Reyna was over being broken. She was over crying and wishing for Jason to return. Now her anger had taken over. She was angry at Jason Grace, she was angry at every single person on that stupid ship.
Reyna was normally good at concealing her feelings, even angry ones. Yet all of a sudden it felt nearly impossible to act as if nothing was wrong.
The Romans tiptoed around her, not mentioning Jason and basically avoiding her at all costs.
It was too much.
Reyna had to leave.
She wasn't sure where she would go. She didn't have a home to go back to. She didn't want to see her sister.
Reyna just wanted to be where Jason was.
That night she couldn't hold it in anymore. She marched to the stables and saddled up her Pegasus, Scipio.
For once she didn't care if her actions would affect the world. The world could save itself. She was sick and tired of pretending. And she was not going to let the Greeks and some lame prophesy ruin her one chance of happiness. The gods had already tried to tear her and Jason apart. It wasn't going to happen again. Even if Reyna had to fight for him, she would.
Scipio flew off into the night.
Reyna didn't know where Jason was, he could be anywhere in the suddenly huge world.
But she had one hope.
Diocletian's palace.
Reyna's mind flicked back to all the time her and Jason had spent talking about Diocletian and how amazing it would be to visit his palace. They both knew how impossible that dream was, but they simply enjoyed thinking about life together outside of Camp Jupiter.
They enjoyed the idea of maybe one day being able to get out of Camp Jupiter, just the two of them. And then it wouldn't matter if they were praetors and they weren't supposed to do this or that. They could just be themselves.
It had been too long since Reyna had simply been herself.
Now she knew that dream was never going to happen, but maybe by going to Diocletian's palace she would find some answers.
As Reyna clung to her pegasus she wondered if going after Jason like this was stupid. What if he was Greek now? What if Piper had brainwashed him? What if she took this deadly trip and he wasn't there at the end?
Reyna closed her eyes and buried her face in Scipio's mane.
Blue eyes taunted her and she screamed into the night.
Nothing could ever be easy could it?
