Pertemis: A Wolf’s Tale

Chapter 2 Secrets of The Tale

Artemis's POV

I froze on my spot.

It happened just so fast that I didn't know what to do. The monster growled, trying to bend the silver bars. It's teeth glowing in the dark, like the razor of a saw, trying to cut the metal bars off. It's eyes were on fire. Red and glowing full of anger and madness.

The monster was no bear, but no wolf either. It was big, two and a half meters at least. It's head was a head of a black wolf, the ones with steroids. The shaggy hair grown out around its neck down to it back and arms like a black warm furry coat in winter. It's chest were human, pitch black skin, but smooth. Though there was skin fur cover it. In the end, its torso looked like an athletic gorilla. Its hands grabbed on the bars, trying to break it off and the claws were the last things I wanted to touch. Sharp like knives but hard like diamonds and they seemed like its hands had grown fangs.

Where the hell did this thing come from? I screamed inside my head. I wanted to scream out, but my jaw kept clenching like it wanted to break my teeth into pieces. I knew what it was, the moment I looked into its eyes. It was a werewolf.

It pulled all my courage, rising the bow and pulled my arrow backward once more. My eyes stared deep into the monster's. My breath was trembling, like a had a minor panic attack. My fingers were about to let the arrow go when a voice came to interrupt.

"ARTEMIS STOP!"

I turned to my side and Leto was there, breathing hardly. I lowered my bow, but the monster didn't lower its anger.

"C-can you explain why you have a werewolf on your island?" I stuttered pointing at the monster.

"I will tell you" she said. "I will tell you everything but please! Please don't kill him."

She was scared. It was written all over her face despite the face she was trying to calm me down. Like a cop trying to take a gun from a criminal through conversations.

"And why shouldn't I kill it?" I breathed hard, about to rise my bow again.

"Because..." She paused, her lips trembling, trying hard not to spill it out. But she looked up at me slowly. "Because he is your brother..."

Every last word of her like a hammer bagging on my ears. I let out a gasp.

"What do you mean?"

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"Ok can you explain for me now?" I sat on the chair, more like threw my self on it.

throwing my head that I wanted to split it open. I knew Leto was

said, slowly approaching me. "But you have to

think you are doing?" I cut her off.  "You can you expect me to trust you when you are

on the table, hard enough to make

maybe a witness to keep you out. But you can't have

he's caring my blood too, coming out from me. How would you feel,

I screamed. "I don't have a brother like him! And how could you do

have a bane, a weakness. Not the Giants of Gaia or the power of Titan. But the creatures that were called myth and never thought to be  existed, werewolves. Their bites are fatal, the bites are cursed that can send an immortal back to the endless void. It is the only thing that

Until now, when I just found out that my mother. The one I loved and trusted most to possess a weapon

you would have known Artemis" Leto said. "Living alone in an island for eternity...do you think I

deep into me. How could I accept something like that? But then again, Leto birthed him for a reason. I knew there was a secret

her hands. "Tell me the truth,

to me with those red eyes from sadness and anxiety. Her lips started to

thought I could leave with you guys forever. But Zeus came and brought you away. For years that I cried, crawling and screaming to get you back. But no one ever

flood back. I could see it

He was injured really bad and I thought he was dead. But

"The one you lock in the

was one thing that I certain. He wasn't a mortal. He stayed at the island after that, I took care of him from everything. Then slowly, the feeling

trying to find

stay inside and never to come out. But I disobeyed him and that was where

that?" I

told me everything, the truth about them. They never intended to kill anyone, Zeus just gave out that law because of fearing the death. He wanted to get grid of the werewolves. So he attacked Perseus's father pack, massacred every member. Perseus's father was shot by Zeus's lightning. But lucky for him and

the original Perseus?" I guessed. "Is that where

wanted to remember his saviour, so he named

her off. "Werewolves can't make children.  Especially the Alphas, they can't

confirmed. "The cursed of them is too strong and the power that the unborn receive wouldn't let them survive. Werewolves children with mortals will always die before they can see the

this small island, I felt like it was more than having freedom out

was starting to come. She

tunnel" I said. "Did you build

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