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I'm torn between letting Frank now about the kiss or not… Well, well, I've got time to decide.

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Chapter 23 – A stinging betrayal and an evil voice

HAZEL

Hazel was trying hard not to blush.

The fact that she had fallen asleep in Leo's arms was embarrassing enough, but that wasn't too hard to explain away ("I was tired!"). But falling asleep on him after kissing him was just terrible, especially when you had a boyfriend.

Hazel tried to recall that warm, fuzzy feeling she got when she thought of Frank, but it just wasn't there. It had faded away since she met Leo, and now she didn't even smile when she thought of his cute clumsiness.

She turned to Leo, who was quietly walking next to her while fiddling with some mechanic pieces.

"Do you think Khione froze me?" She asked him.

Leo didn't answer. Hazel couldn't quite make out his face in the dark corridor, and he didn't meet her eyes.

"I don't know." He said at last. "It could have been Zethes or Calais too. But it doesn't matter who it was, the most worrying fact is that they just sneaked in without anyone of us noticing."

Hazel pursed her lips.

"So… What are we going to do?" She asked him. "Just wait for them to show up?"

Leo sighed.

"I don't have a clue."

They walked in silence.

When they reached the mess hall, six demigods rose from their seats. Frank's face lit up and he smiled, but it just made Hazel feel guilty.

"How are you?" Jason asked her. He was smirking.

"Better." She answered shortly and took a seat next to Piper.

"So your finally awake, Levesque!" Coach Hedge boomed. He trotted in, dragging his bat after him. "And what now, cupcakes?"

"What should we do about Khione?" Piper asked uncertainly.

"I know what we should do with that goddess. We track her down, she freeze you, and then I swing my bat and hit her in the head-"

Nico cleared his throat.

"That seems like an… interesting scenario, coach." He said. "But I think that finding her should be pretty hard. What about waiting for her here?"

"She can sneak in without any of us knowing she is here." Jason reminded him.

Suddenly Hazel felt a small explosion in her stomach. A dark female laughter echoed in her head, and she didn't really know if she heard or just imagined it. She saw how Nico froze. Had he felt it too?

"I'm-I have to go. I need to rest." Hazel said and jumped to her feet. "Nico, can you come with me?"

"Sure." Nico rose.

The others shot strange looks at them, but Hazel ignored them. Fast, they left the mess hall and headed for Nico's cabin.

"Did you feel it?!" She asked as soon as they closed the door.

"Yes. " Nico said grimly. "That was… new."

Hazel stomped her feet impatiently.

"We have to tell the others. You know that unusual monsters are waking up, and it isn't Gaea's fault."

Nico shook his head.

"Not yet. We don't even know what kind of monsters it is!"

"Another reason for us to tell them! We can't feel what kind of monsters they are, it's like they aren't really… Existing." Hazel insisted.

Her brother didn't respond.

"Can we wait just a few days more?" He pleaded. "I'll promise that we'll tell them soon enough. I just want to do some research about these mysterious monsters…"

Hazel wanted to tell him no, but she just couldn't. He was her brother. And a few days weren't that much.

A knock on the door made both the siblings jump. Hazel opened to see Frank.

"Are you okay, Hazel? You weren't in your cabin so I thought…" He said uncertainly.

Hazel tried to smile.

"I'm fine. I just needed to speak to Nico. Uh, I'm kind of tired. I'll see you later?"

Frank nodded and looked at Nico suspiciously.

"Yeah. If you please could leave my cabin…?" Nico asked, but it sounded more like an order. Nico's seriousness and hardness had bothered Hazel at first, but after he told her about Bianca… Well, she could understand why he was like this.

"Sure. Bye." Frank said. He gripped Hazel's arm and almost dragged her out.

"Can you tell me what's happening?!" He demanded and glared at her.

At first, Hazel didn't understand what he meant.

"W-What do you mean?" She asked and laughed nervously.

"Leo. You not even saying hello to me when you come into the mess hall. Do you know how worried I was?!"

Frank's eyes were full of anger, shame, sadness and concern. Hazel realized that it was killing him, how much she was with Leo but not him. She felt an explosion of guilt in her chest, and she couldn't speak.

"Frank-I-"

Then she remembered something Leo said in the sickbay.

"But you told Leo to stay with me." Hazel said slowly. "Why-"

Now Frank looked really ashamed. He wouldn't meet Hazel's eyes, and he shifted on his feet.

"Uh, well-"

The truth dawned on Hazel, and a shadow crossed her face.

"Wait-You planned this!" She said, shocked. "You made Leo speak to me about that flashback too! He said 'Frank thinks you had a flashback'. You senthim to me, and you did it now too, counting on that he wouldn't tell me that it was your idea. Then you-then you blame Leo?!"

Frank didn't answer. Hazel felt like she was transforming to stone.

"You wanted to have a reason to blame him, make me feel uncomfortable with being with him and then have me on your own?" Hazel asked him.

She had trouble to believe it. It couldn't be true. Frank didn't act like that. He was nice, and cozy, and cute. He didn't make up evil plans to make other boys leave his girlfriend alone.

"I-I can't believe it." Hazel stumbled back. "You're not like that."

Frank curled his lip.

"I had to do it. I had to see if-"

"If Leo was a threat." Hazel nodded, trying to force down the tears that was forming in her eyes. "You wanted to see how far you could push him, if he would make a move on me. But I still don't understand why. Leo wasn't a threat before you decided to make him one! You sent him to be with me, which made me trust him even more, so I started to go to him when I was troubled. You gave us the chance to create a bond, Frank. And do you know what? I'm grateful. I've made a wonderful new friend."

Frank opened his mouth, and closed it several times. Hazel's hand trembled.

"Did you do it?" When he finally spoke, he was so quiet that Hazel almost didn't hear him.

"Did what?!" She growled. Now when the worst of the shock was gone, it made space for a whole lot of anger.

"Kiss." Frank met Hazel's eyes, and she could see how guilty he was. But still, it was some kind of fire in his eyes. He still wanted to know if his plan had worked. "Did you kiss him?"

Hazel felt like she was falling to pieces. What had happened to the world? This couldn't just be right.

A part of her wanted to throw it in his face, scream that she actually had kissed Leo. Another part just wanted to flung her arms around him and pretend that this conversation never happened, that Frank never did any of these terrible things.

She decided to tell him. It didn't matter how many stupid things Frank had done, he was still Hazel's boyfriend and he deserved to know.

But then, she felt like ice crawled up her throat. Frank had done something that was even worse than her. If Frank hadn't encouraged Leo to be more with Hazel, then maybe they never would have kissed.

It's Frank's fault, a soft voice hissed in the back of Hazel's head. The funny thing was, she was sure she heard it before. He betrayed you, not the other way around. Just tell him, he can't blame you anyway.

"Yes." She whispered. The sadness was gone, the anger too. Hazel felt empty inside, and not in a good way. Somewhere deep in her soul, she knew that she shouldn't listen to that voice. It only wanted them to be ripped apart, be angry at each other and get filled with hatred. It was evil.

So what? The voice said, and Hazel imagined the source of it to sneer. You deserve whoever you want. If they betray you, you should leave them.

Hazel didn't want to. She wanted to fight that voice, and she knew that it wasn't her who spoke thw words:

"Yes. And you can't blame me, because it's your fault."

Yes, yes, I know. It isn't alike Frank at all to do something like that. But it's an important twist in the story, so please don't review and tell me that it was OOC, because it was meant to be.

Otherwise, hoped you liked the chapter! Sorry that it took time to write it… I've been busy with Christmas coming up.

Merry Christmas, and please review!