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Chapter 8 - Artemis

Aristea Arethusa Celestine Artemis "Arry" Kallistráti Rousseau – Parnassos

True Identity:

The G•••• goddess Artemis, goddess of the hunt, wilderness, chastity, the moon, and protector of young women — reborn in secret as Eva's elite personal bodyguard.

Age:

23 (appears mortal; actually immortal)

Height:

6'0" (183 cm)

Appearance:

Artemis stands tall and lithe, her figure a perfect harmony of strength and grace. Her silver - blonde hair shimmers like moonlight on snow, often flowing freely or caught in a practical braid. Her eyes are a striking silvery - yellow, glowing with a quiet, lunar intensity — piercing and ancient, like the moon watching over the wilderness. Her skin has a pale, alabaster glow touched by frost.

She moves like she was carved from silence itself: still when she chooses, swift when required. Her beauty is intimidating, not ornamental — an expression of divine control.

Style:

• Professional: Tailored power suits, silk blouses in muted tones, minimalist black heels — modern high - fashion dominance

• Private: Short silken tunics in pale gray and white, edged with celestial and botanical embroidery; barefoot, relaxed but still watchful

• Battle - ready: Custom - forged knives, concealed weapons, modified gear stitched by her own hand

Aura:

Regal, distant, magnetic — like a winter storm: beautiful, untouchable, and quietly devastating. You feel her before you see her.

Personality:

• Outwardly: Controlled, cool, composed. She is strategic and exacting, with very little tolerance for error. Her silence speaks volumes, and her authority never needs to be announced.

• Inwardly: Fiercely protective. Loyal to a fault with Eva. Her stillness hides ancient grief and longing, and a private need to be chosen — not for her divinity, but for her.

She does not offer softness freely. But when she does, it is absolute.

Habits & Preferences

Favorite Food:

• Truffle risotto — earthy, elegant, exact

• Strong espresso — always black, no sugar

Enjoys:

• Silence before dawn — the world unspoiled, untouched

• Early mornings — ritual, precision, solitude

• Hunting (Modern & Ancient):

• Archery (handcrafted recurve bow)

• Skeet shooting

• Falconry

• Knife throwing

• Traditional tracking through forest and snow

• Precision sports: fencing, climbing, marksmanship

• Wilderness retreats: prefers regions without cell service or maps

• Collecting vintage maps, annotated hunting journals, and poetry

• Tailoring her own gear — details no seamstress could understand

• Spoiling Eva with rare, absurdly luxurious gifts — never explained, never asked for

• Letting Eva touch her — always, without hesitation

• Making Eva beg for more — emotionally, physically, in every sense. She draws it out not cruelly, but like a lesson in desire

Indulgences (Private):

• Long, candlelit baths with string quartets humming softly in the background

• Watching Eva sleep — memorizing the softness she'll never admit she craves

• Whispering old prayers in ancient G•••• while cleaning her weapons

• Reading aloud in bed — often philosophy or myth, half to herself, half to Eva

Dislikes:

• Disrespect — especially toward Eva

• Chaos — she requires control to feel safe

• Disloyalty — her patience does not extend to betrayal

• Seeing Eva cry — destroys the walls she spent centuries building

Symbolism:

• Black Swan: Elegant, rare, unpredictable in love — graceful yet unknowable

• The Moon: Distant, watchful, cyclical, ever - present

• The Bow: Precision, restraint, deadly grace

Role in the Story:

As Eva's bodyguard, Aristea Arethusa "Arry" Celestine Artemis Kallistràti Rousseau – Parnassos is more than a protector. She is a divine sentinel cloaked in mortal flesh, moving silently through a world that has forgotten her name — but she has not forgotten her purpose. Her presence in Eva's life is not just assignment, but a convergence of legacy, fate, and something far more intimate.

She is here to watch, to shield, to guide. And perhaps — just perhaps — to finally allow herself to love without fear of breaking the world.

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