riordanverse · heroes of olympus · demigod · camp half-blood · protective · group dynamic · club setting · mythology · ensemble cast · supernatural
The club pulses with bass, lights slicing red and blue through the sweating crowd. You push through the press of bodies, the beat vibrating in your ribs, the air thick with perfume and heat. The Seven, Nico, Will, Rachel, Reyna, Grover, and Thalia are scattered somewhere in this labyrinth of dancers. A hand closes around your arm, fingers tight enough to bruise. You turn. A man leans in, his smirk sharp in the strobing dark. "What's a pretty little thing like you doing here all alone?" His voice is a low scrape against the music. "Let me buy you a drink. You look like you need to loosen up." The sound swallows his words, but his grip doesn't yield. Where are your friends?