Chapter XXXIV
Rain
Rain. As the heavens unleashed their fury upon Amelia's mansion a solitary figure perches alongside the ornate gargoyles that decorate the mansion's roof. Malachi always found comfort in the rain; he liked the idea of everything being washed away. The night was a dismal one, dark clouds filled the sky, he could not see the moon or stars, nor he could he see the bright lights of the city; it was as if the rain had extinguished every light in the sky. And then he sensed it, a presence… one very familiar to him. "Hello Selene."
"Beautiful isn't it?" She asked him, as she to was enveloped in the down pour; she made her way across the roof and sat down next to him "I used to love it when it rained for us."
"Seems like a lifetime ago." He answered her coldly
"Why do you still come up here?" She asked nodding towards the blackened horizon.
He said nothing for a moment, before turning his head slightly so he could see her "Good memories." He replied with a slight smile.
She returned his smile for a moment, before pausing… "I'm leaving Malachi; I'm going away tonight… Please don't try and stop me."
Malachi nodded "Where are you going?"
"I wasn't going to tell you… but I think I owe you an explanation. I'm going to Europe, Switzerland actually… when Erika and Alexei first arrived at the mansion, Alexei gave me something… it was from Kraven."
"Selene…" Malachi interrupted her "… No good can come of this, I know how you felt about him… but he was a traitor. You need to move on with your life, you're in love with two dead men. They're both gone, you should leave it at that."
"I can't!" She hissed "I've laid Michael to rest, but I've never even been able to find Kraven's body… he deserves some level of peace."
"Does he?" Malachi laughed slightly
"You hate him don't you?" Selene sighed
"Yes." Malachi answered her coldly
"Cant you bury your hatred?" She almost pleaded
"He tried to kill Amelia!!"
"No…" Selene corrected him, shaking her head slightly "Before then… you've always hated him. Why?"
"Do I need a reason?" He dismissed her
"I guess not." She sighed, as she rose to her feet and made her way towards the edge of the roof "I guess this is it then?"
"I guess so" He replied unfeelingly
"Be careful with Viktor… I don't want to see anything happen to you."
"Thank you." He nodded
"Do you think we'll ever see each other again?" She asked, as she looked down at the ground below.
Malachi grinned a little "Fate always seems to throw us back together."
"Good bye Malachi." She said softly with a slight smile, as she went to step off of the edge; however as her foot hovered over the empty night air, she turned back to him "Did you ever love me? I mean really love me."
"Yeah" he replied without a hint of emotion in his voice, and deliberately avoiding eye contact.
"Aren't you going to ask me?" She encouraged him
"No point." He answered her, and with that she was gone, she descended from the roof and out of his line of sight, he could hear her boots disturbing the puddles that were forming as she made her way, he heard the iron gates opening… and then he heard them close again. Selene, the woman who had been his lover, friend, comrade, quarry and killer took her leave of him; no matter he thought to himself the rain will wash all of this away.