Hard nails dug into the back of his wrists, cutting into the skin and undoubtedly causing some sort of infection. From this quick—rather aggressive, honestly--figure he received a painful knee to the stomach.

“What the fuck?” He coughed out, balking at it.

In response? “Money. Now.”

Hello! I've been lurking for a while, and this lil plot bunny forced itself into my head and would not leave.

So, this is set immediately after the events in The Titan's Curse: three years after Leo's mother passed away and about a month after Nico runs away from camp. Leo Valdez, fleeing from the latest foster family to inevitably send him away, bumps into a rather put-off Nico di Angelo.

Though I've claimed the ghost king, if you really want him I'm fine with that. You can decide whether to be the mugger or the muggee.

This is in third person, three sentence minimum, psuedo-literate (enough to be understood.)

Any interest? :3