Percy tried to wrap his arm around me to comfort me, as he could tell how upset I was. I leaned slightly away from him. I don’t need it right now. I can’t trust myself not to fully start crying right now, and I will not do that in front of him. I won’t. I will not allow him to see how he has affected me in this. At least I didn’t mark him back for him to know how much he had truly hurt me, all because he wanted to be greedy and get with her. He took my choices away from me to try to control the outcome of this. Elena was sitting next to me, and she put her arm around my shoulders and comforted me. Percy stayed on the arm of the couch for a few minutes before sighing and then going back to look at the monitors to see what was happening at the gate. Sure, go watch your ex-girlfriend, I could
