HELLO my fellow readers. it is now summer. did you know that? anyway im sorry I am not posting as often as I would but then again I did say that I was writing an actual book and I have the summary to and I will share it with you. later if you want me to. I didn't as many reviews as I did last time so please do review. I like that.

also warning: this chapter does contain some language and sexual contact. its way its rated M.

thanks for reading.

Chapter 9

Three days after the little, yet so big, fight Lucas and Annabeth had, they barley talked. They went to town and informed the people that they were safe, that the pirates wouldn't hurt them.

A day later there was a murder, a child. She was found at the gate of the town, she just a little girl, around seven. Her hair was brown, her eyes open and fierce. The person who found her was her own mother. At first Reyna didn't recognize her own daughter , she couldn't see her through the whip marks. When Reyna saw the necklace that her daughter had always wore she dropped to her feet and cradled her dead daughter in her arms. Leo heard his wife and came to her. He saw the little girl in her arms and dropped to his own knees and held both girls. Both dead and alive. A crowd had formed, watching and gasping at horror. Leo cleared the crowd. He cradled the his dead princess in his arms.

Leo carried her while Reyna just followed him. Reyna kept whimpering, while Leo looked down at he dead girl he had just known about. He carried Casanova onto to the ship and walked to Perseus' quarters and kicked the door open. Perseus was sitting at the meeting table and doing some reading. Leo gently put his daughter on the table, while Perseus shut his book and set it down. "What happened?" Perseus asked looking at Leo with sad eyes.

"Reyna. She" Leo choked, a ball of emotion in his throat, "found and I... I I." He sat down in a chair, tears running down his face.

Reyna came through the door like a zombie. She sniffled and cried. Leo came up and hugged her, crying right along with her.

Perseus didn't know what to do, he had never had something like this happen before.

He told Leo and Reyna to get ready for a burial. He grabbed a blanket, a blue silk one, and wrapped Casanova in it. Leo had stopped crying but Reyna was still going strong. Perseus told them again to get ready for a burial. Leo nodded while Reyna just looked at the wrapped dead princess and said "She loved the color blue."

Perseus went outside to find a crowd of his pirates, huddled close to his quarters. "Move back! Move your fucking asses back" he said, pushing the crowd.

"What happened?" Will asked, "We saw Leo carrying Casanova! What happened?"

"Shut up!" Perseus yelled, "Casanova died, and we need to bury her. Is anyone here a priest? Even by accident?"

The most unlikely person came forward. "Father wanted me to become a priest. Even if I didn't fully finish school I am still a priest." Nico said.

"You'll be the priest at the funeral." Perseus said, "Now get ready." Nico was pushed towards his quarters.

They, Leo and Reyna, pick the spot on the cliff. The pirates payed their respects. Reyna wasn't even dressed for the occasion but she did what she had to do. Leo held her the whole time. Charlie dug the grave and stood by it when time came. Perseus carried the girl to her grave set her gently into it. Nico said words, in many languages, and finally said "Requiescat in Pace, Casanova, Requiescat in Pace."

Rest in Peace, Casanova, Rest in Peace.

Annabeth was having the worst time of her life. She was being followed by guards, everywhere she went she had eyes on her. She didn't like that, at all. She had heard about the death, the murder of a little girl. She didn't know who it was but ealier, very early in the morning, she saw something.

The guards weren't there, neither was Lucas. Annabeth gently hopped out of bed, her feet like a mouse. She heard grunts from outside. Annabeth walked up to the window, opening a silver of curtain.

Lucas and the guards were hauling two bodies out of the courtyard. Annabeth bit her tongue, trying not to cry or scream. One of the bodies was a male and the other, Annabeth couldn't make out. She felt something, like horror. "Miss. Annabeth?" A voice said throughout her chamber.

She turned to see two new guards. "Yes?" She asked.

"We are the replacements." He said, "If you have noticed, the guards who were earlier, are gone."

She looked out the window, eyes away from the guards. Probably carrying away two, she thought, two dead bodies.

"What are looking at Miss. Annabeth?" asked the other guard. He was younger and clueless. Stay that way, she thought, stay young and clueless.

"Nothing." She replied, walking back to the bed, closing the curtain.

She went to bed, not know who they were.

Annabeth woke up to two sleeping guards, hours later. She grabbed a quill and some ink and paper. She wrote fast but she wrote to Perseus.

Dear Perseus,

I don't have much time so please excuse the messy handwriting. Lucas is holding me in the castle. He won't let me out. He has ordered guards to be with me the whole day and night. I can't breathe. I saw him dragging bodies last night and I hope that they weren't you. I don't know what he is planning. Please reply.

I love you,

Annabeth

She grabbed an envelope and put the letter in. She wrote To: Perseus Jackson in the front and then closed the envelope. The door opened. "Annabeth what are you doing?" Lucas asked.

She hid the letter behind her back. "Nothing."

He had mud on his face and clothes. "You're hiding something behind your back." He walked up to her, intimating her.

She thought of something, the only thing she could think of. She pulled his face to hers. She pushed her lips to his. He was surprised at first but then he put in a rhythm. While she was in the kiss, she dropped the letter inside her traveling bag. He moaned inside their kiss, grabbing her bottom and pushing her on the desk.

She pulled away, panting. His lips were sore and he started to kiss her neck. By this time the guards were already gone. "Stop." She panted.

Lucas looked up with confusion. "Why?"

"Maybe you could," she paused, wiping off a bit of dirt on his face, "clean up."

He walked towards the door. "Of course." He paused at the door. "Wait here."

He left. Annabeth grabbed the letter from the bag and ran down to the kitchen. She stopped at the entrance, hearing Lucas voice. "How long it take to prepare a warm bath?" He asked on of the servants.

"About on hour." One of the servants replied.

Lucas grunted, "Fine." He stormed out of the entrance not bothering to look at Annabeth.

She made sure that Lucas was gone before she entered the room. "Can anyone deliver a letter to town?" She asked the whole staff.

Piper raised her hand, "I will. " she said, "I am going into town with a friend and I would be able to."

Annabeth gave it to, whispering something in her ear. Piper nodded and then the princess was gone.

Piper had her cloak on, with the letter in the pocket. Jason was waiting on his horse, he also had a cloak on. She walked up to his horse, looking up at his face. He gave her his hand and she hopped on, right in front of him. "I have to deliver a letter first." She said, "Then we can have a look at your contury house."

He laughed, letting his chest shake. He pulled on the reins and then they were off.

The stopped at the dock, which gave Piper an eerily feel. They both jumped off the horse. Piper guided them both, with their hoods up.

She finally stopped. There were two pirates at the entrance to the boat. "You can't come in, we are mourning." One pirate said.

Piper pulled out the letter. "I have a letter for Perseus Jackson from the princess."

Th pirates looked at each other, sighing and then let them both in. When the both stepped on the deck. Swords where pressed against their necks. Jason kept his hands on his sword. A man, a Spaniard, can out, his face red from tears. "What are you doing here?" He said, "WHY?!"

"I have a letter for Perseus Jackson from the princess." Piper said.

The Spaniard calmed down, just a little. "What about your companion?"

"He is here," she said, "to protect me."

She looked at Jason and he just nodded. A minute later there was a wounded pirate on the ground. Jason put his sword back in it place.

The pirate released Piper. The Spaniard reached for the letter. "I was told that I was to give this to Perseus Jackson and only Perseus Jackson." She said.

A man, the one and only Perseus Jackson, come out. He looked sad. "Yes?" He asked.

"This letter is for you, from the princess." Piper said, giving him the letter.

"I know many princesses." He said, opening the letter, "Which princess?"

"Annabeth."

He opened the letter a little faster.

Annabeth had taken too much time in the day. She promised Lucas something that they should after being wed. She couldn't do it. So after a while of deciding while Lucas took a bath, she decided to search the grounds for an servers exit that she could use in time of need. She dodged many guards and even sometimes Lucas. By the time she was done, she had already found something. She returned to bedroom to see that Lucas was nowhere to be found. Cold hands wrapped around her body. "Where were you?" He said, tighten the cold hands on her neck.

"I was walking in the forest." She said, gasping.

"You make up the most awful excuses." He said, pushing her onto the bed.

She turned her onto back on the bed, hoping it wasn't him. The man sat on her, with her in the middle of his legs. He started to undress. "What are you doing?" Annabeth asked trying to back away.

"Doing," he pushed down her arms, which Annabeth put up a fight to, "what you promised."

Her eyes were tearing up, "Please, no, please, no."

"Too late." He said, as he started to do what she promised.

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