My consort

“A grass must pay!” she nodded before being met by his gauntlet covered fist fell down drowsy before feeling his hands force her mouth open pliers cut through her tongue, screaming as she felt the blood flood her mouth the pain increased when the tongue was gone before being met with another punch she fell back again eyes falling shut. He looked down at her person and opening her mouth to let the blood trickle out grabbed his meat cleaver to remove her hands. “Son isn’t that enough?” he looked back at Hades before nodding spoke, “Yes, time to treat the wounds and then we can go!” “We?” he nodded before treating the stumps spoke, “She’s still my consort. I will be damned if I am going to leave her here!” Hades nodded grabbing her items and packing them away before looking over to James heard him whisper to her unconscious tone, “I will return your items when the time is right but thanks to you I had to waste one favour to keep my friends safe and alive; I wanted that wish for something different!” he scooped her up and carrying her away spoke calmly, “Let’s go home!”

Artemis’ eyes opened to the smell of cooked soup causing her to study the room before curious as to where she was saw the door open, “You’re awake!” she nodded before going to speak heard nothing but a mumble and trying to feel for her tongue in her mouth eyes widened in horror realising her nightmares were true and they did happen, she tried to search for it with her fingers but seeing the stumps cried out in horror at him as he sat on the edge of the bed with the food, “I’m sorry Artemis but we must all pay for what we do in our life’s. A lot wanted you dead but I made them see it from my view; my job or payback is to look after you and nurse you back to health!” she grumbled again but understanding her this time he calmly spoke, “You are my mate, it’s my job to look after you! Now open up!” lifting the spoon of soup to her face and feeling trapped she did the only thing she could think of; she nodded taking the first mouthful, maybe she could find a way out.

Artemis struggled to adopt to her new life, she couldn’t hold anything and was forced to drink soup through straws or rely on James feeding her, despite this she was well looked after by James who: fed her, changed her, changed her bandages and generally looked after her. He would hunt for her, wash her and took her out; although she couldn’t say it she appreciated it and when the time came became less frigid and uncomfortable with having sex; she started to see it as a way of him showing his affection compared to prior where she saw it as a statement of manhood or just as something for him to do like Zeus and the others, James was slow and calm with her until she wanted more but even he admitted with no hands Artemis trying to get a grip on anything to support her was impossible. As years passed and despite the protest from the gods they acknowledged the punishment issued out from James and then the first of two children were born, however she soon missed not being able to hold the child and talk to it properly grew depressed from the events.

1 year later:

Artemis woke up to see the sunlight glow through the curtains, “I told him he had to fix that damn curtain” she thought before sitting up waiting for him to come and help put her dressing gown on waited impatiently for him to come. Five minutes passed so trying her best to call realises something was different, so very different, “Da...Dammeess!” she cried trying to fiddle for the handle with her stumps but freezing cried in joy to see hands attached to her wrists and then the tears flowed as she heard and laugh from behind the door as it swung open to see James enter with breakfast, “Happy Birthday love!” he put the tray on the bed before being met by her arms being around him he returned the hug and spoke, “Time to return what’s is yours! You hands will hurt when they wake up by Asclepius assured me that with some herbed solution that he has prepared the pain will die down and your tongue will return to function in a few hours she kissed his cheek before pushing her away he knelt to under the bed and pulling out a crate opened it to reveal her glowing bow and quiver, “It still works, since I have used it a fair few times but this is yours also!” she smiled before kissing him again spoke clearly for the first time in a decade, “I love you James!”