Pertemis: A Wolf’s Tale

Chapter 21 First Return of The Tale

Artemis’s point of view

"Zoë come here now!" Artemis screamed, rushing to the infirmary.

She only felt some uneven breaths mixing with gasps from Perseus. His wound didn't heal, the yellow liquid kept leaking out from the deep cut that sodded her jacket, yellowed the ground.

"Perseus stay with me! I won't let you die, just stay a little longer" she whispered to his ear, her panicked breath somehow made Perseus cracked a smile.

"Can't believe I return to camp being carried by you like a bride" Percy managed a joke which lightened Artemis's mind at that moment.

She grinned and playfully hit his chest softly. Even though he was on the verge of dying, he would never let her cry to which made her heart ached even more as the guilt swirled deep inside her. He'd never be in this situation if he didn't live with her.

"Next time I'll drag you by the ear" she said.

Zoë and other hunters rushed out from their tents as they set him onto a bed.

"Bring nectar and ambrosia!" Artemis ordered as Phoebe made herself to find the requirements.

"What happened to him?" Thalia asked, her frown has shown that regret which was rare to appear.

Artemis said. "But the wound is

heard his cough as blood was choked out from his mouth. Artemis

know how to treat

been to those situations a lot" Zoë responded. "But normally we make contact with the

"What do y-"

his shirt in half. Many hunters looked

shirt and apply treatment on

many others followed her lead because they didn't

the power of a supernatural. She knew she had seen him half naked before, but each time she glanced on those toned muscles, it just got

ambrosia" Phoebe handed the god medicine but was speechless

ambrosia and chewed, she applied it on his wound as his skin streamed and hissed with the contact. Artemis winced as Percy groaned in pain.

I'm not gonna..." Percy groaned, his back arched, his finger

the strange liquid of emotions swelled up on her eyeballs. She didn't know why she was crying? Perhaps it was her fault that he was caught up in this, or she'd broken her promise from protecting him from harms. But she knew it was more than that, his agony sent her to that world of pain. She could feel, could hear, could see what he had to endure. Maybe that they had blood relation, or perhaps something else had connected them, something even

groaned as he grabbed her

this" he gritted

covered his mouth, her eyes stared deep into his, nothing in the world could separate them at that moment. Her determination was

"Save it for later"

glowed in a faint silver light as the hunters made their

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