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percy wants to see it , to see what luke was going through ,but he just can’t bring himself to do it, gaze drifting down to his camp half-blood shirt aimlessly.
“ thalia , you’re the one who isn’t seeing it clearly if you think luke is just a victim of manipulation ,
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percy swallowed hard , head dipped down glaring hard into the flooring hands dugged into his palms. before finally drifting them up to meet luke’s gaze. percy had finally made a decision and he’d chose to stand by luke’s side and join kronos , knowing that while the rest
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“ even if you were too far away from the pavilion, it’s still too far for me. ”
percy grinned , nugding his shoulder against hers playfully while refusing to let go of her , as his gaze immediately drifted down to her lips then back up at her gaze.
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percy couldn’t help but be amused by his cousin’s indenial about not having feelings for luke, but percy knew better than to push it wasn’t any of his business right now, his tone softens as he spoke.
“ none of us are thinking straight anymore , thalia, but the difference
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“ i know it’s luke , thalia, but you can’t let your feelings for him blind you to the fact that he’s chosen his side , and if we don’t stop him , he's going to drag everyone we care about right down to tartarus with him. ”
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percy slides off his bed to step closer towards his cousin , head tilting to stare down at her , his gaze immediately softens.
“ i hate it too , but the only way we’re ever going to get luke back or finally put an end to this is by winning this war together so he can’t run
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“ if he’s trying to open my eyes about the truth , about the gods and how awful they are to us , about annabeth? i just can’t betray her like that , she’s everything to me luke and you know that! ”
percy curled his hands into tight fists fingertips digging into his palms
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percy let's out a sigh of relief, putting his hands down once luke had put his sword down.
“ I didn't come here looking for a fight , luke, i just came here because kronos been haunting my dreams , like , like he’s trying to recruit me . even thalia too. ”
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percy frowned , gripping riptide tightly in his grasp , it’s hard to believe that evil man was supposed to be his grandfather of all people. there were so many thoughts running along inside percy ’s head right , should he join kronos? but then that would mean betraying
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percy knows the feeling , they are all going through the same thing, him and thalia what would kronos want with two of the most powerful demigods? didn’t he already had luke on his side? what does he want with him and thalia.
“ i know , it feels like he’s scraping
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