When Reyna walked into the meeting room, she wasn't surprised that everyone turned their heads and stared at her. They all seemed surprised to see her, but she just ignored it. Reyna knew that they wouldn't be too happy to see her, but she was only there to attend the meeting and speak to Clarisse. They would have questions for the Sixth Legion, and she would answer them.

Reyna slowly looked around the room and met eyes with Annabeth. The daughter of Athena was standing right next to Frank, but her eyes were fully on Reyna. Annabeth didn't move her eyes, so Reyna forced herself to look away. She walked towards an empty chair and sat in it.

Sarah glanced at her and gave the smallest of waves. A woman next to Sarah leaned forward to examine Reyna. After a moment, Hylla sat by Reyna and gently pressed her knee against Reyna's. It was her attempt at comfort. Kinzie looked at both of them and smiled slightly.

"I didn't think you would be here," Frank began. Reyna slowly looked at him. Her eyes moved to the book that was on the table in front of him. Reyna looked back up at Frank. Did he realize how powerful the book was? "If anyone did come today, we figured it would be Aquitaine."

"Chiron sent a message that everyone was meeting to discuss what happened. I figured you would want to hear from the Sixth Legion, and I have some business that I need to take care of," Reyna answered. She kept her tone emotionless, but her eyes moved towards Clarisse.

Clarisse raised an eyebrow but nodded slightly. She seemed to understand Reyna's message. Annabeth looked in between the two, and it was clearly killing her that she didn't know what was going on. Reyna looked back at the book again. It took her a moment to look at Frank.

Frank slowly stood and grabbed the book. He frowned and looked down at it. After a moment, Frank walked towards Reyna and held it out. Reyna took the book and slowly pulled off her backpack. She slipped the book inside. Frank spoke, "Does this mean that Camp Jupiter and the Sixth Legion are done being at war?"

Reyna looked directly at Lupa and spoke, "After I give this to the Council, I will contact you and let you know their decision. I'm sure they will be happy that we have come to an agreement, as long as you keep your praetors under control."

It was impossible to miss the hurt in Frank's face. He finally turned away and sat back in his seat. Reyna met Lupa's eyes, and the wolf goddess gave her a slight nod. Reyna ignored all of the eyes that were on her. She heard the last person step into the room.

Out of the corner of her eye, Reyna saw Annabeth grab onto Thalia's arm and whisper to her. Thalia absolutely hated Reyna, and she clearly wasn't happy to see Reyna at the meeting. Chiron cleared his throat and spoke, "From what we have gathered, almost all of you were attacked by assassins, but timely assistance from the Sixth Legion kept the assassins from their goal."

"How did you know about the assassinations in the first place?" Thalia asked. She was glaring at Reyna. "It just seems like a really weird coincidence that the Sixth Legion knew all about these assassins and didn't tell us anything. They allowed it to happen and just tried to run interference. That doesn't make sense to me."

"Reyna doesn't trust any of you, so she didn't tell you," Clarisse interrupted. Everyone turned their attention to her. "Now isn't the time for us to be making accusations about each other. You don't have to like Reyna or even trust her, but she is the reason all of you are alive."

Reyna remained quiet and allowed the demigods to look in between her, Clarisse, and Thalia. She glanced at her sister and then looked back at the wall in front of her. Sarah cleared her throat and spoke, "We first learned about this when Red attacked me."

"Red claimed that there was injustices in the world that needed to be corrected, but most of the Titans didn't care about their cause. While we were fighting, Red's mother, Eris, showed up and told Red that anyone seen like a leader would have to be taken out, after Metis was defeated," Sarah said. "Eris claimed to have been causing disputes everywhere. When Hylla and Kinzie showed up, Red killed herself, instead of facing them."

Reyna looked off to the side and remembered the creature with the pocket watch. Time had frozen around them, and the creature told Reyna about how someone was going to find locked away warriors and bring them back. Those warriors were the assassins. Could Reyna tell everyone though? They would blame her, since the creature claimed it was Reyna's fault.

"Eris also claimed to convince Annabeth to reveal Reyna's patricide," Sarah added. She glanced at Reyna and then looked at Annabeth. "It was part of Eris' plan to get Reyna exiled and divide all of you. Her plan has worked to perfection."

"Eris didn't convince me to do anything," Annabeth began. She frowned and seemed to think. Reyna leaned back in her chair and crossed her arms. She clenched her fist tightly and tried to calm herself. The last thing she needed to do was snap on the people that she needed to be working with.

"It doesn't matter," Reyna interrupted. She glanced at Annabeth. "The past is in the past. We traced one of the assassins back to a warehouse, and we managed to find a few other of the assassins. We passed pictures along to all of the clans in Rome, but no one seemed to recognize them."

Reyna pulled the pictures out of her backpack and passed them around the table. Frank looked at one and spoke, "That's the woman who attacked us. She was a child of Pluto, but we don't know anything about her. The woman's blood was also black."

"Black blood is a rare affliction for children of Hades," Chiron said. "It means their powers are enhanced, but they cannot give or receive blood. Many wounds can be fatal to them."

"She should have been dead," Frank commented. He glanced around. "Somehow, she was able to use shadow travel to escape. The other man that was with her was a demigod that didn't seem to be claimed. He may have just been someone that felt lost in the world and was recruited by whoever organized this."

"Prometheus gave us a few files on the attackers," Sarah said. She dropped four files on the table and crossed her arms. "It has pictures and handwritten notes. Some of the notes seem to be many years old and written in foreign languages. It's an invaluable tool."

"And, it comes at a price," Rike added. She placed her hand to the files and looked directly at Chiron. "I have seen and heard all of the things the demigods have done to us. Why should we hand this over to you?"

"We have to work together," Annabeth said quickly. She looked at Sarah. "I know that you're upset about how the demigods have been treating you, but this is the time for all of us to come together. After we deal with the assassins, we can work on our relationship."

"How many times have we heard that work together line?" Sarah snapped. She stood angrily. "The demigods have treated us like we are their slaves. We have done everything that you have asked of us, and where has it gotten us? Demigods insult us behind our back and talk to us like we are children. I've been assaulted physically by the queen of the Amazons and verbally by Thalia. You treat us like we are nothing."

"We've been so scared of the wrath of the Olympians, but I'm done being scared," Sarah continued. She looked at Rike and nodded. Rike smirked and picked up the files. She held them in her open palm, and after a few moments, the file started to burn. It quickly went from the most important pieces of papers in the world to a pile of ash.

Sarah walked out of the room without another word. Rike allowed the ashes to fall through her fingers. She spoke, "Do not try to find us."

Reyna watched the demititan leave the room. She was surprised that the demititans had lashed out, but she knew that Sarah's anger had been building for a long time. Annabeth stood and quickly followed after the demititans. After a moment, Chiron followed after them.

"This meeting would have been fine without you here," Thalia snapped. She looked right at Reyna and stood. Reyna simply watched her and remained silent. She wasn't going to say anything that could be used against her. Thalia looked at Hylla. "You're the entire reason we are in this mess."

"Don't even try to blame me for this," Hylla said. Reyna grabbed her sister's knee and shot her a look. Hylla glanced at her, and there was pure anger in her eyes. "I'm not the only one who has treated the demititans terribly, and I didn't even know there was going to be assassins."

"If you hadn't convinced me to start talking to Circe, we wouldn't have been charmspeaked, and Ares' shield would have never been stolen. You are the entire reason all of those wars happened! You ruined your sister's life and the lives of everyone else in this room," Thalia said.

"Enough," Reyna snapped. She could handle any insults thrown her way, but she wouldn't allow her sister to be insulted. Reyna glanced at Hylla. "This isn't the point of the meeting. We are suppose to discuss the assassins. Arguing will get us nowhere."

"This meeting was a failure from the start," Thalia snapped. She turned towards Frank. "I know why you wanted to exile Reyna. She is suppose to kill Leo and Hazel, isn't she? They escaped death."

"What?" Hazel asked. Her eyes moved towards Reyna, and the shock on her face was clear. Reyna had assumed that Hazel knew that Reyna had been assigned to kill her, but it seemed like that had been kept a secret. "Frank, is Thalia telling the truth?"

"Thalia, that is enough," Reyna said. She stood and looked right at Thalia. "You and I have our issues, so why don't the two of us try and work it out?"

"No," Thalia said. She stood as well and walked towards Reyna. Thalia shoved Reyna backwards into the wall and raised a fist. Hylla started to stand, but Reyna gave her a look. Her sister slowly sat back down. "You never suffered the consequences for what you did, even though everyone said you would. Artemis has decided that we are no longer going to work with anyone that associates themselves with you."

Reyna remained silent and watched Thalia lower her fist. Thalia looked like she wanted to say more, but instead, she turned and walked out of the room. Reyna sighed and looked around the meeting room. She spoke, "It was a mistake to come here. I will be leaving, and any questions can be directed to our negotiator."

Reyna left the room and walked down the hallway. She didn't bother to pay attention to her surroundings, until she was outside. Part of her hoped they would have gotten somewhere with the meeting, but the other part of her knew it was a waste of time. Reyna sighed and heard footsteps.

"We should get out of here before tempers explode," Hylla said. She grabbed Reyna's shoulder. It took Reyna a moment to look at her older sister. "We both knew this meeting was only going to confirm the fact that we can't work with Camp Jupiter and Camp Half-Blood, but we don't need them. The two of us can handle this, together."

"You two don't have to be alone," Clarisse interrupted. She stepped out of the building behind them and looked around. Reyna slowly looked at Clarisse. "I held up my end of the bargain and told you all about the leader's whereabouts, so you could keep an eye on them. Where is the information you promised me?"

Reyna opened her backpack and pulled out a binder. She handed it to Clarisse and spoke, "This is all we have. We've been stonewalled everywhere we go, but I did have something else left in my office."

Reyna slowly grabbed the box out of her backpack and held it out towards Clarisse. She slowly opened the box and heard the humming again. Reyna could feel the power coming from the string, and Clarisse seemed to sense it as well. Reyna spoke, "I asked Atropos what it was, and she didn't even acknowledge the string. It's like she couldn't see it."

Clarisse took the box and stared at it. After a moment, she closed the box. Reyna took a deep breath and sighed as the humming ended. Something about the string just drew her in, but she knew the string wasn't meant for her. Clarisse placed the box into her pocket.

"There was ash," Clarisse muttered. She met Reyna's eyes and nodded. Both of them remembered the general of the damned. It was a creature made of ash that had helped them during the war with Metis. "I'll follow up on this. I saw that you have a lot of things on your plate. Be safe, imperator,"

"You too," Reyna said. Clarisse smirked and walked away. Hylla gently grabbed Reyna's shoulder. Reyna looked at her sister and smiled. For a small moment, it felt like everything would be okay. "I still owe you a lunch. Let's get out of here before anyone else tries to blame us for something."