Let Them Think That

M- 8

Artemis PoV

I was back with my hunters, preying upon the rather large assembly of monsters near the Canadian border.

A few months had passed since the whole "Falling off Olympus" debacle, and Percy was still a loving boyfriend.

I sighed and focused. This was an important mission, and I hadn't been able to contact him in weeks.

There was movement, and I sprinted after the fleeing monsters, leaving my hunters to handle the ones locked in battle.

The monsters believed themselves safe after a few miles' distance, but they didn't know who they were being followed by.

I scaled a tree and nocked an arrow.

With careful aim, skill, and practice, I managed to skewer three monsters with a single arrow.

A dracaena that seemed to be leading the group motioned for them to run, and I took my time picking them off.

Was it a bit sadistic to be torturing the monsters like that? Probably, but they had eaten, disembowelled, gutted, sacrificed, or otherwise harmed several demigods.

As I killed the last monster, I sensed
another immortal appear nearby and use a substantial amount of what power they had.

I jumped from tree to tree until I found the source.

The goddess Khione was getting rather friendly with my boyfriend.

I felt this awful rage build up in my chest, my mind immediately going to the probability that he was somehow being forced into this.

Another arrow nocked, drawn, and fired, I found the problem.

She had frozen Percy.

I leapt from the tree, landing in front of my lover.

I raised my hand to his cheek, and he began thawing.

Rather quickly, the god was completely thawed. I assumed his being a Poseidon spawn made it easier for him or sped the process.

Percy started speaking quickly. "Hi Artemis, I know you've probably got questions and things to say, but right now I need to get Dominic from the tree."

He rocketed off to a nearby tree and climbed it with ease, retrieving a small boy that seemed to be about five or six.

"I'm going to drop him off at Camp Jupiter," my boyfriend explained quickly. "Hopefully I'll see you back at the palace later."

I sighed and tracked down my hunters, seeing that their task was complete and none had been harmed.

I replaced broken equipment and warned them of an incoming blizzard, giving my recommended route to avoid it.

What seemed like hours later, I returned to my palace.

It wasn't really my palace anymore, though. Percy and I had been living together for two months before I began hunting the large group of monsters.

My boyfriend was standing in the foyer. Something seemed off, but I pushed the thought away. "Welcome home, Artemis."

Quickly, I walked up to him and claimed a hug.

He kissed me lightly. "I missed you."

I returned the motion, closing my eyes as he took over.

Percy smelled strange.

I pulled away. "What's your favourite colour?"

"Silver, like my favourite lady, of course," he replied.