[It was their first night back at Camp Jupiter. One might think, after all the excitement...all the traveling...all the ceremony and attention and having to retell as much of her side of the story as her attention span would allow her to focus on...that Hazel would have dropped right off to sleep the moment her head hit the pillow.]
[She was even more awake than she had been in Camp Half Blood's Hades' Cabin.]
[Peace. Quiet. She liked to think herself a social individual, but all those eyes on her had been almost too much to bear. More than once, she found herself subconsciously shrinking behind Frank. Which...did very little to draw those eyes away, as several of them were equally busy staring at him. (And who could blame them, really?) Their new praetor.]
[Only a sparse few campers remained awake. Patrolling the grounds. The threat might have been over, but routines were routines. They nodded their head in acknowledgement of Hazel and her newly established rank, but otherwise left her be. Good soldiers. She mentally thanked each and every one of them for that.]
[Sitting in front of the small campfire she had set for herself. Eyes staring blankly into the flames. Remembering.]
[Now that it was all over...did that all really happen?]
➢ Mr. Zhang
[She was even more awake than she had been in Camp Half Blood's Hades' Cabin.]
[Peace. Quiet. She liked to think herself a social individual, but all those eyes on her had been almost too much to bear. More than once, she found herself subconsciously shrinking behind Frank. Which...did very little to draw those eyes away, as several of them were equally busy staring at him. (And who could blame them, really?) Their new praetor.]
[Only a sparse few campers remained awake. Patrolling the grounds. The threat might have been over, but routines were routines. They nodded their head in acknowledgement of Hazel and her newly established rank, but otherwise left her be. Good soldiers. She mentally thanked each and every one of them for that.]
[Sitting in front of the small campfire she had set for herself. Eyes staring blankly into the flames. Remembering.]
[Now that it was all over...did that all really happen?]
[It felt like a dream.]