Summary

Chapter 13

One mystery is solved: Percy now knows that it is his stepfather who has put his name at the top of the 'most wanted' list. The tourist's picture from the bus ends up in the paper, making it even more difficult for the heroes to move about freely in public. While Grover sleeps, Percy tells Annabeth about his dream. She analyzes it and says that it is unlikely that it is Hades bargaining for the bolt. Why bargain for something you already have? But if it isn't Hades, then who is it?

Annabeth changes topics and tells Percy about her father, who basically didn't want her and ignored her most of the first part of her life. The worst part was when her father remarried, had two 'normal' children, and then Annabeth was discarded. Monsters attacked the home and her father all...