The Lost Hero

Jason compliments Piper, but she feels guilty that he doesn’t know the truth—that she might betray him. She also begins to suspect that Jason is Roman. She falls asleep, and in her dream, Enceladus tells her that she must prove her loyalty to her father. He also says that he is doing just that: proving himself to his mother. He shows her where her father is being held captive, and urges her to bring her friends there. She resolves to find a way to save her father and her friends. Enceladus tells her that he’ll show her “‘how easily [her] rebellious spirit can be brought to earth’” (237).

Piper wakes up and is falling through the sky. Jason saves Piper and Leo, and they land to find Festus crashed to the ground. Piper’s foot is injured; her friends find ambrosia to hasten the healing process. She becomes convinced that Enceladus caused Festus’s malfunction. Leo goes to fix the dragon, and Piper has alone time with Jason. She asks him about the picture of Thalia, and is jealous at the idea that she might be his girlfriend. She wants to tell Jason the truth about Enceladus, but suddenly, they hear a door slam.