For Who I Am?-The Land Far Away Series (Nico Di Angelo)

Nico stared of into space.

He gripped his black hair as if he was thinking of pulling it out.

Everything inside him hurt.

He didn't know why or how.

He just wanted to stay in his cabin and imagene he was somewhere else...Somewhere he could be accepted.

Somewhere he didn't have to be afraid...

Somewhere he didn't have to be ashaimed...

Somewhere his father wasn't the lord of the dead...

"Nico?" A hesitant voice called out near his cabin door.

Nico yelled harshly "What do you want Grace?"

"You can't shut yourself in here forever mate" Jason Grace said.

A part of Nico cringed knowing it was true but the stubbon half of him wouldn't let himself give in that easily as he snapped turning away from Jason's voice "Watch me!"

He hated talking to Jason, he was the only person that knew Nico's secret...

And that made it even more difficult in Nico's mind in talking to him.

Jason sighed "You can't hide forever Nico"

Nico with held an yell of anger and pain.

Cupids voice echoing inside his head...Will you hide among the dead, as you always do?

The Shadows around him thickoned, reacting to his anger.

"Leave me alone!" Nico snarled.

He wasn't sure if he was angry at Jason or the imagenary voice of Cupid that just wouldn't leave him alone either.

After a few minutes Nico heard Jasons footsteps leave his cabin.

Nico relaxed finally.

But his eyes slowly shut as the sleep he'd missed on the quest agaisnt the earth goddess caught up with him.

After the Quest Nico had started to like sleeping. Even if he was haunted by nightmares because at least when he was asleep...he could pretend he was somewhere else...

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