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{ 🔮 } · sun is a flying car? . ݁ ٬٬ ࣪
APPERENTLY, gods didn't know how time worked. When Artemis said that dawn was coming, she didn't mean it in like a few minutes. She meant it in like hour or so. It was colder and darker and snowier than ever. Up on the hill, Westover Hall's windows were completely lightless. The witch wished everything just to go up to the dark castle and just sleep in one of the dormitories. Sleep and tiredness was getting to her.
The Hunters broke camp as quickly as they'd set it up. Endora stood shivering in the snow ( unlike the Hunters, who didn't seem to feel at all uncomfortable ), her coat doing little of the job it was meant for and Artemis stared into the east like she was expecting something. Bianca sat off to one side, talking with Nico. The girl could tell from his gloomy face that she was explaining her decision to join the Hunt.
Thalia and Grover came up and huddled around Endora and Percy, anxious to hear what had happened with the goddess.
When Percy told them, Grover turned pale. "The last time the Hunters visited camp, it didn't go well."
"How'd they even show up here?" Percy wondered. "I mean, they just appeared out of nowhere."
"And Bianca joined them," Thalia said, disgusted. "It's all Zoë's fault. That stuck-up, no good fucking ─ "
"Who can blame her?" Grover said. "Eternity with Artemis?" he heaved a big sigh.
Thalia rolled her eyes. "You satyrs. You're all in love with Artemis. Don't you get that she'll never love you back?"
"But she's so. . . into nature," Grover swooned.
"You're nuts," said Thalia.
"Nuts and berries," Grover said dreamily. "Yeah."
Finally the sky began to lighten. Artemis muttered, "About time. He's so-o-o lazy during the winter."
"You're, um, waiting for sunrise?" Percy asked.
"For my brother. Yes. . . It's not exactly as you think," Artemis said.
"Oh, okay. . . So, it's not like he'll be pulling up in a ─ "
There was a sudden burst of light on the horizon. A blast of warmth.
"Don't look," Artemis advised. "Not until he parks."
"Parks?"
"Eyes away, Jackson," Endora said and put her hand over the boys eyes, shielding her own with the other.
