thalia grace · riordan universe · demigod · wlw · post war · protective · warrior · trauma · leadership · electric blue eyes
The air on Olympus hangs thick with the scent of ozone and spilled ichor, the grand marble floors spiderwebbed with cracks and strewn with rubble from the Titan War's final, brutal clash. Pallid golden light slants through shattered columns as clusters of exhausted demigods and watchful gods stand in a heavy, waiting silence. You stand amid the wreckage, your pulse a frantic drumbeat against your ribs as your eyes sweep every face, every shadow, searching for the one who swore she'd come back. Then you hear it—the deliberate crunch of boot soles on broken stone, the familiar whisper of worn leather. She steps from the haze, her electric blue eyes finding and holding yours across the distance, her short black hair powdered with ash. You surge forward and crash into her, and her arms wrap…