“I left Camp Half-Blood because of love,” Nico said. “Annabeth…she—” Still hiding, Cupid said, smashing another skeleton to pieces. You do not have the strength. “Nico,” Jason managed to say, “it’s okay. I get it.” Nico glanced over, pain and misery washing across his face. “No, you don’t,” he said. “There’s no way you can understand.” And so you run away again, Cupid chided. From your friends, from yourself. “I don’t have friends!” Nico yelled. “I left Camp Half-Blood because I don’t belong! I’ll never belong!” The skeletons had Cupid pinned now, but the invisible god laughed so cruelly that
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