mars, New Rome lay beside it, the building shining in the late June sunshine. "I'm home." I whispered.
"Are you okay?" Hazel asked, her and Frank were on the other side of the tunnel entrance, looking at me warily, I nodded, leaning my head against the cool rock, and panting. That was some workout.
"Yeah, just... just give me a minute." I breathed out, Frank handed his bow to Hazel and turned into an Eagle, swiftly flying off towards the Via Principia cawing loudly as he flew. I followed his flight with my eyes for a few seconds as Hazel walked towards the bank of the river Tiber before following her. We climbed into the river and began wading through it, the strong current not affecting either of us as we made our way to the other side. We clambered out onto the bank on the other side, slightly less than soaking and laid down on the warm grass.
"Are you okay?" Hazel asked again, I nodded and rolled onto my back to look up at the sky, the sun was shining, it was blue with not a cloud in the sky.
"Hazel, are you alright?" I stilled when I heard the familiar voice, I moved my arm to shield my eyes from the sun as I turned to look at the new comer, he was blonde, with blue eyes and a small scar on his upper lip, he wore a purple toga and armour.
"I'm fine, praetor Grace." Hazel answered as she sat up, I remained on the ground with my arm covering my face, Fortuna clearly enjoyed tormenting me. My mind kept replaying what happened the night I'd left, it wouldn't let me forget what happened.
"Hazel, you're my friend, just call me Jason." Jason replied, I felt someone nudge me and uncovered my eyes slightly so I could look at who it was. Frank was beside me, helping Hazel up, I reluctantly sat up and pushed myself up, I used the marble pedestal that was next to me to help me, I didn't know when that had got there, it definitely hadn't been there when I laid down.
"Excuse me miss!" The statue on the bust exclaimed haughtily, I leapt back, clutching at my racing heart as I stumbled into someone who steadied me. "Ah, now you're paying attention, you could have knocked me over, I'm a valuable asset to this camp, why I defeated a Giant!" Terminus lectured, I rolled my eyes at his boasting. "You new recruits are all the same..." Terminus grumbled, I squared my shoulders and prepared for the lecture that was aimed at me. "Nobody listens to the go- You survived." His tune changed when he looked at me.
"Yes, I am rather good at that, I should make a full-time job of it." I remarked dryly, it wasn't as if I'd run across America in less than thirty seconds, he didn't need to make it sound like such an accomplishment.
"None of that from you, missy. First out of bed after hours, now sarcasm, next you'll be dying your hair." Terminus grumbled, I rolled my eyes, he sounded worse than an overprotective parent with issues on letting go.
"I've always wanted to go blonde." I mused sarcastically, Terminus didn't look amused. "Just kidding." I added sheepishly, Terminus's expression didn't change.
"Praetor Grace, I expect you to deal with this demigod accordingly, Reyna, I expect you not to leave again even by the will of the queen of the gods." Terminus instructed. "Levesque, Zhang, I expect you two to stop lollygagging around and do some work, that grass there in one centimetre above regulation, deal with it immediately!" Terminus ordered, Frank pulled out a small pair of scissors and looked around for the grass as Terminus disappeared.
"He hasn't changed." I noted.
"Some things never do." Jason replied offhandedly, I glanced at him out of the corner of my eye, he'd hardly changed at all. "Hazel, please take Reyna to the baths, remain near her and bring her to the Principia afterwards. Frank, gather the other Centurions in the Principia, please." Jason instructed, Hazel steered me towards the Via Principalis as Frank made his way towards the field of Mars. As Hazel and I walked I chanced another look back at Jason, he was staring up at the sky, looking for guidance from his father. The sky remained peaceful.
"He missed you, you know." Hazel commented as we entered the Via Principalis, I hitched my backpack up higher on my shoulder and chose not to reply. I knew Hazel meant well, really, but I wasn't in a talking mood. "There were a lot of rumours surrounding your disappearance." Hazel informed me kindly, I quirked an eyebrow at her, curious. "They were mostly juvenile." She added bashfully.
"Rumours tend to be." I replied emotionless, rumours tended to erupt when there was nothing better to talk about, they mostly came about out of spite, jealousy or boredom.
"I think the most insane one was where you had run off to marry some guy from Russia because he'd promised you a mansion and to be free of some curse." Hazel said, I tutted, you would think the person who came up with it would have come up with something believable or with a shred of the truth imbedded.
"Not true." I dispelled, Hazel let out a sigh. "I would never leave Camp Jupiter for a mansion, or anyone who could give me one, a life of luxury isn't always a life worth living." I mused, Hazel nodded her agreement.
"I'll just wait outside then." Hazel spoke up again, I nodded and entered the bath house. After a relaxing soak and wash, I dressed in clothes I picked out from my bag, a baby blue tank top, a rose-coloured blouse and dark jeans, putting on my converse again. I braided my hair, making sure it was all in place, I checked my reflection in a mirror on the wall, it was half comforting to be in clothes like everyone else here, but I didn't wear a shirt like everyone else, I wasn't going to pretend that everything was okay when it wasn't. I pulled on my backpack again and left the bath house.
"Ready." I said to Hazel who was waiting outside, she had a muffin in one hand and a bag in her other hand which she handed to me, I opened it to find jellybeans inside.
"Jason brought them by as he went into the Principia." Hazel explained, I looked down into the bag of sweets and plucked out a sky blue one and rolled it between my fingers. "We'd better go in." Hazel reminded me, I looked at the Principia in front of us and ate the jellybean in my hand.
"Lets do this." I replied, we entered the Principia and I saw we were the last ones to arrive, the other Centurions were here already, Octavian stood by the desk with a stuffed animal in his hands, his ceremonial knife was on his belt. Terminus's statue was situated in the corner complaining about hooligans and new recruits. I was surprised when Hazel left my side to stand with Frank but I tried not to be intimidated by all the stares in the room that were on me.
"Now that everyone is here, this meeting can begin." Jason started, everyone turned their attention to him and I breathed a little easier, I edged away from the door a little, if the door came flying open because of a problem I didn't want to go flying as well. "Frank, could you please recount what happened on guard duty with Hazel please?" Jason asked, Frank launched into an explanation of the events from earlier, everyone listened attentively, I listened too, although I'd saw it all. Hazel jumped in to help him from time to time, adding in details he'd forgotten.
"Then Lord Terminus arrived." Frank finished, there were a few murmurs but a look from Jason silenced them.
"Thank you, Frank." Jason replied, he looked around the room at everyone, his electric gaze linger on me for a fraction of a second longer than everyone else, I couldn't read his eyes, they didn't show any emotion. I let out a low whistle to try and distract myself from the awkwardness of the situation, I was painfully aware when everyone in the room looked at me with surprise and then at the desk as two metal dogs leapt out from behind it, one was silver and the other was gold, both had ruby eyes that surveyed the room before settling on me. Argentum barked happily when she saw me and trotted over, Aurum quickly overtaking her to nudge my leg with his nose.
"Hello Aurum, hello Argentum." I greeted them, I kneeled on the floor and put my hand out to pat Argentum who nuzzled my hand affectionately, Aurum put his paws on my lap as if to stop me moving, his ruby eyes bore into me as if to say: 'Did you have to really have to leave us with him?' I pursed my lips and looked at Argentum who looked pleadingly at me as I patted them both on the head.
"Where did you go?" Someone spoke up, I looked up to see it was Shannon Mersey, Centurion for the second cohort, I ran my fingers along Argentum's head for a second thoughtfully.
"I did some personal research." I replied, there were some surprised looks, mostly from Octavian, they must have thought I went to Camp Half-Blood, but Shannon seemed satisfied with my answer.
"Thank you, Reyna. There will be a Senate meeting at three o' clock to decide what's going to happen to you, until then you will be shadowing Centurions Levesque and Zhang." Jason said, I nodded and looked at Frank and Hazel who smiled at me.
"Those two! Why not someone experienced, she could easily overpower them." Larry spluttered, I guess he was still insulted that they were chosen for the 'impossible' quest and survived.
"I trust Hazel and Frank, they have saved the world and defeated Giants, I think they'll be fine." Jason replied, I looked down at the dogs at my sides, they both sat.
"What about Argentum and Aurum?" I asked, Jason looked at them.
"They'll go with you, of course." Jason replied, I nodded and scratched Argentum behind her ear. "But as a precaution, I'd like to keep your bag here." Jason added, I held onto the straps of my backpack tightly, it hadn't left my sight for more than ten minutes in the past eight months, I'd even slept holding onto it.
"How do I know it'll be safe with you?" I asked distrustfully, I'd seen people get mugged on the streets.
"I'll guard it with my life." Jason vowed, I glanced at Aurum who didn't even growl before taking it off reluctantly, I tossed it to Jason who placed it behind the desk, I felt lighter without the backpack on, more vulnerable. "Will you be requiring any armour?" Jason asked, I looked at Frank and Hazel in question.
"We'll be in the collusium next, is she going to be participating any any activities?" Frank replied, Jason looked from me to Frank and Hazel.
"Take her to the armoury, get her old armour from there, and a new dagger." Jason replied without looking at me, at least I was being trusted enough to be given a weapon. "You're all free to go." Jason added, Terminus said nothing as we all made our way to the door, I got there first being the nearest to it, I put my hand on the handle of the door when a thought occurred to me.
"Jason, I know the number for a good therapist you can call about your sleep-talking." I said, turning to face him, the Centurions stopped in their tracks, anything they considered news worthy made them stop and listen.
"What do you mean, Reyna?" Jason asked, looking at me again, I crossed my arms and frowned, did he really want me to speak about this in front of everyone?
"On the night I left, Juno brought me to your villa while we talked, you happened to come up in the conversation and you muttered something in your sleep." I replied offhandedly, my face felt hot as I recounted it, it was awkward practically admitting I'd watched him sleep a little. Jason flushed bright red and cleared his throat nervously.
"Must have been some good dream." Julian snickered, another Centurion giggled and it set them off laughing, covering their mouths with their hands, leaving Jason and I the only two not laughing, even Octavian was amused. We waited a few minutes while they laughed, I met Jason's eyes and smiled apologetically for bringing it up, he smiled shyly back, the blush still on his face. Argentum nudged my hand with her nose and I looked down at her, she held a piece of paper in her mouth which she offered to me.
'What exactly did you hear?' Was written on the paper in Jason's handwriting, I pulled out a pencil from my jeans pocket and wrote a reply.
'Piper, you're so beautiful.' I scrawled roughly before handing it back to Argentum to deliver to Jason, Shannon stopped laughing as Argentum skimmed her in her haste to get the reply to Jason and one by the one the Centurions fell silent, Jason frowned as he read over my reply.
"Are you sure that's what I said, Reyna?" Jason asked, I was aware of the tension in the room as I nodded confidently, those words had haunted me every day for the past eight months, try as I might, I couldn't forget them. "That's odd." Jason mumbled, I felt confused, why would that be confusing, he was dreaming about Piper, he said her name in his sleep.
"How so, praetor Grace?" Hazel asked, Jason blushed deeper.
"I guess it's because I wasn't dreaming about Piper." Jason replied, I frowned, then what was he dreaming about and why did those words come out of his mouth?
"That has to be disorienting." Frank said bluntly, I agreed with him.
"It is." Jason replied, I didn't know what to say to him, I knew Jason, he felt like it was his fault I'd left.
"If you weren't dreaming about the Greek girl, who were you dreaming about?" Octavian asked, he wasn't asking spitefully, merely curiously for a change, he seemed like less of a snake and more of a friend, something I'd never imagined him to be. It was weird. Jason turned redder than before and looked down at the papers on his desk.
"Hooligans, don't know how to measure the grass properly, in Ceaser's day you had to or you were killed." Terminus grumbled suddenly, we all looked at the god, I hadn't noticed he'd even left. "Oh, and Octavian, your mother is looking for you, your grandmother's in town." Terminus added, Octavian nodded and left the Principia to go to New Rome. "Now where were we?" The god asked.
"We were just finished." Jason answered the god, he began explaining what Terminus had missed.
"Praetor Grace?" Larry interrupted, Jason stopped talking and turned to him.
"Yes, Centurion Hinton?" Jason replied politely, Larry looked around helplessly for a second, shifting uneasily.
"You never answered Octavian's question, who were you dreaming about the night Reyna left?" Larry questioned, Jason picked up a page from the desk and glanced it for a second.
"Thank you for pointing that out, Larry, you are correct, I didn't answer Octavian's question." Jason said, I rolled my eyes.
"Was it a prophetic dream? Of Reyna leaving?" Julian asked, I raised my eyebrows at Jason, that would be completely weird if he was having a dream about me talking with Juno while we were just outside his room.
"While I fail to see why one dream I had eight months ago is so significant to Centurions who were dismissed ten minutes ago, I'll humour you." Jason said, the Centurions attempted to look bashful but failed, they were too curious. "No, I didn't dream about Reyna leaving." Jason answered, I knew there was something significant about the way he said it, there was a slight stress in the way he said leaving, it wasn't overly stressed, but he had definitely said it differently to the rest of the words.
"You were dreaming about me?" It took me a second to realise I'd been the one to speak, everyone was looking at me now as I took a step towards Jason. "You said you didn't dream about me leaving, you didn't deny dreaming about me in general." I deduced, it sounded a little far-fetched to my ears but the Centurions were nodding like it made sense to them. I held my breath as Jason met my eyes.
"You've never been one to miss the small details, have you, Reyna?" Jason noted, I quirked my eyebrow at him, was he admitting he'd dreamt about me?
"I could tell you no, but we both know I'd be lying." I retorted, Jason nodded at me, a ghost of a smile playing on his lips.
"As I said before, you are free to return to your duties." Jason addressed the room, the Centurions started, surprised they'd been remembered, there were a few disappointed looks, they'd clearly hoped to stay longer. They began filing out of the Principia, Hazel and Frank lingered behind but I motioned to them to wait for me outside, and they left too. "I believe that dismissed was addressed to you too, Reyna." Jason spoke up, he'd returned to the pages on his desk.
"It was, but I wanted to talk to you." I agreed, the words slipping out of my mouth easily.
"Talk away, I'm all ears." Jason assured me, I inhaled deeply and tried to decide what to say first, I had so many racing thoughts and I wasn't sure what to say first.
"You have dreams about me?" I blurted, my ADHD deciding that was the perfect thing to say the first time Jason and I were alone after eight months. Not 'sorry for leaving' or something like that! I blushed and looked down at my feet as Aurum let out a bark of laughter.
"None that are very useful, like where you are or if you're alive, it's very frustrating waiting and hoping you'd return." Jason answered, I cracked a smile, I knew exactly how he felt.
"I know exactly what you mean, and I'm sorry for leaving you to deal with all of this." I said, gesturing around the Principia, Jason shrugged.
"I don't blame you, it's hard to say no to a goddess." Jason replied, I looked closely at him and was reminded of two years ago I looked in the mirror and I saw something similar, he'd gone for eight months and I was left to shoulder the burden, I'd been gone eight months and he'd been left to shoulder the burden, our roles were reversed.
"I'm still sorry." I replied.
"Read though this please." Jason requested handing me a page from the table, I scanned over the document quickly.
"Shirking your duties, praetor?" I teased, Jason scoffed and let out a short laugh.
"Merely seeking advice from an experienced ex-praetor." Jason replied, I rolled my eyes and read through it again, it was a request for a radio station to be built-in New Rome but the person didn't have a very good argument.
"I wouldn't approve of this, while the person mentions it would benefit everyone to hear the same news so nothing gets changed in the grapevine like gossip tends to do, it doesn't guarantee to be monster-free, it could also distract the legion and everyone would be shirking their duties. The bad outweighs the good." I explained as I used my pencil to mark the suspicious passages and placed the document on the desk.
"How did you get all of that!" Jason exclaimed as he snatched up the document, he read through it.
"It's not too obvious, the person was careful with their wording. You'll see it says 'we might have to tighten the security around Camp Jupiter and New Rome'." I quoted, Jason frowned as he scanned the page over again. "Reading between the lines what does this tell you?" I asked.
"That it's going to attract more monsters, thanks Reyna." Jason replied, I nodded and clasped my hands together. "Where do we stand?" Jason asked suddenly, the question caught me off guard, we'd always danced the lines, going from me despising him to becoming friends, I knew we'd danced the line between friends and a couple several times a week.
"I stand trial for abandoning my duties at three pm, and you stand as the judge. This is something where we can't stand together." I reminded him gently, Jason sighed and rubbed his forehead.
"It's times like this I hate being praetor." He muttered.
"Don't let Octavian hear you say that." I chided, I walked over to the door with Argentum and Aurum following me.
"If you survive this trial, where will we stand then?" Jason called out when I placed my hand on the door handle, I looked back and met his eyes.
"We shall have to see, Jason." I answered before turning away and opening the door, I left Jason alone in the Principia with his thoughts.
I'm sorry if this wasn't my best work, I was rushing because it's late and I've got to help with the dishes before bed, so again, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I'm sorry to keep everyone waiting, please forgive me and now the final chapter will be on the 7th of Febuary.
PEACE, LOVE, GOODNIGHT!
Love Always, Jeyna. X