kiss

As I untied her, I felt her wake up. She looked at me stunned before trying to get away, but the both of us fell on the ground with her on top of me with our lips kissing. Our eyes widened looking at each other.

-Artemis's POV-

I felt someone touching me and I tried to see who it is. I turned around and saw a man. I panicked and tried to push him away. His hands were still on me when I pushed him away and we both fell onto the ground. I felt myself fall forwards and my lips touching something soft. I opened my eyes and noticed that I was actually KISSING a man. I froze looking at him and he was also staring at me with his eyes wide open.

I tried to use my powers to kill him for taking advantage of me but I couldn't do anything. I can't feel my powers. I panicked. 'Why? Who is he? What is he trying to do?' Tears started to form on my eyes. My tears seemed to wake him up from his daze and he carried me to the bed. For the first time in my life I was scared. I don't have my powers and I'm simply helpless against him. I closed my eyes not wanting to see him.

After a while I don't seem feel him touching me and I opened my eyes. I noticed that he is not in the room. 'He left' I was confused on why he left but also relieved at the same time. I tried to get up but struggled to do so. I quickly felt that it was cold and look down. 'MY CLOTHES!!!!' I was wearing what the mortals would called a night gown. I quickly covered my body in the blankets.

The man came back in some time later. I looked at his face and froze. He was the boy I met a couple years ago. I looked at the woman behind him and became stunned. 'She was the one I saved'

-The Day Artemis was Abducted-

Several of my hunters went missing while hunting down a cyclops that's ambushing the mortals living in the area. I personally went to find them. After spending some time I found them locked up in a cage. I told the other hunters to carry them away and if needed to, go to Camp Half Blood and stay there for a while as I was afraid that Chronos was the one behind this. After wandering around for a while, I saw the Cyclops attacking a woman. I immediately rushed over and killed it before it got to hurt her.

She turned around and suddenly asked if I wanted to marry his son. I was stunned and surprised as that was the fist time I was asked that question. I was going to say no but she pulled out something and threw it at me. My vision started to blur and it became dark after I fell unconscious.

Now that I think about it, it was probably this woman who had knocked me out.

"Mom, can you leave us for a minute?" I heard the boy ask

The boy's mother left the room with a smile after he asked that. I became cautious of him.

"Artemis, how do you feel?" he asked all of a sudden

I didn't say anything and continued to stare at him

"Do you hate me?" he asked again

I continued to stay silent

"Did you really want to marry me?"

I immediately fell into rage "NO" I shouted at him

"There we go" I smiled "How hard is it to talk to me?"

I looked away

"Mom wants me to marry you" he suddenly said

I didn't reply

"My name is Alex by the way, we met 7 years ago" he introduced himself

After seeing that I continued to ignore him, he sighed "Do you want your powers back?"

I stared at him "Yes"

"All you need to do is marry me" He smiled

"YOU-" i started to get mad again

"Don't worry I won't touch you, and the marriage won't be announced"

I didn't say anything to him

"I can't give you back your powers, it was my mom who sealed it and she is still more powerful than me" He told me "I also want to give back your powers too, but I simply cannot break the seal she had put on you"

"Lies" I replied

"I know you don't trust me, but I am really speaking the truth here."

I didn't say anything

He then swore an oath to Chaos that what he is saying is true.

I looked at him "Chaos is your father"

He was silent before asking "How can I gain your trust then?"

I didn't say anything and he sighed "How about I give you back your stuff"

I looked at him and spat out two words "Give me"

He chuckled and walked to the closet before brining out my bow, quiver, and clothes.

I my the bow before dropping it as it was heavy and it burned my skin.

Alex quickly grabbed some ointment and applied it onto my hands. I started to cry. I don't have my powers and now I am reduced to an ordinary mortal so my bow doesn't recognize me.

"I forgot that weapons made by gods cant be touched by mortals, I'm sorry"

I saw the genuine concern in his eyes and I agreed to marry him after thinking for a while.

"Don't worry I won't touch you" he promised

I only looked at him as he said that.

"I only want my powers back" I whispered

He only smiled when he heard that.

I looked at him for a while before thinking of many things. 'I have no choice but to trust him now' I thought to myself before wondering how my hunters were doing without me. We were silent for a while before I fell asleep.