Julian indeed could not believe all of Duncan's story.

"So why does this 'guy' that's half 'Vampyre' want to capture her?"

"We don't know, I think it has something to do with her baby when she was out to it in the mill basement before he gave her the blood he was relived the baby was alright, he didn't seem to want to hurt her at all but she was afraid of him"

Selene was disgusted he had told her she was afraid, little did they know who she was let alone she cowered in the corner to trick Marcus.

The way Duncan had spoken about Selene with real compassion Julian felt sorry for her and was more than happy about her staying, although she still found the Vampyre part hard to believe. Duncan was sure Julian would change her mind when Selene got a hold of some blood.

"It can't be easy"

"No, I could imagine" Duncan stopped.

"She's been in there a while I hope she's alright, I'm a bit embarrassed cause I walked in before, I think she had been crying you wouldn't be able to check her could you?"

"And have a woman to woman chat, sure" She said getting to her feet and placing her cup in the sink.

"Your the best, I'll cook everyone breakfast eh?"

"Sounds good" her reply was quick as she marched to the bathroom door.

Selene grabbed her guns and put them down under the shelf on the other side of the bath so Julian wouldn't see them.

There was a sturdy knock on the door and before Selene could reply Julian opened the door and entered with Russ following behind

"It's alright I'm a woman, my name is Julian" she was totally oblivious to the fact Selene had heard everything.

"Hi" Selene said quietly leaning forward keeping her head facing toward the water her hair falling along side her face hiding her red eyes, she did not like pity. Julian pulled over a stool next to the bath and sat down

"Are you alright?"

"Fine"

There was a pause of awkward silence Julian tried to break it again

"Your further along than I thought, Duncan's been telling me about you" Seeing the size of Selene but her words almost bounced off Selene as if she was a brick wall since she did not reply.

"Well congratulations, I bet you can't wait to be a mother huh" she lightly chatted whether Selene answered or not. Selene could help but note it was the first time anyone other than Michael had said anything nice about her pregnancy.

"I guess"

Julian smiled warmly taking a flannel from the nearby shelf above the bath then picked up a purple jar labelled Anti-flame in vivid.

"I got this off my sister she gives it to her clients to use I got some off her for cramps" she blabbered screwing open the lid and scrapping up a blob of the cream onto her figures.

Selene was shocked for a moment when she felt Julian blob the cream onto her back and began rubbing, she was about to move and protest, until Julian began massaging it in causing Selene's back to almost scream in ecstasy. She let out a gasp of relief as Julian continued to work the cream in she almost jumped when Julian hit a few sore areas near her spine.

"This will work wonders on your back" She smiled she could tell the way Selene dropped her shoulders she was relaxing, she greatly appreciating it.

What Duncan had said about Selene talking more though her motions and facial expressions rather than vocal was so true, she didn't mind.

"The waters a bit cold" Julian said reaching for the tap. Selene's head popped up paying attention she almost dozed off from the massage.

Julian saw Selene's bloodshot eyes and sat on the side of the tub turning the hot tap on rising the temperature of the water

"Are you sure your alright, if you need to talk I'm all ears"

"No, I'm fine it was my back killing me, thank you"

Julian smiled a fake smile she knew she was lying. She grabbed an oil bottle off the table where Selene's guns had been and dripped two drops into the water.

Both their noses were filled with the aroma of lavender.

"Lavender is good for your joints, it has camomile in it to help you relax" She screwed the lid back on and put it back in her place then looked back at Selene who was watching the oil drops on top of the water. Julian was stubborn like Selene, if not more, she wanted to ask Selene again to get it out of he, then there was the question of are you really a Vampyre lingering in her head.

"Russ" she said in a joking tone seeing the dog sitting by the bath next to her feet.

"I'll leave you to it, come on Russ" She said opening the door. But the dog did not budge just watch Selene and wagged his tail when she looked at him.

"He's alright" Selene said putting her hand out over the bath for Russ to come over. He was there in an instant.

"Okay" she pulled the door closed. Julian walked into the kitchen to see Duncan had cooked piles of food everything from toast and eggs to soup.

"Are we expecting a hoard of people?" She asked causing him to jump with fright.

"Oh, no I haven't had a proper meal in days neither has she and besides they gave me scraps in that cell"

"Right"

"Did she say anything?"

"No, I see what you mean on the quiet side, she had been crying and said it was her back but I know she was lying"

"Why do you say that?"

"Woman's intuition" she sat down noticing the clear table with three plates laid out with more plates full of food in the centre. Gomez stood under Duncan meowing continuously.

Selene stood dressed in a large light blue baggy t-shirt that just fitted which had 'I think your sexy' printed on the front with 'Want to fk?' on the back and she wore baggy blue track pants with two white stripes down each side. She had felt a little uncomfortable changing in front of the dog that stared but quickly got over it when she dried her hair watching herself in the mirror.

Russ sat right next to her feet. She stopped to look at herself properly then stood side on to see the size of the swell properly.

"I look like my mother" she told Russ who watched her every move.

She had let her hair grow, Michael had always asked her to grow it but she used to cut it despite his wishes. It now hung to just on her shoulders almost below. It had a subtle wave to it and curled out nicely at the bottom just like her mothers had. Wiping the thought away she threw the towel into the basket and headed for the kitchen.

Duncan stood with his head in the fridge with Gomez at his feet still meowing continuously. Julian saw her standing in the doorway the blank expression on her face.

"Feel better after your bath?"

"Yes, thank you"

"Oh take a seat" Duncan said holding a bottle of Orange juice closing the fridge behind him. He stepped to pull the seat out but tripped on Gomez and stumbled, Gomez letting out the strangle cat squawk sound.

"Gomez!" He cursed almost falling completely over. Gomez ran under the table and continued his pursuit of continuous meows.

Selene feeling like she hadn't eaten in years began hungrily shoving food from the centre plate into her mouth as soon as she sat down, it was a habit she had picked up off Michael. After her first swallow with little chewing she paused realising her rudeness looked to see Duncan and Julian staring, Duncan quickly did the same and stuffed the food into his mouth and continued to scoffing the food worse realising he was more hungry than he thought, Selene shrugged it off and focused on her food. Julian had not stared at her because of the scoffing she did but the fact she saw Selene's exceptionally long incisor teeth

"I thought Vampyre's only drink blood"

Selene swallowed then looked up

"Not when pregnant"

"Oh" she said beginning to believe Duncan. The room was quiet as they all ate, except of course for the cat who didn't let up. Duncan was becoming annoyed

"Shut up Gomez!" he snapped taking another bite of his marmite toast.

"Did you feed him?"

"Yes, twice" Duncan spat toast accidentally everywhere as he spoke.

"Oh, Duncan we have a guest" she said screwing her nose up at the spat out food pieces on the edge of the table.

"Feed him again" she ordered

Duncan rolled his eyes but got to his feet

"He's fat enough, Oaf!" he yelled tripping on the cat yet again this time going all the way over.

"Bloody cat!" he yelled form the floor but Gomez walked right up to him and smooched his fluffy coat into his face meowing again.

Selene, cheeks full of food couldn't help but snigger trying to hide it while Julian laughed her head off. Duncan sat up and saw the two of them trying not to laugh while he was looking

"Oh both of ya find that funny eh?"

Julian turned to see Selene smiling fully, Duncan also realised and smiled

"Well if it makes you smile you're gorgeous smile, lass I'd it more often"

Selene had moulded so much into their warm relaxed atmosphere she hadn't even realised how relaxed she had become.

She quickly hid it like a precious jewel that Duncan and Julian wanted to steal and continued to eat with her head down.

Duncan fed Gomez and turned the jug on. Julian was still amused with Selene's own reaction.

"So what is the baby?" Julian asked innocently. Selene hesitated but told her anyway.

"Vampyre and Lycan"

"What is a Lycan?" Duncan asked hearing the name again.

"Werewolf and Marcus the man that captured us is also half and half a hybrid, but he used to be a Vampyre elder" Selene explained

"Oh, I actually meant is it a boy of a girl" Julian said still trying to grasp the concept of Vampyre's let alone werewolves.

"I don't know, um I think maybe it's a boy"

"Have you had any check ups or scans?"

"No"

"Well my sister can give you one, you can find out if it is a boy of girl if you like"

Selene almost let lose another smile at the thought of finding out. Duncan meanwhile was more fixed on the werewolf issue.

"So are there any other types of creatures that also exist" he asked most curious.

"No just Vampyre's, Lycans, and now the hybrids"

"Oh so they are Vamcan's, half Vampyre half Lycan ha, ha!" Duncan mused at the name he created.

Selene began to tell the story and got most of it out in just under fifteen minutes, but neither Duncan or Julian asked any questions they knew how tiered Selene was getting. They noticed how some things from the papers just fell into place.

Duncan lead Selene to his room while Julian made the phone call to her sister, when there was a knock on the door, everyone froze

"Wait here I'll get it"

"Duncan!" Selene said handing him the two Berettas

"To make sure fire one from each"

Duncan nodded taking the guns and slid them into the back of his pants in such a way they could be quickly grabbed.

He opened the door while Julian continued to talk to her sister on the phone, outside stood an elderly man in the hall way, he was from the room across the hall

"Your dog shit on my doorstep!" he grumbled angrily at Duncan.

"Mr Hagley, your own dog shite on your doorstep! I'm bloody sick of this! There is no way Russ can do a turd that bloody big on your step it's bigger than his head for feck sake!" Duncan yelled at the old man who stood back in shock Duncan very rarely raises his voice or gets angry at anyone.

"Bugger off" Duncan huffed at him then threw the door shut with a loud slam then marched back to Selene, to find her sitting in bed with Russ sitting against her.

"It was just the old bastard from across the hall" he said taking some cloths out of his draw.

"I can call him out if you like" he referred to Russ

"No he's fine really"

"He likes new friends if you rub his chest he will fall to sleep instantly and fall over" Duncan explained handing her back her guns. She slid them under her pillow and laid down.

"Have a good sleep I will be in the shower and Julian's in the kitchen" he said flicking the light off and pulling the door to. Russ insisted on getting in with her and snuggled up against her he was warm and sure enough when she rubbed Russ's chest he plopped right over onto his side fast asleep.

She lay awake but she was relaxed, the cream had done wonders on her back but her thoughts told her, yes Duncan had given her breathing space away from the war, but this was the quiet before the storm and Marcus along with the death dealers and Lycans would not give up so easy.

Duncan checked her after his shower, seeing she was fast asleep and cuddled Gomez like a teddy he smiled, he did not know Selene a long time but knew viewing this was a one off rare occasion.