Ghosts from the past Chapter 2-Dreams A/N: Thank you so much to: Thecardinalsin66, jimmy-barnes-13, Syndic-Machiavelli & Andrew Fisher15 for all your reviews! This chapter is for you!

The vampiress smiled warmly, "Hello." She said in a thick American accent, "I am from Amelia's coven. I am one of seven Death Dealer commanders, my name is Raina."

If Selene were human she was sure she would have passed out from shock by now, It can't be Raina, she thought wildly, She's long dead isn't she?

Raina could not see Selene. All her attention was riveted to Kahn. He dipped his head in acknowledgement, "We are glad to see you have arrived safe and sound. Now, if you'd like to follow me to the limo we'll head back to the mansion."

The two swept past the gathered Death Dealers and headed towards the limo Selene had gotten out of. Kahn held the door open and Raina slipped inside. Selene stumbled after them, her mind howling with thoughts; She looks so much like Cecilia. I can't...I don't... It cannot be Raina!

Selene remembered the night her family was murdered. She had seen her mother and sister's butchered bodies thrown on the ground like grotesque rag dolls. She had heard the blood-chilling screams from her nieces' room. Tears stabbed behind her eyes as she slid into the limo Raina was in.

She slid onto the seat opposite Raina and stared at her in shock. Raina was an exact copy of Cecilia. She was tall and thin yet voluptuous, she had beautiful long, dark brown hair and full plump pink lips. The only difference was that Raina had extraordinary flashing blue eyes, eyes that reminded her of Cecilia's husband and Raina's father, Fritz. Selene could not stop gaping at Raina, and Raina noticed. She looked at Selene and smiled and then looked out the door at Kahn. Instantly, she did a double take. Her face whipped around and she gasped at Selene.

"What! What's your name?" Astonishment, shock and perhaps a hint of fear raged on her beautiful face.

"I'm Selene."

"Selene," Raina breathed puzzled, "My... your not... are you my Auntie Selene?"

Selene stared at her, her chestnut eyes flashing with mixed emotions. Raina's blue eyes showing: just as much confusion and surprise. But she didn't get a chance to answer for just then Kahn, Rigel, Nathaniel and Jubilee slid into the limo and Kahn rapped on the barrier separating them from the driver. The limo pulled out of the train station and Raina was pulled from her astonished talk with Selene.

Selene sat in silence as Raina talked to Kahn and the other Death Dealers about living in Amelia's coven in America. Raina kept shooting Selene emotionally confused looks as though she hoped the older vampiress would speak up. When the limo pulled up in front of the mansion Raina paused for a moment.

Raina desperately wanted to talk with Selene but before she could open her mouth Kahn pulled her out of the car and hauled her up the stairs into the mansion. Selene slowly crept out of the car and, meekly, followed the party of Death Dealers into the mansion. Inside vampire men and women were clad in the finest outfits and the women wore their most beautiful jewelry.

They sat around the grand salon gossiping and looking excitedly at Raina, who, stood nervously in a corner with Kahn. The sound of opening doors boomed dimly throughout the salon and all the gossiping vampires stopped talking. All heads turned to a set of wooden doors at the far end of the salon as Kraven and Soren entered the salon. Soren was Kraven's personal bodyguard and was in charge of a select few vampires who worked as Death Dealers and were Kraven's 'police' loyal to him only. Behind them were several adoring servant girls who followed Kraven everywhere.

Kraven strode up to Raina and a smile flickered onto his face, a seductive smile. "We are all honored to have you here you her Lady...?"

"My name is Raina." She said, a flirty smile playing on her mouth.

Kraven bowed his head to her, "And you are honoring us with your presence for a month. Correct?"

Raina nodded, "Yes one month is correct."

Selene felt her own body recoil when Kraven smiled seductively at Raina. There was no mistaking the lusty look he was giving Raina. Kraven had used that look on Selene for centuries now. Don't touch her! Selene thought angrily, don't fall for Kraven's disgusting intentions Raina.

Kraven turned to head out of the salon; he looked back and held out his hand to Raina, "I'll show you around my coven shall I?" he said smirking sleazily.

Raina smiled back foxily and took his hand, "That would be most appreciated...uh..."

Kraven continued to smirk, "Kraven. I am Lord Kraven, Regent of this coven."

Raina beamed, "Well that would be most appreciated, Kraven." Whether she noticed Kraven's sleazy smirk or not Raina gave no sign. They walked out of the salon with Soren and entourage in tow.

Selene snorted in disgust, His coven! This is Viktor's coven not Kraven's! How dare he tell Raina this is his coven? She watched Raina leave the salon, a little sadly. She had a lot of questions for Raina. How did she survive? How did she end up in America? Who found her? When was she bitten? Selene's head spun wildly and she felt dizzy and light headed. Grudgingly she retreated out of the salon and went up to her room. She collapsed on the couch and before long she had drifted off to sleep.

X

Once again she awoke and knew she was dreaming. She was back under the streetlight next to the timber yard. Gabriella stood before Selene but she wasn't looking at her. Selene followed Gabriella's dead eyes and saw a shadowy figure of herself and a still living lycan Gabriella as they had been in their confrontation six months previously. Selene saw the ghostly figure of herself raise a gun and shoot Gabriella. Selene shook her head; the event that had taken place was playing again in Selene's dream. She watched in sad fascination as she shot her sister in the head with hot silver. Selene turned her head from the horrible scene before her and stared at Gabriella's face. Blood instantly poured from her temple. It ran down her face to fall and stain her already blood- drenched shirt. Gabriella too turned from the scene as the ghostly figure of Selene picked up Gabriella's dead body and walked in between the two sisters and through a hole in the fence into the timber yard. Selene felt tears bead up in her eyes. She wiped them away and saw Gabriella standing face-to-face with her. Gabriella's dead eyes: boring into Selene's.

Selene frowned sadly; "You tried to warn me about Raina. She's here, in the coven." Selene's mind started spinning again and she started spewing up questions, "How did she survive? Who saved her? What...?"

But Selene stopped, gasping in fear. Gabriella's body was alight. Her sister didn't look to be in any pain. She just smiled at Selene.

"All will be revealed in time. You will probably not dream of me again. I only came to deliver that message. Goodbye Selene."

"No!" Selene gasped, "Gabriella don't go!"

But Gabriella's figure was consumed by fire and faded away.

"No!" Cried Selene in hysterics, "Gabriella come back!"

X

"No!" Selene jerked awake, her chest heaving. She scrambled to her feet and looked around. Her breath came out of her throat ragged and uneven. She sat back down on the sofa and put her head in her hands, her shoulders trembling. She sat breathing deeply before she stood up and stormed out of the room. She was heading for the weapons room. She needed to shoot something.

X

Raina strolled around the mansion with Kraven and his entourage. "It's so big! Much bigger then I expected." She thought dramatically. The group strolled down to, what Raina presumed, was the training room for Death Dealers. Kraven barged open the door and held it opened for Raina. She smiled appreciatively and entered the room. She gazed around in excitement, as a Death Dealer commander she was thoroughly interested in weapons. She trembled with excited anticipation as Kraven stood beside her.

"This is our training room where our Death Dealers train for combat. We have a wide range of weapons for them to use and practice with," he laughed coldly, " no lycan stands a chance against our Death Dealers!"

Raina's face broke into a smile, "Excellent. This is what I like to hear." She gazed around the room and her eyes fell upon a leather-clad figure blowing apart ceramic statues with a gun. There was no mistaking her shoulder length dark brown hair. It was Selene. Raina's eyes lit up and she glanced at Kraven and smiled sweetly

"Kraven? Do you see that woman there at the firing range? Selene? What do you know about her?" She smiled even more and sweetly and fluttered her eyelashes, hoping that Kraven would fall for her charms and give her an answer. After almost five hundred years Raina knew how to use her assets to get what she wanted.

Kraven's mouth opened slightly. He looked a little stunned and he frowned suspiciously at Raina, "Why?" He asked her, confused.

"Oh its just... she is a really good shot that's all. I just wanted some background information on one of your female Death Dealers to give to Lady Amelia. You and I know there aren't many female Death Dealers. So Amelia is always interested to learn of new vampires, especially female Death Dealers."

Kraven laughed, "Selene isn't new. She has been here for..." he screwed up his face in thought, "I would say almost six hundred years."

Raina nodded her head, urging him to continue, "Her family was slaughtered by lycans. She was saved by Lord Viktor and she has been living here ever since."

"Was there anybody else? Say a sister or something?"

"Uh... yes. A sister called...uh... Gabriella. But she was turned into a lycan. I don't know where she is now."

Raina felt a flash in her mind at Gabriella's name. A face flashed before a soft grief ripped at her heartstrings. While Raina could scarcely remember Gabriella, she felt sadness well up inside of her. So Selene and I weren't the only family members to have been saved. Gabriella must have met the vampires before or after the attack on our family. She wasn't there when everyone was butchered. That thought sent shivers down Raina's spine. She didn't like thinking of that night. It was like a nightmare that Raina could not awaken from. She turned to Kraven and nodded she forced a appreciative smile onto her face, "Thank you Lord Kraven. Your coven is so welcoming."

Kraven beamed. He liked the praise; he liked even more the fact that Raina had called him Lord. If he were honest with himself he had to admit that Raina was a goddess, almost as beautiful as Selene. Kraven and Raina stood watching Selene blast apart the statues before Kraven put his arm around Raina's shoulders and led her away.

"Come along Lady Raina. I will show you the weapons room."

Raina's eyes snapped open wider as she eagerly allowed herself to be steered out of the training room by Kraven. Yet she couldn't help glancing back over her shoulder at Selene. She had a million questions for her. Raina looked at her sadly before she was ushered out of the room by Kraven.

Selene stared after Raina as soon as she left the room. She had millions of questions for Raina. She looks so much like Cecilia she thought sadly. She shook her head violently and returned to blowing apart the statues, angry with herself for succumbing to her emotions again.