Percy's POV

A few minutes after Artemis left, I heard my father telling me that my weapon was ready. I concentrated and a beautiful four and a half feet long double edged sword materialized in my hand. Hilt was made from black metal. Blade was made from Olympian Silver and shining in the night. Ancient runes were placed all the way down on blade. The moment I held it, pure black smoke started to leak out from them. It felt perfectly balanced in my hand even better than Riptide.

I mentally thanked my father and willed it to turn into a ring. It turned into a black metal ring on my right index finger.

Miranda's POV (Time skip a week)

I was hurt because my boyfriend turned out to be raper. I trusted him so much. Yet he betrayed me. All I needed was time. It has been six month since we got together. After first month, he started bugging me about having sex. But I wasn't ready, at least not until I am sixteen. He wouldn't understand of course. Last month he asked me again and I denied. Hhe didn't ask me again after that. Until tonight...

Yesterday, he asked me to make a camp in a forest near a cliff facing the sea. Being a fool, I accepted. But his intention was different.

While I was eating my food, he approached me and started to kiss me. I responded his kiss. After a few minutes of gentle kissing, I felt his hand under my skirt. It started to move upwards and I pulled back.

"Josh stop. I am not ready." His expression turned angry.

"Miranda, enough with the waiting already! I gave you all the time you needed. Now we do what I say, not you." He tried to kiss me again but I stood up. I felt the first few drops of rain on my face.

"Josh, please stop." I tried to go away but he caught my arm and slapped me in the face and I fell on my arm hard. A rock opened a huge gash on my arm.

"I said enough with the waiting. You will do as I say. Like it or not." He said and forced himself upon me. He pulled my skirt up and tore it. I started to cry.

"Josh please don't d-do this. Please!" I begged but he didn't even care.

Then I heard a deep growl. We turned to the side at the same time to see a tiger looking us. How on the Earth a tiger can be here, in this region of the country. The tiger bent down and lunged forward on us and caught Josh's throat. They rolled away and it tore his throat in a blink of an eye. Then it turned to me.

It was raining heavily. I was soaked from tip to toe. I slowly backed towards the edge of the cliff. It slowly made its way to me. I looked down from the edge. The cliff was at least a hundred feet in height. Waves were crashing against the rocks in the bottom. It was for sure that I couldn't survive this fall. But what choice did I have? Staying was a certain death. I couldn't even think fighting against a tiger and survive. Then I heard a deep voice.

"I wouldn't recommend that." I turned to see a man in a completely black hunter clothes sitting on a rock to my left. He was extremely handsome and appealing. He had glowing green eyes. Strange thing was that he had a hairpin attached to the only white strand of his hair.

Scaring part was that in this heavy rain not a single drop was touching him. He held up his hand, his palm facing the tiger. It ran to him immediately. He petted its head as I looked him in shock.

"You have done well my friend." He said. Tiger licked his palm than disappeared into the forest.

He, obviously noticing my fear, smiled. "You have nothing to fear me Miranda." he said. If possible, I was even more surprised. How could he possibly know my name? I didn't even see him before. He stood up and stepped closer to me. I remembered my clothes were torn and blushed heavily. But under this rain he wouldn't notice that. He held my arm and drops of rain covered the wound until it was healed. Then I remembered Josh and held his arm. I could just leave him to death but that was an easy way out.

"There is someone else hurt. P-please you must help him." I said quickly. His eyes flashed dangerously.

"Even if he was alive, I would have his head right now after what he tried to do to you."

"W-what?"

"Yes you heard right. Anyway stop worrying about him." He stopped for a moment as if listening something. "That tiger ripped through his vitals just now. He is beyond saving. Now," He smiled for a moment. "Let's get you somewhere safe…" He finished and everything went black.

Artemis' POV

It was a boring day. We tracked down only a few Laistrigonian giants and killed them. Other than that, there was no sign of monsters. So I decided to move our camp tomorrow.

Night fell rather quickly and we gathered around the campfire enjoying our last hours in this beautiful place.

Then I heard his voice in my mind.

"Artemis I must speak with you. Would you let me in your camp?" asked Percy.

"You may come, Percy." I replied. I stood up.

"Girls! Lord Perseus is coming. I let him in so treat him with respect."

"We respect Lord Kelp Head milady. Don't worry." Thalia commented from my left. Girls snickered at this. I smiled at the nickname.

A few minutes later Percy came out with a girl at his side. A few hunters gasped when they saw the state of her clothes and the scratches on her face. Before I could even move, I heard a scream.

"You filthy pig! What have you done to that girl?" Lucy screamed and sent an arrow right where his heart should be. To my surprise, arrow just went through his body harmlessly.

He raised his eyebrows to me. "Really?"

"Lucy, stand down!" I ordered and she grudgingly lowered her bow.

"Can you take care of her? I need to speak with Lady Artemis." I nodded towards them to do as he said and led Percy in my tent.

"Percy what happened to that girl?" I asked suspiciously, after we sat down.

"She was attacked by her supposed boyfriend. He tried to rape him. I saved her and brought her here before someone under your command tried to kill me." He answered with a hint of coldness in his voice. As soon as words left his mouth, I felt regret about my attitude.

"Percy, I apologize for myself and my hunter's behavior." I said ashamed of my action.

"It's okay. I just came here to ask you offer her a place."

"I will."

"Okay, thank you. See you later." He melted into a black mist and disappeared.

As soon as he left, I dashed out of my tent. I spotted Lucy among the hunters and ran up to her. She noticed me and paled. I grabbed her by collar and shoved her into a tree.

"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU? You degraded my rules before someone else. If we ever attack a god, it will always be with MY ORDERS." I yelled. I was furious about what she did. She made me look weak and lack of authority before someone else. She made choking sounds and I let go of her. She took breaths frantically.

"M-milady I am sorry I-I thought he hurt that girl." she stuttered quickly.

"I DON'T CARE ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK! SINCE WHEN DID YOU START ATTACKING AN OLYMPIAN? BESIDES WITHOUT MY PERMISSION?" I screamed.

She cowered in fear. All of the hunters had fear in their eyes.

"Do you even know about the consequences of killing an Olympian God without a really valid reason?" I snarled.

"ZEUS WOULD HAVE DISBANDED THE HUNT." I roared. Their eyes widened in fear.

"Milady h-he wouldn't report that, w-would he?" Thalia asked fearing the answer.

"We're lucky. He won't do that."

I crouched down next to Lucy.

"He saved that girl from a rapist and brought her us for her to have a new home. And you almost killed him in exchange. You just earned yourself three months of punishment for this." I glared her. She flinched under intensity of it.

A few minutes later I finally calmed down and ordered them to go back their work.

(Time skip a week)

A week past since Percy's incident. I didn't hear of him since then. I was still angry about Lucy's action.

Tonight there would be a council meeting and maybe I could talk to him and apologize to him properly.

Well other than that I had these strange feelings for the last two days. My heart clenching, my body was sweating which was not something in common among the gods. I felt hot. Apollo said there was nothing wrong with my health after he checked. He said that it would pass eventually.

I flashed into throne room waiting for the others to start the meeting. Apollo and Demeter were present. Athena and Hephaistus flashed in after me.

Then these feelings suddenly intensified and it became harder to breathe after Perseus appeared. He stumbled and held on the armrest of his throne. He was panting just as much as me. Drops of sweat fell from his forehead. The moment I came eye to eye with him I nearly burst into my true form. I have never felt this powerful before as if his presence empowered me. I wanted nothing more than just launch myself at him and embrace the life out of him. Other gods, now noticing the interaction between us, were watching us curiously. Percy sat/fell on his throne staring at me almost like… longingly. He was slightly moving back and forth. In a few seconds, others came and Zeus opened the meeting. During the whole council neither Percy nor I were able to look somewhere else then each other's eyes. Oh how badly I wanted him! The temptation was just so strong. I wanted to hold that raven black hair. Everything about him was sooo appealing. I gripped the armrests of my throne. I noticed he was doing the same.

Council members stopped discussions after Zeus noticed our flushing and sweating faces.

"Artemis, Perseus, what is wrong with you two?" He asked.

"I-I don't..." I started but the room was lost darkness and a blinding turquoise light emitted from Perseus for a few seconds as he tried to contain his magnificent true form. It was truly interesting because the light he was emitting wasn't illuminating anything.

I felt hands on my shoulders as Athena and Demeter tried to make me sit but when did I stand up… I realized that I was glowing too. With a titanic effort, I pushed the transformation down at the same time with Perseus. The room turned normal.

"For the love of Olympus, THEY WANT EACH OTHER!" Aphrodite squealed. For the first time in my life I didn't care about what she said. As if I was in a trance.

Zeus and Poseidon shouted at the same time. "WHAT?"

Everyone in throne room was dumbfounded. Only Aphrodite was squealing in delight.

"Aphrodite, if this is one your sickening jokes, I swear, I will cast you into the deepest parts of Tartarus for the next few centuries." Zeus growled. Aphrodite paled a little but started to explain herself.

"There is a full moon tonight. You know Artemis represents moon and Perseus represents tides. That's why, I think they have affection for each other just like their domains. As the Moon gets stronger, their connection becomes stronger too, both physically and mentally. And now I can actually feel love in their hearts. But for now they only need each other physically. That means Artemis will not be a virgin for long because they can't resist this kind of temptation for eternity." She squealed after she finished.

"Poseidon, take Perseus undersea. I want him to begin his assignment in an hour and I don't want to see him here before he finishes it. We'll try to work something out by then, I suppose. Apollo, take your sister to your temple. DO NOT let her leave until the dawn, lest you will incur my wrath. GO NOW!" Zeus shouted.

The last things I saw were Perseus' unusually glowing green eyes before Apollo flashed me away.

Hi guys! There is another chapter. Sorry for the lack of update again. I started a training course that will go on for months. So I can't find much time to write.

Like I said before Percy is in league with the second generation of gods like Artemis, Apollo or Hermes. It seems, for some people it is disappointing to see Percy less powerful than Zeus or Gaea:) Opinions, opinions… I said he is on par with Hermes or Apollo in terms of power but I didn't mean that he cannot fight deities more powerful than himself.

Anyway, I hope you like the attraction between Percy and Artemis. This chapter is dedicated to Lula23 for her nice review;) I want to remind you to review. Wish you all nice days and thank you.