myths

CHAPTER 7 {Helena}

I had forgotten what it was like to be loved. To be needed. It was all too much when Nik told me he loved me. I was sad and happy and excited and scared. I had so many emotions spinning in my head that I started to cry. I loved Artemis, I was her favorite "daughter" the one she trusted most. She would not be happy that I fell into the trap of love. How could I make her see that this was different, and that I wanted to stay on as a hunter but that I also had a desire to love and have children.

There were two options; marry Nik and deal with the consequences or leave him now and never know true love for the rest of eternity. I decided to approach Artemis and ask for her guidance. I summoned her that night, just as the moon was overhead. She rose in a cloud of silvery steam, and asked me why I had left, and what I would like. I explained everything that had happened to me since I had journeyed from the hunt until now, not sparing a single detail. She listened and I saw a sadness in her eyes that could have only been caused by having known a broken heart. She permitted me to leave the hunt until Nik died so long as I stayed faithful to him but remained a virgin. I vowed to her I would.

I shared my good news with Nik, and he was so happy.

"Helena Papadopoulos will you marry me?"