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This story is based off of the Liev Schreiber version of Victor Creed. Now I am purely doing this for fun and not intentionally trying to copyright anything. Also please no flames there's no need for them. I can take constructive criticism, but pure rudeness is not tolerated. Please let me know what you all think :) I'd love to hear what you all have to say about this story. I have been working pretty hard on it and would love to hear as to whether if i have done a good job or need some adjustments. Now with that said I hope you all enjoy the story that I have started to create. :)

Chapter 3.

As soon as Ace and Victor had left Evangeline was busily cleaning up the kitchen while Maggie had skipped into the room. "Honestly Evangeline I don't understand why you must clean up after everything! That is what servants are for!" Evangeline rolled her eyes, as she placed her rag on the counter and turned around to look at the petite little blonde.

"Well since yer mother demands such an expensive lifestyle we had to fire the help which leads me to doing most of the housework since neither you nor Jacob want to do it."

Maggie shook her head and exaggeratedly sighed. "Honestly Evangeline how are you going to find a suitor if you continue on doing such work!? You're hands are going to be rough, and you're skin is going to tan with all the outside work you do! No right man will want to marry you in that sort of condition." Evangeline smirked and then looked back over at her stepsister.

"Maybe that was my reasoning all along."

Maggie then frowned at her. "Why don't you want to marry? Your 18 years old there must be someone you want to be with!" Evangeline sighed, and slowly bowed her head knowing that her stepsister would never understand. "No there is no one…" Her mind then started to drift towards the small conversation that she and Victor had last evening. He was definitely a man of mystery to her, a man who saw things and had done the unspeakable. He was someone that she always imaged would be the type of man she would marry.

It didn't help that his dark brown slicked back hair and his tall muscular stature consumed her. It was his piercing blue/gray eyes that had literally looked deep into her soul overwhelmed her as well. She didn't know what she felt towards the man considering that she's only known him for one day but for some reason it felt like she has known him for years.

She felt his loneliness and his anger towards the world, she knew that even though he had his brother that he still felt completely alone and that must've been something he tried very hard to hide from the world.

"At least none that would stand to Meredith's standards."

Maggie then started to laugh, drumming her fingertips on the table. "You know who is a pretty interesting man. That Victor Creed that Ace had pulled in last night. Very handsome I might say." Evangeline smirked over at Maggie, never in her wildest dreams had she imaged her to be interested in a man like him.

"You do realize that he is a mutant correct?"

Maggie then gave her a conniving grin. "That is what makes him so alluring. He has a primordial way about him." Evangeline started to laugh as she walked across the room and picked the broom.

"Well he is a Feral, which means that he has animal qualities. It also means that he can be quite dangerous as well."

She said softly, as she started to sweep. "Yes I know…" Maggie said dreamily, Evangeline inwardly rolled her eyes. Once she finished sweeping, she then grabbed her basket and packed all the food she had prepared for the boys to take to the docks. Once she had everything packed, she then looked over at Maggie and smiled. "Alright Maggie I must drop this off to the boys so I will be right back alright?" She knew that the docks was the last place Maggie would ever go and once she had saw the look of distaste form on her face she in that instant know that Maggie had no yearning to tag along.

"Fine… don't stay to long though we wouldn't want to ruin our family's reputation because you insist on spending your time with those hooligans!"

Evangeline chuckled, as she slowly shook her head, and began to walk out the door. "Alright… Bye Maggie." She said softly with laughter still in her voice.

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It had been hours since Victor was introduced to everyone and showed how the ship yard really worked. Ace was a very good teacher, and was very clear as to how things were supposed to go.

So now at this point Victor had shed his burgundy red shirt and was now only down to his brown slacks and white sleeveless undershirt, pounding away into some nails with his hammer.

That is until he caught a familiar scent. He immediately stopped hammering and looked up to see Evangeline lovingly hug her Uncle from the distance. Murphy looked over at Victor wondering why he stopped and noticed who he was staring at and started to grin.

"Evangeline Moriarty… Now that is a lass I'd like to sink my teeth into. She comes around here a lot to help her Uncle with the finances while Ace keeps an eyes on us. Rumor has it though that the reason why she won't marry any of the suitors is because she's a mistress to one of the most powerful men in Rome."

Victor scoffed and rolled his eyes. "She's not." Murphy then shrugged his shoulders. "Whatever mate, all I know is one of these days I'm gonna have her and when I do she's gonna come beggin." Victor growled, a very bone chilling growl letting Murphy know that if he so much lays a hand on her he'd kill him in that minute.

Murphy immediately got the message and started to laugh. "Oh I see the big bad feral has already laid his claim on her." Victor gritted his teeth, and looked over at him baring his fangs.

"Alright, alright… I got the message."

Victor seemed satisfied by Murphy's fear of him and turned his head to look back at Evangeline who was now hugging her brother now. She had her same lavender dress on and was now carrying a rather large basket along with her.

Once Ace released her, Victor saw that he was leading her towards his workstation. "So Evy what did you make for us?" Evangeline shrugged, as she gently swung the basket side to side. "Just some sandwiches and some lemonade I hope that's enough." Ace chuckled as he wrapped his arm around his sister's shoulders and hugged her sideways.

"That's perfect dove."

Evangeline smiled, as she and Ace walked up towards the station Victor was working at. She finally caught sight of Victor who was watching her intently. She couldn't help the pitter patter her heart was doing once she saw him. He was only in his undershirt and brown slacks. She could finally see his bare muscular arms and never realized how powerful those arms really could be.

He was sweaty from all the hard work, his hair that usually was slicked back was now framing his face and the look he was giving her was practically penetrating her soul. A small cool smirk morphed on his lips as she continued to walk up towards him.

Meanwhile Jack was watching the two of them; he's known ferals long enough to know that this one had staked his claim upon her. And this situation he couldn't help but smile as he watched his niece share Victor the same look he was giving her. Murphy on the other hand was grinning ear to ear once he saw her.

"Evy! It's so good to see ya lass!? Are you plannin on goin to the pub tonight with the rest of us?"

Evangeline started to laugh, as Victor pulled her up to their workstation. "Sorry Murphy but I'll have to decline my stepmother has plans for me this evening." Victor arched his brow at her, knowing that she was telling the truth. "Aw Lass fake sick or somethin! We're gonna take ole Vic here out to celebrate!" He said happily as he wrapped his arm around Victor's shoulder. Victor glared over at him which caused him to remove his arm.

"As much fun as that sounds and trust me that sounds like a lot of fun luv I cannot... We have a visitor coming for a visit and Meredith says that I have to be there this evening."

Victor quickly looked over at Ace who seemed completely surprised. Murphy frowned and slowly shook his head. "Pure shame, won't that bleedin lady ever leave ya alone?!" Ace quickly looked over at him and glared.

"Murphy get back to work!"

Murphy frowned and grumbled while he started to walk off. Ace smiled at Victor and Evangeline and cleared his throat. "If you excuse me I need to overlook some things." Evangeline and Victor nodded, as Ace took the basket from his sister and walked off.

Once Ace had left Evangeline looked over at Victor who was still staring at her. "So… how is your first day? It looks like they have been working you very hard." Victor nodded, as he placed his hammer down and leaned his back against the new railing of the ship and crossed his arms. "Good so far… So you have a dinner date tonight?" Evangeline sighed as she followed suit and leaned her back against the railing as well, looking over at him.

"Meredith has decided that she has found the perfect man for me and is insistent that we are to dine together tonight."

Victor rolled his eyes and shook his head as she continued. "I guess we'll only see if this guy is worth it huh?" Victor scoffed. "He won't." Evangeline arched her brow as she slowly turned to face him. "Why do you think that?" Victor allowed out a sarcastic chuckle as he turned his body to face her, towering her completely.

"Because you won't allow it. You have the man you always dreamed of stuck in your head and you'll never let anyone but that man be with you."

He said in a low growl, Evangeline had shivers roll down her spine. "How is that possible? I don't even know what I want in my dream man?" Victor snickered, as he moved closer to her. "Trust me, when you find him you will know." Evangeline was somewhat taken back with him. Maggie was correct he had quite a mysteriousness to him, she couldn't lie to herself she had to admit that he was handsome and his dangerous demeanor really emphasized his beauty.

"Maybe you are right. But that is not my main concern; my main concern is that these men are treating you well. They can be nasty buggers when they want."

Victor chuckled as he bowed his head and looked back up at her. "You were worried about me?" Evangeline gave him a shy smile and started to blush. "I was just somewhat concerned, you don't seem like the type of man who gets along with people quite well." Victor grinned, his fangs showing off.

"So you think I'm a loner?"

Evangeline looking up at him mortified "No I mean, I just figured…" She then quickly turned her head blushing like crazy while Victor started to laugh. "Hey, Hey… It's alright, I usually am. It's fine here your Uncle Jack is quite interesting. And Ace is a good teacher." Evangeline nodded, and started to fiddle with her hands.

"Well that's good to know. I um made you, Ace and Uncle Jack some lunch so when you're ready to eat go right ahead."

Victor's smile was still on his face, as he trailed his claw down her cheek, to her neck. He saw Evangeline softly close her eyes and couldn't help but be very amused by this. "Thank you… Are you going to eat with us?" Evangeline softly shook her head and sighed.

"No unfortunately I need to prepare myself for the dinner tonight but I do wish you a nice afternoon and a nice evening at the pub tonight."

Victor gave her a serious look and grabbed her arm just like last evening before she could get away.

"I know you're also dining with your parents but if this man gives you problems tonight you let me know you understand?"

Evangeline looked up at him completely surprised, but gently nodded as she pulled away from him and quickly rushed off the docks, hastily saying goodbye to Ace and Jack before vanishing from the shipyard completely.

Meanwhile, as this all was going on Ace and Jack were watching the two converse among each other. "It seems that the lad is quite taken with yer sister there." Ace chuckled and slowly shook his head. "Impossible he's only met her for a very short time." Jack chuckled as he slapped his hand onto Ace's shoulder.

"Sometimes lad that's all it takes. Look at yer father and yer mother."

Ace sighed and slowly shook his head. "He somewhat denied it when I asked." Jack smiled over at him. "That's because he's probably worried that you will be angry with him and overprotective of your sister. He practically gave me a death threatening glare for even assuming so." Ace then scoffed.

"Well it's obvious then, he's not interested."

Jack shook his head, and forced Ace to look in their direction. "Look at them lad. Look at how he's staring at her, how he's slowly inching towards her. Ferals are very territorial and this one is showing off to everyone that Evangeline is his territory." Ace gave a small smile over to his Uncle, as they continued watch the two.

"Well I just hope his intentions are honorable that's all I care about."

Jack chuckled, shaking his nephew back and forth. "Oh son I don't think we'll have to worry about that." Ace sighed and looked back over at the two and slowly shook his head.

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It was late in the evening possibly about 11:00pm while Evangeline was angrily trudging towards the pub. She was furious with her stepmother to even consider her marrying a man who was at least 35 years older than her! How dare she even make that kind of assumption upon her and also the fact that the man was more hands then manners enraged her even more.

However, she didn't dare make a scene for her father's sake but her father was as well was none too thrilled with the situation as well and allowed Evangeline to be excused once the supposed suitor left. So now here she was, walking down in the dark streets of Waterford towards the pub where she knew her brother was going to be.

As she came closer to her destination she immediately heard a grim, yet terrorizing voice speak from the darkness. "You know it's dangerous to be walking around in the middle of the night by yourself." Evangeline gasped and quickly turned around to see Victor coming out from the shadows.

"It's quite dangerous actually."

Evangeline tried to calm her racing heart, happy to see that it was Victor and not someone else. "Dangerous? Dangerous as in like you right?" Victor was giving her a stare that made her heart quicken its pace once again; he was the most unique and the most frightening man she has ever met. "Especially me… What are you doing out here? Didn't you have a dinner party or something?" Evangeline rolled her eyes, and allowed out an exaggerated sigh.

"Let's just say it didn't go so well."

Victor arched his brow at her as he sat down on a barrel that was next to the Pub. "Why's that?" Evangeline shrugged her shoulders and sat down beside him. "Well considering that he was 35 years older than me, and had wandering hands, VERY wandering hands. Let's just say that he and I would not make a perfect couple." Victor growled once he heard this and immediately grabbed her arm and yanked her up to face him. Evangeline had complete fear in her eyes as he sneered down at her.

"I will kill him for laying his hands on you."

He said in a terrifying growl, Evangeline's eyes widened and quickly shook her head. "Victor it's fine!" However this only made Victor even angrier. "NO IT'S NOT! He was trying to make advances! How is that fine!?" He could smell her fear and knew that he was terrifying her. He unintentionally squeezed her arm even tighter, she then clutched onto his burgundy shirt, her eyes begging him to let her go.

"Victor please! You're hurting me!"

Once he has heard that, he finally released her arm, not realizing how badly he has probably bruised her. Evangeline slowly moved back from him in complete fear, while Victor's rage slowly started to subside.

"Evangeline… I'm. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to go overboard and try to hurt you. It's just that he shouldn't have touched you."

Evangeline's face slowly turned from fear to understanding as she slowly walked up towards him. "Victor it's ok." Victor shook his head and started to walk past her. "Victor!" Evangeline said loudly enough to cause Victor to turn around and face her. Evangeline gave him a small smile and slowly walked up to him and wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly to her.

Victor was in complete shock, never in his life had a woman willingly hugged him like the way she was hugging him. He then slowly wrapped his arms around her waist and hugged her to him as well. As he rested his chin on top of her head and closed his eyes, enjoying the feeling of her against him.

He didn't know how to react to this considering that he's only known her for such a short time but for some reason all of this seemed so right to him and to her as well. "Thank you for your concerns. I appreciate them very deeply." Victor smirked, and slowly released her from his hold.

"So I take it that you wanted to take a walk?"

Evangeline shook her head, her smile still on her lips. "Nope! Just came to bring my brother home. Normally he's drunk off his arse about now and usually he has a hard time figuring out where home is most of the time. But my question to you is how come your not in there with them having a good ole time?" Victor started to laugh and slowly shook his head.

"I like the quiet… I've been pulled around to so many places that I haven't really had any time to think."

Evangeline nodded. "I know the feeling. Like you can never receive any freedom to allow your mind to wander everyone always wants a piece of you." Victor quietly laughed.

"Yeah it seems that way."

He then looked over at her arm and noticed his claws caused the sleeve of her dress to rip; he then this time took her arm gently and examined it. "It's going to bruise and it may be painful for awhile." Evangeline nodded as she looked at her arm as well.

"I'm sorry that I hurt you… The animal inside is sometimes more than I can handle, it just proves how much of a monster I really am."

Evangeline gently shook her head and softly placed a piece of his hair behind his ear.

"You're not a monster Victor. In all honesty you're the luckier one not I, not Ace, not anyone. You can do amazing things with your abilities for we're nothing but boring human beings whose knowing attribute is to fear the unknown. You're a strong man and a strong man like yourself deserves to do so much more than to hide from the world."

Victor stared at her in complete disbelief as he heard her speak, never in his life had he ever received this kind of treatment from anyone let alone a woman he may be mildly interested in but for some reason this woman was showing him this said kindness.

"Well it's getting late luv, why don't we round up my brother and head home."

Victor smirked as he opened the Pub's doors for her and gestured her to enter first Evangeline smiled and entered inside the pub. Once they entered into the Pub Evangeline scoped the area and finally found her brother laughing along with the other coworkers. She quickly made a bee line towards her brother and was stopped by a man blocking her way. "Excuse me." She said kindly as she tried to move past him, but he wouldn't move past her.

"Now now, what's a pretty little thing like yerself doin in a place like this?"

Evangeline glared at him, knowing that Victor was behind her just in case which brought some of her courage to come forth. "Piss off you bloody blighter I'm here to take my brother home!" The man seemed somewhat surprised but also started to laugh heartily as well as he trailed a finger of his down her cheek.

"Well lookie here! We have a viper on our hands here! Tell me luv I bet that pretty mouth of yers is better at somethin else other than your sweet venom."

Victor growled menacingly, warning the man before them. However, Evangeline had enough and squarely punched him in the nose casing him to fall down onto the ground.

"Touch me again you worthless filth and I'll show you where tip of my boot will be ending up at ya hear me? You buggering sack of waste!"

The man started to yell out of anger and rushed up to his feet about to charge her but Victor swiftly yanked her behind him and grabbed the man by the neck. His claws fully extended now his fangs more apparent as ever as he gritted his teeth, looking absolutely terrorizing.

"If you were smart which I figure you're not you would've left the girl alone when she punched ya in the nose. Since you didn't you now have to deal with me…"

He then gave him a deadly smirk as he squeezed his neck tighter. "And trust me I'm not very nice." Just before he was about to snap the man's neck, Evangeline rushed up to him and grabbed his arm.

"Victor! Let him go! Victor please he's not worth it luv!"

Victor growled and looked over at her seeing the fear once again restored upon her face and irritably sighed as he threw the guy across the bar. Everyone stared at Victor for a moment and then suddenly they all started to brawl. Victor immediately grabbed Evangeline's hand and rushed over to Ace and yanked him out of his seat and pulled the two siblings out of the pub.

Once they were out, Ace was about to pass out from his drunken state, while Evangeline shakily wraps his arm around her shoulder, while Victor grabbed Ace's other arm and wrapped it around his. She slowly looked over at Victor to see the pure anger in his face as they started to walk back to their home. Evangeline considered on staying quite but she just couldn't. "Thank you…" Victor then immediately cuts her off.

"You should've let me kill him."

He growled, Evangeline's eyes widened and became suddenly speechless. "If you knew the things he was thinking when he touched you, what he was planning on doing to you, you would've allowed me to kill him." Evangeline sighed, as her brother was starting to sing off key.

"Death is not always the answer Victor."

Victor became furious and if he wasn't holding onto Ace, he'd make it a point to her to show her how serious he really was. "So rape is acceptable to you then?" Evangeline quickly shook her head.

"No! But killing someone doesn't condone that it is right! Victor you're better than just killing anyone who you feel doesn't meet up to your standards you're not a bloody animal."

Victor clenched his teeth, getting even more furious "YES I AM! Damnit Evangeline I thought you were smarter than this! Don't you see what I am!? I am an animal I can easily kill people if I wanted to and that's what I'm good at! That's what I'm destined to do!" Evangeline sighed, and softly shook her head, she knew that there was so much more damage than can be fixed.

She just wished that she could fix him enough to be happy again, but she knew that there was so much damage that he would truly never be completely fixed. "You are so much more than an Animal Victor you just don't know it." Victor scoffed, starting to get sick of her naive little head.

"Right… and you know so much about me after knowing me for practically one day."

He said sarcastically, while Ace still continued to sing rather obnoxiously and rather loudly. Evangeline couldn't help but smile as she looked over at him.

"I do know that you were about to kill some bloke to save my honor, and were extremely angry with the idea of some older man putting his hands on me. Now tell me is it because you feel that the animal inside of you needs to be possessive of me? Or is it just because you truly worry for my wellbeing?"

Victor stared at her somewhat stunned, he did feel an unyielding possessiveness towards her yet he truly worried for her wellbeing as well. He didn't want her to end up in a bad position where he wouldn't be able to help her. Also the fact that her stepmother was so determined to marry her off that she doesn't even care who Evangeline will even end up with unsettled him as well.

"I don't know."

Evangeline then started to laugh. "See? You're not a complete monster you just feel that you have to be. If you were you would have never cared as to what happened to me." Victor rolled his eyes, why did she have so much faith in him!?

And what was with this damn family doing everything they could to make him feel included!? It wasn't supposed to be this way! He wasn't supposed to meet this woman who he was slowly starting to be intrigued towards.

He was supposed to be with his brother in London living a crazy yet wild life with having whoever he wants and killing whoever he wants. But here he was, walking this woman's drunken brother home with her talking about how he could be so much more than a primordial animal.

They finally made it back to the house and Evangeline quietly opened the door and had Victor slowly pull Ace inside who had stopped singing and was now extremely quiet. Evangeline quietly pulled Ace up the stairs with Victor's help and took him towards his room.

Once they got inside Evangeline laid her brother on the bed where he immediately fell asleep and started to snore. Evangeline laughed while she and Victor walked out of his room and closed the door. They both were now in front of their rooms while Evangeline gave him a warm smile.

"Thank you for your help tonight Victor."

Victor shrugged; he was still sore about their conversation earlier but didn't want to continue it. "It's nothing." Evangeline gave him a warm sweet smile and gently leaned up and kissed his cheek. "Have a nice night Victor." Victor looked down at her in complete surprise and lust.

"Good night…"

He said quietly only being able to muster that much out. Evangeline softly laughed as she walked into her room and closed the door. Victor stood there for a moment but then suddenly grinned as he now walked into his room.

She was slowly becoming his and soon than later she will be his and his only, he thought as he went to lay down on his bed and eventually to fell asleep dreaming of the woman who was only right next door.

I want to thank you guys for the reviews! They really mean a lot to me and they really do help motivate me to continue on with this story. :) I promise Chapter 4 will be out soon. :) Well until then... Have a nice evening.