The Son of Neptune

Hazel jumps into the muskeg behind Percy, holding on to Frank’s bow as she does. She immediately slips into memory as she searches for Percy, recalling a happy moment she shared with her mother, Queen Marie. Gaea tells her she can remain in this memory forever if she will just give up. Hazel refuses. Hazel finds Percy and pulls on the bow. Frank pulls them both from the muskeg. Hazel tells them about Gaea, what she showed her, leaving out how Gaea said Hazel should have married Sammy, and how Gaea told her that she’d captured Nico. Percy promises they will find Nico, but first they need to clean up and find Alcyoneus.

Hazel takes her friends to the house she and her mother once rented that was now used as storage. Inside she discovers pictures that she once hung on the wall are still there. She shows her friends a picture of Sammy and a photo of her mother. Frank goes into town for clean clothes. They clean up and go into town for lunch. The journey to Hubbard Glacier is treacherous, and they likely won’t make it on time. As they eat, a gryphon arrives.