"Actually, he tried to disinherit me from Olympus when I wouldn't join the military," she scoffed. "He knows I kick ass, and he thinks I should be using it."
She sighed, stopping herself there before she got into a tangent she usually preferred to keep to herself. It wasn't that it was a secret, no. Everyone who knew her family knew this story, but she usually ended up crying when she thought about it. That was another reason daddy hated her so. She was human enough to put on the tough girl mask and completely lose it in private, drowned in tears in her pillow. Fuck him. She didn't need him.
"Thanks, though," she replied softly, grateful but not quite believing him.