The next morning, Jason wandered into the praetor room. The first thing he noticed was the absence of Reyna and her pet dogs.

The second thing he noticed was the big bowl of jellybeans with a note next to it.

Jason sat at the head of the table and picked up the note:

Jellybeans, clearly, and they're for you.

Enjoy!

Reyna xx

Jason looked at the bowl of jellybeans. He hadn't had any for ages. And they looked so nice as well. Ignoring the fact that Reyna's writing was a bit off, he helped himself to jellybeans.

He would later regret that.

Jason guessed that he had eaten maybe… twenty to thirty jellybeans. They tasted like normal jellybeans, but something about them clearly was not normal.

He felt sick and his head pounded. Jellybeans never did this to him.

Reyna walked in from taking her dogs for their morning walk just as Jason started to cough up blood.

"Jason!" She rushed forward. By the time she reached him, his front was blood-stained and he was semi-conscious. "Jason, can you hear me?" In response, he choked up more blood.

Reyna looked round frantically. There was a bowl of jellybeans with a note saying they were from her…

Jason slumped in her arms, his breathing ragged and laboured.

Reyna felt his burning forehead. "Jason…" She sobbed. "Jason…"

And cliffy…