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⤐ 𝐋𝐮𝐤𝐞 {𝟏} ⤐

𝐌𝐲 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬, dreams of her.

I never thought that I could think of someone like I do with her, I remember the time I had a crush on Thalia when I was younger. Her blue eyes used to have me.

And yet...now whenever I think of them, it's like everything is gone but when I see her.

Her. With the brown eyes that are just like the darkest of chocolates, however dark chocolate is known to be bitter to some and others see it as sweet.

She's sweet to me.

However, my focus is supposed to be on reviving Kronos. That is my number one job and yet I've been ignoring it, ignoring it all just for her ever since she told me about her dream. I knew from the second she told me that it could only be one thing, Kronos.

And while I was seeking to have her join us, recruit her as one of us. She told me about her mom, the one person she loved most in her life. It made me stop myself because I couldn't. Kronos, while I had hoped at first would have tried to reconsider, he'd rather use Hayley's mom as leverage rather than keep his promise of just not touching her.

I know it's bad, but I wouldn't have him hurt Hayley and neither her mom, thankfully I can believe Hayley is able to take care of her mom on her own. But this plan still needs to be seen through, Kronos's main target is for the gods that have wronged him, who have wronged me, who have wronged her.

Even thinking about it makes my blood boil, her crying, her pain, all of it that I could recognize but yet had the courage to tell her, when I hugged her all I could hear was her cries in my ear, but it traveled all the way to my heart as I thought of a younger me.

I won't let that happen to her, have her life be destroyed even if it already has been to her by her own selfish and stupid dad. The pain he let slide, the way he left her mom, everything that happened. I couldn't handle it; I was doing this for myself at first but as I got to know her each and every day.

What God could simply do this to her? To her mom? To them?

I'm doing this for people like us, for all the people who have been wronged by these gods, who have felt betrayed, backstabbed, hate, anger for them. To finally show them we aren't just some kids they had but we are so much more.

And yet...even if I wanted her to join me, I didn't want to see her hurt.

But I won't have anything happen to Hayley and her mom, not like what happened to mine.

Whenever she talks about her mom, a bright smile from ear to ear appears on her face, the way she speaks about her can bring up any room. Maybe that was her secret, she was a perfect mom for her daughter.

Then you have her dad, who's just awful, who just disappeared.

Hayley goes from brave, strong, and confident, to hurt, ashamed, and betrayed.

Before I had left, I had fixed myself up as I saw Chris staring at me as I looked at him.

"Are you sure you want to be doing this? I thought you said to keep her out of this." He warned me and I smiled looking at him and let out a small sigh.

"Chris, as I've told you before. She is one of us. She will be able to take care of herself and take care of her mom. Kronos will use them, and he has already gotten to her. I won't let that happen again." My breath hitched at my final words as he nodded.

He stared at me and let out, "Fine. But we still don't know who her dad is Luke. If what she told you is true, Kronos knows her dad which means he has all the reason to go after her."

I took my bag and turned back to him "I am no longer getting her involved, I've said it once and once before. After she told me about her nightmare, I'm not going to risk anything. I will decide whether she joins before Kronos demands it."

We stared at one another as I walked up to him as close as I could and told him "She has the chance to have a normal life with her mom, without her dad. I will not do the same as my own dad did."

Holding both of his hands up in the air he gave in without resistance and I quickly left.

When I arrived at the unlit bonfire, I had created a fire quick enough to prepare a place to sit on the ground, as I waited for her to arrive, I was thinking to myself.

Hayley both have lived different lives yet have so much in common and never grew up the same way. I am worried about saying something wrong and offending her. But even in my thoughts I suddenly heard a voice from behind me.

"Hey."

I turned my head and looked up and saw her, her hair was down on her shoulders, her bangs naturally curved on each side. Most likely since we were going to bed, she seemed to be ready for that wearing comfortable clothing.

"Hey." I finally let out as I moved over in my spot, and she came over and sat beside me.

We sat together and looked at the fire and then turned our heads at the same time to look at one another.

"So why did you invite me out here?" She asked curiously and I saw her playing with her bracelet once again.

I smirked turning back to the fire as I thought and mentioned "I just...wanted to see you without any of the distractions or...others around us. Just us."

I saw her smile appear on her face as she held her hands together and I moved closer to her, and she looked at my movement.

"Well, I'll start. I don't usually but I guess I could. You might wonder what exactly is the bracelet that I play with exactly. It was a gift from my mom for my 15th birthday. It's a special tradition with Latinos or a stereotypical one. But since we don't have much money, my mom got me this and threw the sweetest party ever." She laughed out and her eyes softened anytime she spoke of her mom.

Now when she looked back at me, I saw her eyes soften again and was it possible or impossible?

But it felt as if my eyes were doing the exact same thing.

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Okay.

I may have said Luke would only have 1 chapter but this night couldn't be summed up in just 1 chapter so...

2nd chapter in his POV is coming up!!