Pertemis: A Wolf’s Tale
Chapter 29 Second Leave of The Tale
N/A so I've started to think about a little credits for loyal readers. I mean the ones that usually comment. That's why from now on, I'll dedicate my chapter to a reader that usually comment every Chap I update.
This chapter is dedicated too.... meloctoni !!! ???
Percy’s Point of View
Percy awakened and found himself inside the infirmary. He tried to sit up, but a tug made him to groan. He started down and saw bandage was wrapped around his torso. That was when everything came flooding back.
He couldn't believe she actually stab him. Sure he knew that she was man hater goddess and all, but he believed thy had come to a point of no killing each other. Guess Artemis is still Artemis. Even if he gave her million years more, it wouldn't change who she was and her nature. It was her root, she was destined to hate males and it happened to be his race.
He was mad, yet disappointed. He knew it was hopeless to even hope staying in the hunt. What's the point of staying when I'd end up dying sooner or later? Percy thought. Their relationship was never expected to be form. He was meant to be non existent to the world. Yet he believed her words.
"I will protect you Perseus! From any harm I promise!"
He recounted her words that day. He was wrong to believe it. She was an Olympian, it was risky to even meet her. They were the ones that wanted him dead. Such a fool to even trust this timer bomb.
Percy struggled for awhile and he managed to get to his feet. The wounds ached as he winced.
He had to go. He should've done it long time ago. Just because of that stupid feeling and promise that he kept clinging onto her. Now she'd shown her real face. She stabbed him without even consideration. It was her nature and he couldn't do anything to change it.
He went to the area where the clothes were hung to dry over night. He grabbed some of his clothes and hurried back to the infirmary. Surprisingly there was no one on night duty which allowed him to sneak through the tents without being detected. The least thing he wanted was to have someone reporting to Artemis.
He knew most of his belongings were still in her tent, but considering it wasn't worth risking his opportunity. Percy packed and quietly left the hunt for the second time, or perhaps the last.
It took her two hours of Ananbeth and Thalia begging until she gave up and left the infirmary.
Artemis regretted of what she'd done. Standing by his side watching him hurt because by her own hands ached her even more. She knew she had promised to never let any harm to him and yet she was the one to break that promise.
What would he do when he wakes up. Would he still follow her, believe in her? Would he forgive her?
With all the guilt she couldn't settle, Artemis decided to return to the infirmary and wait until he wakes.
Her foot heavy as she made her way across the sleeping camp. She didn't know how to apologise. She never did it much before. She did once or twice apologising him back at the cave in Delos. Perhaps he might give her a chance, he always had.
But as Artemis set the flap opened, his bed was empty. Yet the warmth still there to tell her he was gone.
Percy stumbled across the wood. He had to get further more, he was still to close to camp.
"I felt someone over there!"
They had found out his disappearance and they were tracking him. Percy started
for a long time and came to a halt when in front of him was a steep cliff. There was no say he could climb up to the top and turning back would be facing the hunters. He heard there presence was closing in as he panicked. He didn't want to go back anymore. Suddenly, he heard the sound from the bush just few meters from him.
"Psst"
only to see a hand waving at him out of
still stared at the bush with his feet
just stand there dumbass" the person whispered out
the bush and he was dragged immediately away by
hell" Percy tried to yank his hand
he said. "If you want them to catch you, I
It wasn't that he had trusted the guy, but he had no option. Either the mysterious guy lead him to
decided to give it a shot.
through it to the other side. Its entrance was well hidden by bushes and trees. Even if the hunters did follow his scent and track up the where he halted a moment before, they wouldn't know how to get over that cliff. Probably they were still trying to figure out how
Arizona if he remembered right from the map Ar- that goddess
the stranger panted, and gave
you?" Percy frowned.
race and my name is Lucien by the
male" Percy rolled his eyes. "Unless you had surgery
and that feature like those super attractive model he saw on the magazine Aphrodite's carried around, except his ears were long
male dumbass" The
Phoebe" Percy
the muscles became more visible under the tunic. He got on four and let out a growl and before Percy could react, the beast he was afraid most was now in
grey fur, same features of the werewolf and those golden piercing animal eyes. That lethal claws and fangs. That was the werewolf he fought at the cliff
and brought out Riptide. The werewolf widened its
need to be so worked up dude" he raised
do that?" Percy stuttered, shocked from what he had just saw.
wolf?" He said.
"You mean
tell you?" He asked back in
know is that
I'm the ambassador of the werewolf or actually a scout to bring the remaining ones out in the word back to
the Earth surface. Now he just
did wipe us out" Lucien spoke. "Many of us fled in the war and moved up north to the place they couldn't reach us, or just simply they
me" Percy tried to break
here and cover our track first." He suggested.
"Train for what"
his eyes. "I know what