Luc is sat in the library flicking through some of the old novels to pass the time before Curtis came back and he could laugh at his failure and then protect Helene from the Vampyre's demented sex games. He hadn't wanted to go against Selene because he knew Kailyn would be there and she was stronger than him one of the coven's strongest fighters and one of the only survivors from the canyon that night just under 600 years ago.

A death dealer burst into the library, "My lord Dmitri has summoned you, Curtis has come back and failed," Luc threw the book onto the table and made his way to the elders chambers where by rights it should be him sat there but only few people alive knew why it was his right everyone else just knew it should be him but he delegated his position to Dmitri the power hungry Vampyre. Luc had done this because then his plan would work and he knew he would be seeing Selene soon. Luc steps into the chamber and bows respectfully as he took in the scene, Helene is standing to Dmitri's left so he takes his place on the right and looks at Curtis who is knelt in the middle of the room.

"You failed" Dmitri starts at seeing the room in front of him surprisingly empty, "you took our best men and you come back with none of them...explain" his tone was angry mixed with disbelief.

Curtis looks up at Dmitri so he can explain, "I took necessary precautions by leaving men outside when I went in, Selene and her pet weren't there it was this thing dressed in black armour with a helmet and its voice was distorted...we keep shooting it kept coming, stabbed it, beat it and it wouldn't go down so I left trained death dealers to deal with it whilst I tracked Selene but I lost her scent and the sun was rising." Helen smiles at his lame excuse and sees Luc's face change from his usually blank expressionless face to one of happiness and content. Luc knows who the figure is, they had endured the same training and knew bullets are nothing to her or him when fighting.

Dmitri walks over to Curtis and without warning he kicks him under the jaw, Curtis tumbles over with the force of the kick and looks up at his elder with annoyance, "wipe that look from your face fool, I hate failure and that is exactly what you have done...fix it and bring me Selene and her abomination" the elder speaks through clenched teeth. Curtis bows his head from his place on the floor and makes a hasty exit not wanting to piss the elder off anymore. Dmitri turns to Luc and studies him, he looks no older than 19 but has the knowledge of 6 hundred years and the training to bring down a Lycan single handily which makes him indispensible, but it doesn't protect him from the elder's anger, "where the hell were you!" he shouts the question as he approaches the older vampyre.

Luc shrugs not looking bothered by the more than peeved vampyre in front of him, "in bed" he answered simply.

"I ask you go on this expedition and you're in bed!" Curtis shouts in disbelief, he can't believe it.

"I was up all morning watching the humans in construction and plus I knew it was pointless to go after Selene and Michael" Luc starts for the door and Helen starts to follow him wanting to be close to him like she usually is, she hasn't seen him all day and decided to spend a few hours with him hoping beyond hope that Curtis is asleep or not angry when she got back to her room.

"What is that meant to mean?" Dmitri asks slightly confused, all the anger draining out of him.

"simple who did you think trained Kailyn and I...Selene, Kahn and Marcus even if your death dealers had gotten Selene and Michael in a fight with Selene's training and gun skills it would be doubtful they would have been killed or captured plus with a hybrid there well they're sleeping with the fishes" Luc replies without looking back at his lord and continues back towards the library with Helen grinning up a storm beside him.

Dmitri sits back down feeling lost and annoyed. He wants both Selene and Michael for different reasons and without them his plan wouldn't work, he had the first component in the prison beneath the elders crypt he just needed the last two pieces, maybe three if Kailyn is alive.

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