Percy nodded reluctantly. “I mean, I trust you guys. I hope you trust me. I feel…well, I feel as close to you two as to any of my old friends at Camp Half-Blood. But with the other demigods, at both camps—there’s going to be a lot of suspicion.” Hazel did something he wasn’t expecting. She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. It was totally a sisterly kiss. But she smiled with such affection, it warmed Percy right down to his feet. “Of course we trust you,” she said. “We’re a family now. Aren’t we, Frank?” “Sure,” he said. “Do I get a kiss?” Hazel laughed, but there was nervous tension in
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