Being unclaimed wasn't as bad as a lot of people made it out to be. Sure, you had to accept that your godly parent didn't really give a crap about you, but Cleo had been living with the reality of a deadbeat mom for her entire life. This didn't exactly change anything. She'd been in the Hermes cabin so long she wasn't sure she would even want to be claimed if it meant having to leave.
But just because she was happy with the unknown didn't mean everyone was content with her status as unclaimed. Cleo was pretty sure half the Hermes cabins had bets on who her mom was. She knew Chiron had his suspicions that he didn't dare share. Hell, even the naiads in the lake swam away giggling one time after mentioning "her mom". The only person who didn't seem to have guesses about Cleo's parentage was Luke. He knew her well enough to leave the subject alone, save for the occasional joke about how miserable at parenting the Olympians were.
But the gods do things on their own time, and not when it's most convenient for the Stoll brothers' bets. Sometimes they don't give you recognition for the things you respect— or the things you want. Sometimes, that unwanted attention lands you doing their bidding. And sometimes, being claimed after 1,096 days of sleeping on the floorboards means getting sent on a quest to complete a Herculean task. Literally.
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MADISON BAILEY
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CLEO HANOVER
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