THALIA'S POV
"I still can't believe this. I didn't—I never knew. I had no idea Lucia was pregnant when she died. Tristan never mentioned anything about a child."
I said in confusion as I continued to replay his words in my head.
Tristan nodded.
"You couldn't have known. No one else apart from myself, Greene, and Allana knows about this—not even my so-called family. Just the three of us. And now you, I guess. But yes, Thalia, she was pregnant. Pregnant with our first child. As soon as I realized what was happening, I tried to take back control, but I wasn't strong enough. I've never been strong enough for that damn curse. It was always ahead of me. It exists solely to make me suffer, and that night it took everything away from me, everything I ever cared about. Somehow, I think Ares rea
