Selene's Heir
Chapter 8
Heyo booklovers! Sorry I haven't updated in a while, school's been crazy and life's been hectic, plus I've been working on other stories and ended up putting one up for adoption. But this Author's note is getting too long, so… ON WITH THE CHAPTER!

The camp had given us two vans, for the sake of speed, Chiron insisted. Each van held about 7 girls, and the rest of the girls were at camp. The 13 girls coming with me were older and more battle experienced. Annabeth was driving, the girls were either sleeping or watching a movie, and Thalia and I were playing Hangman. Translation, she was trying to distract me from losing my breakfast. I had major car sickness and was counting down the minutes until we stopped for food and gas. "Lila, can you pass the Altoids please?" I asked a Hunter with long brown hair, who also had car sickness and had packed 5 boxes of Altoids. She handed me a box and I put 4 in my mouth.
"Krysta, you're a daughter of Aphrodite, right?" I asked the black haired, blue eyed beauty who was currently playing a card game against herself. "Yeah. What about it?" she said, not looking up. "Can you sense Eros' love magic?" I asked her, hopefully. "If I concentrate." She said and closed her eyes for a couple of minutes. "There's a huge amount of love in New Orleans. During the Second Giant War a couple years ago, Eros was near Greece. He relocated after the Giant War ended." She concluded, and turned her attention back to her card game, tucking a strand of raven-colored hair behind her ear.

Annabeth pulled into a gas station with a diner near it. As soon as she stopped the car, I threw off my seatbelt, opened the door, and practically jumped out of the car."FRREEDOMMM!" I yelled, tilting my head back and holding my arms out and my wings sprang free. I still hadn't gotten used to them. They flapped eagerly and I rose a few inches off the ground. "Put them away and stay on the ground! Do ya want to make people notice us?" a daughter of Ares named Aoife said sharply and pulling me back down. "Sorry Aoife, I'm still getting used to them and I was so happy that they just popped out!" I explained and she just sighed and ruffled my hair.
We had just ordered our food when red Maserati spyder pulled up outside. The Hunters who saw the car all groaned loudly, some even cursed. Thalia looked outside and just sighed. Apollo got out of the car, saw us in the window and waved at us, then walked in. "hello ladies!" he said then winked at Thalia. "Brother, I have told you over and over again not to flirt with my Huntresses!" Artemis snapped at him and he just grinned and sat down next to me. "Can I at least talk to Serena alone? She's actually who I came to see. Zeus' orders." He said, looking solemn. Artemis nodded and looked down.
"Look kid, I need to tell you the truth. The Primordials will try to use you as a weapon against the gods. You have a titaness' power in your blood and you inherited all her power as her heir. To hold so much power in you is incredibly dangerous. You draw even more monsters to you than a child of the big three. I had to destroy quite a few who were on their way to attack you. You are too dangerous to be around the Hunters. Do you really want them to get hurt?" he asked, his eyes kind but sad. I shook my head "no" and whistled for Alpha who had been patrolling. "Give me a ten-minute advantage before you tell them?" I asked and he nodded. I went over to the van, opened it and grabbed my bag then took off into the woods, Alpha on my heels. My bag held a change of clothes, a canteen of nectar, a baggie of ambrosia, a blanket and a first aid kit, I touched mom's necklace as I ran.
Artemis' POV
Something's wrong. They've been talking for way too long and I can't see them out there. It's been longer than 10 minutes. The bell jingled as Apollo walked in, not smiling for once. Serena wasn't with him. "Where's Rena?" Kylie asked, green eyes narrowed. He ignored her and said to me "Why didn't you tell her the truth? You misled her, making her think she wasn't dangerous." He said gravely. "She's not dangerous!" Lila said fiercely. "No? She attracts monsters to her like honey attracts flies. I must have killed at least 10 monsters on my way here. They were coming here to attack her and you." He snapped, raking his hands through his hair, easygoing demeanor gone. "how long were you planning on keeping her in the dark, sister?" he asked, eyes hard. Annabeth leaned over to me and whispered "Something's not right, Apollo comes in to tell us all this and Serena's not here." She started and realization hit me "This is a distraction." I whispered back and she nodded. I stood up and the hunters and Annabeth followed suit and I glared at Apollo. "She asked me to give her a 10 minute head start, she ran into the forest with her wolf. Stay in touch sister dear." He said and he and the car disappeared. "I'm going to kill him." I muttered and Thalia laughed as we went outside. We checked the van and noticed that she had taken her stuff with her. She wasn't planning on coming back. We ran into the woods after her.
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