Owen was a nervous wreck the whole day. His eyes glazed over during all camp activities as he thought about the expedition. He was very worried, but he remembered what Sam had told him about his theory that there was a traitor at camp, and thought he might be safer outside it. Besides, sixteen was old enough to be a man grown in Game of Thrones. Jon Snow joined the Night’s Watch and Robb Stark became King in the North at Owen’s age. Percy Jackson had saved the world before his sixteenth birthday. And Harry Potter and all his friends were just kids too. The more fictional characters he came up with, the more settled Owen felt in his place on the team. Brian Percival had called him and told him he was the only hope for the camp. It didn’t matter what the others thought.
That night, Owen s
