Percy

I wanted to ask Jason if everything was alright. His voice had been strained. It was as if he was fearing a fall which is ridiculous as he could flay. I hit the gas peddle and drove towards his beach house. Annabeth was in a college party. So at least I didn't need to explain things to her. Not because I didn't want to but because I didn't know what to say. Annabeth had given me huge smile before she had gone out. I had felt at a loss at that. I could have told her about every single secret I had. But thankfully my phone had broken the moment. I was expecting a call from Antonia. But it was from Jason which had relieved me for a split second before I had heard his pained voice.

I parked my car outside Jason's house and sprinted up to his door and rang the door bell. Piper had of course smelled the ocean sent which according to her I always seem to carry as she said,

"Coming Percy!"

There we clicks of chains opening. I rolled my eyes. As if chains could stop a vampire like Jason. One look at Piper told me that she had been crying to her self. Her eyes were puffy and red. He was in a skinny blue jeans and a baggy orange top. Her hair was a mess. I sighed as I took in how she was wearing two different slippers. She had been worried sick about Jason but her anger had got in her way of picking up his call.

"Piper! Look at you! You eyes your hair! Stop being stubborn and call Jason already." I hope she had sensed the annoyance in my sentences and had come to know how childish she was being.

"Di- did he call y- you?" Her voice was quivery indicating that she still felt like crying.

"No. His clone did. Of course Piper he did! How else on earth could I have come to know about your little fight then?"

Piper nodded for some reason and then took a deep breath and said, "I am going upstairs. I'll send a message to his pager."

"Jason has a pager?" I seriously thought they were extinct.

"He took one today." with that Piper ran up the stairs and I bet if she hadn't been a vampire, then she would have tripped and broken her leg.

My phone vibrated in my pocket which made me jump and hit my hit with the door frame.

"Ouch!" I murmured as I fished my phone out. It was Antonia.

"Hello?" I was expecting her to call though I kind of knew what she would say. It was a verdict that I didn't want to hear.

"Percy? I did some research but I still don't have the identity of Gabe's master. But I am sure of one thing... This master is a vampire or something supernatural because he is controlling Gabe like a puppet. Kersten has found out a hotel bill in "Mademoiselle Inn" in Lyon, France addressed to Gabriel Ugliano. It was a..."

Antonia hesitated. I didn't get why she would but then she sucked her breath and continued, "It's called an Inn just for show actually it is a blood hub."

Blood hub are places where mostly male vampires go for blood of beautiful human women and pleasure. It made me think about how Annabeth was sold to a whore hole in New Town. She still shudders when she hears of any such place. I though of all those helpless girls lying on sinister beds, being drained and abused by vampires. I gritted my teeth. If I ever get a chance I would surely help those girls out.

"So we conclude that Gabe is a vampire?" I asked with a heavy voice.

"That's what all the evidence we have point to. Percy... I think I can find Gabe's current location. When I do I can go and deal with him. You don't have to-"

"Nonsense. It is something I have to do Antonia. I am glad that you are helping me but I don't want to endanger you in case there is any danger." I cut her short. She couldn't do what I was supposed to do. Most of all she wouldn't feel the satisfaction in beating the hell out of Gabe that I would. I heard frantic foot steps running down the steps and quickly dropped the call after saying a short goodbye.

Piper looked tortured. She was in her black cardigan ready to go out. I gave her a confused look as she went past me.

"Piper! Where are you going?" I followed her to her garage. She was busy swiping various cards for opening the garage. This couldn't be good.

"Piper?"

"Jason is not answering me back!" Her voice was as shaky as her hands were.

"May be his pager is out of order." I suggested lamely and Piper even gave me a pained look over she shoulder.

"The garage card is with Jason! Percy you have to drive me to him."

"Don't be so hasty. I'm sure he is just fine." I really had to call Antonia back too.

Piper turned towards at me and stared up at me with large watery brown eyes. She had intentionally fixed her kaleidoscopic eyes to that color to pull off the puppy-dog eyes. Good for her that it was perfect, bad for me as it worked. I sighed an ran a hand through my hair before saying,

"Do you know where he is?"

"No." Her voice was too confident for someone saying she doesn't know where to go.

"But I know one person who does." I knew who she was implying and I groaned at that.

"Not Octavian!"

"Please Percy!"

"Hop on."

We drove silently to Octavian's shop. He was busy shutting the shop door on a poor pregnant girl's face. I winced as he pushed her down and she fell on her butt to the floor. I ran up to the shop and helped her up before glaring at Octavian. She better not be his girlfriend or at it seemed, ex-girlfriend. I was going to yank him but Piper put stopped me with her hand on my shoulder. I turned sideways to look at her as she said,

"It's okay. I'll deal with him. You get that girl to safety."

I was going to argue. There was no way on earth I was going to leave her alone with that guy. But then again Piper could use charm speak. She could get her way with Octavian easily as he was way weaker than her and he was a wizard not a vampire. She couldn't use it on me though even though I was a younger vampire. It had something to do with Ke merging with my powers I suppose. I nodded and earned a tight-lipped smile from Piper as she pushed open the glass door and stepped inside the shop.

I looked at the thin girl with the rather large belly. Her red eyes were puffier than Piper's had been and her skin was too pale to be healthy for a human and she was clearly one because apparently she was pregnant. Her straight brown hair and black eyes gave her an average look. She had just been Octavian's toy and nothing else. I remembered Annabeth saying that she had got pregnant when she was just seventeen. She had said that some old duke had almost killed her in the whore whole one night which had led to her miscarriage. She hadn't known who's the baby was but she had looked forward to it. She had gone all still, depressed and paralysed after that.

That made me more furious towards Octavian and I was glad that Piper had went in on her own. I could have killed him.

I slowly guided the girl to the nearest bus stop. There were a few other people there, some where standing and some were sitting. I made her sit on the bench and fetched a bottle of water for her.

"Thank you. I'm Nanalew Dove." Her voice was weak and barely audible.

"Hey! I am-"

My phone flashed with a message from Piper. She knew where Jason was. I looked over at Nanalew for the last time and gripped her shoulder and looked straight into her eyes and smiled at her before saying,

"Be brave. Octavian wasn't worth it. Your child will be special for you."

And with that I was gone. I couldn't charm speak people like Piper could but vampires could muddle with a mortal's mind to a minor fraction. I hope she got a little faith.

I came to a staggering halt in front of Piper. She looked a bit relaxed now that she knew where Jason was. But I could see that the anxiety hadn't left her completely.

"I dictate the direction." She said as we got on the car.

"What did he take in exchange for the information."

A small smile crept to her lips as she said,

"Jason had given him a good bump on his head this morning. He wanted an apology from Jason."

It was good to see that Piper was smiling. I was glad that she knew where Jason was or other wise she might have blown up the world.

"Do you think Nanalew would give birth to a witch or wizard?" I asked after I had pulled out from there.

Piper looked confused as she asked, "Who is Nanalew?"

Piper is not someone who would miss details. This only implied that her mind was filled with a million worries about Jason. It was good to see she loved him so completely. I guess he was as lucky as I am. I just hope they never separate again like the last time they had.

I parked my car outside the dingy dark ally as it was too narrow for my black Porsche. I hugged my green hood closer to me because the air in the narrow street felt hostile. The bulk of the wave was coming from the last building. I looked over at Piper. We nodded at the same time and walked softly to that building. The street was dirty but that was not the reason for the sickening feeling in my stomach I was sure.

The door to that building was open. Strange noises were coming from there. Piper hushed at me before we entered, "I'll check this floor for traps you go up."

I nodded and started climbing the stairs. My eyes had already adjusted to the dark. There was a faint smell of human blood with a sickening stench in the air. I heard ragged breaths of two people. One of them had to be of Jason's. But the other one surely belonged to a female. What was going on? I contemplated calling Piper up but decided against it. Whatever it was I should check it out first.

The door to the room, from where the noises were coming, was open slightly. I pushed the door open and entered the room. I quickly closed the door behind me and turned to face the decaying wood of the door with my forehead pressed against it. What I had seen wasn't something I would fancy to see as it was something that should have never happened. Jason was kissing a naked girl who was pushed up against the wall. They had seen me coming of course and now the girl was busy pulling some sort of super long and loose cloak over her head. The girl had straight black hair and sharp black eyes. Her skin was white and was glowing like the moon itself (not really). She had a nice lustrous figure but that didn't mean whatever Jason was planing to do with her was right.

I turned around after about a minute and glared at Jason. The girl protectively stood before him with a blade in her outstretched hand. After about a moment she lowered her hand and spoke up, "Percy? Is that you? It's me Reyna."

I squinted at her. "I have no idea who you are."

"It's okay. She knew your mirror soul." Jason's voice was withdrawn and panicky. he moved out from behind of Reyna.

"Is Piper here with you?" He had the nerve to ask!

"She is the one who brought me here. How could you do this to her Jason? Piper had been worried out of her minds when you were not answering her messages and you were busy making out with some random girl? And why the hell does she smell so bad?"

I jabbed my finger at Reyna's direction at the last point. She spoke up for herself, "I am a hunter. I hunt those who hurt the mortals, supernaturally of course and I had been told that there are some dangerous vampires here. My organization had stationed me here for the purpose of eradicating the trouble makers."

"And you were instead ready to hook up with one? Shouldn't your organization fire you?"

Her eyes hardened at that. She made it look like she wasn't a cheap slut but what I had seen earlier said other wise. She turned towards Jason with a raised eyebrow.

"Percy this is my girlfr- friend Reyna from the fourteenth century. The one who I had thought of as dead."

Oh. She was his first love. It still didn't justify what he did.

"I get it man. But you are married to Piper. She silly loves more than herself. Don't you love her back?" My voice was a lot lower. The wind was moving in strange directions in the room so I was sure that Piper wasn't able to hear us from downstairs. Then I understood that Jason was urging them out of the window for that soul purpose.

"I love her. I do. It was just a mistake. It won't happen again." Jason sounded desperate.

Reyna's face had gone all stony at that. She was about to say something when hurried footsteps came up the stairs. Piper opened the door and a big grin light her face up when she saw Jason. Then she took in Reyna and asked the most obvious question, "Who is she?"

Jason's panic returned when he said, "No one she's just-"

"I am Reyna." Reyna interrupted his banter rather rudely.

From the look of horror on Piper's face I felt like she knew who Reyna was exactly supposed to be.

Sorry for the long wait. But I can't be quick anymore. Too much studies. Please tell me how this chapter was!