But what was happening to her with these visions really freaked me out. Maybe it

was something that happened to all mortals who could see through the Mist. But

my mom had never talked about anything like that. And Hestia's words about

Luke's mom kept coming back to me: May Castellan went too far. She tried to see

too much.

 

"Rachel," I said, "I wish I knew. Maybe we should ask Chiron — "

 

She flinched like she'd gotten an electric shock. "Percy, something is about to

happen. A trick that ends in death."

 

"What do you mean? Whose death?"

 

"I don't know." She looked around nervously. "Don't you feel it?"

 

"Is that the message you wanted to tell me?"

 

"No." She hesitated. "I'm sorry. I'm not making sense, but that thought just

came to me. The message I wrote on the beach was different. It had your name in

it."

 

"Perseus," I remembered. "In Ancient Greek."

 

Rachel nodded. "I don't know its meaning. But I know it's important. You have to