āHey Nico.ā Percy said, getting up from his comfortable chair.Ā āLetās take a walk okay? We need to talk.āĀ
What he told was not I had been expecting to hear. The words bouncing around my skull. But the only ones I zeroed in on were that my little sister was dead. She was supposed to be immortal but she was dead.Ā
āShe wanted you to have this.ā Percy handed me a figurine. Mythomagic. Ironically it was the only I didnāt have. Hades. She had died trying to give me a gift.Ā
āYou promised you would protect her.ā I accused, staring up at the older demigod. I ignored his wince. He should feel guilty. He broke his promise and now Bianca was dead. I was never going to see her again.Ā
āYou promised!ā I yelled, glaring at him.Ā āI should have never trusted you! My nightmares were right!ā
āWait...what nightmares?ā
I ignored that too, clenching my fist around the statue. I could feel the skull ring pressing hard against it. The last reminders I had of her. The tears built up behind my eyes but I didnāt dare let them fall.Ā
āShe was only 10 years old! This was her first quest! Why did you let her do it?āĀ
Even as I shouted, logically I knew that there wasnāt a thing he could have done to stop her. Bianca was headstrong and stubborn. But I was still angry.Ā
āI wonāt forget this. You let her die.ā I glared one last time before running off into the woods. Let the monsters try and get me. I didnāt care.Ā
