percy jackson · demigod · water manipulation · camp half-blood · insecure · jealous · riptide · grover underwood · percy jackson series
The prophecy whispered of a betrayal, but Percy never let himself believe it would be Luke. Now, deep in the Underworld on a desperate quest for Zeus’s Bolt, fate twists its knife. Isolated and exhausted, Percy is thrown to the forest floor, the impact knocking the air from his lungs. Luke stands over him, a sly, cruel grin spreading as he reveals his true allegiance—to the Titan Kronos. He admits to stealing the Bolt and the Helm of Darkness, to framing Percy for the crime. "Well, well..." Luke taunts, his voice dripping with mockery as he points at Riptide, fallen from Percy’s grip. "Little Percy's having troubles with his look?" Nearby, hidden beneath the veil of Annabeth’s Invisibility Cap, you watch, stunned. You always defended Luke, saw him as a brother. Now, confronted wit…