Selene leaned on Lucian's shoulder and looked down into the hole to see the stone for her self
"See he must have moved" Dorian sat striating up opening now he was in her good books. Selene remained quiet staring into the hole
"Where would he go…" Lucian muttered to himself. He heard her sigh with relief turned and faced her then placed his hand on her shoulder
"It was said that in the wars a mother could tell when her son was killed, she just knew she wasn't going to see him again by gut instinct" Lucian paused watching Selene
"What does your gut tell you?" he continued.
There was a long moment of silence while Selene searched her feelings though she knew the answer strait away
"He's alive" She barely spoke with a half smile.
"Well then lets go find your son nothing is lost we where just a little miss led" Dorian spoke in a chirpy tune both him and Lucian grabbed each of Selene's arms pulling her to her feet. They began heading back into the main base area but Selene did not follow
"Selene?" Lucian asked both Dorian and himself had stopped to look back at her.
"He's not that way… there" she pointed to even further up the mountain. Dorian sighed
"I don't want to go any higher its freezing as it is" he grumbled to himself.
"She is his mother she will know if she looks hard enough" Lucian walked back toward Selene Dorian eventually following.
"If I get close enough I may be able to call him… Like he did me when he was a child" Selene started wandering randomly though the few dead trees in toward the rocks just looking at the mountain peak. Suddenly as if a train hit her she fell to her knees grabbing her head letting out a yelp. With her eyes closed tight she could see visions instantly pouring into her mind very much like the ones she dreamt.
"Selene!" Lucian called running to her side
"What's wrong?" Dorian called but Selene could not hear their voices she became lost in another vision. There she saw the very same mountain she stood upon yet there was not as many trees or as much snow revealing another small hidden stairway. There a young Marcus stood dressed in his blue and silver tunic sheltered from the harsh UV light from the thick could surrounding the mountain, it was obvious he was still only vampyre.
Like leading the way her vision followed Marcus up the long climb past the point that any tree grew and into the cold rocks until a keep carved out of the mountain side stood clearly and strong. Marcus reached the great doors and placed his hand on a crest, the Corvinus family crest Selene then realized this was the original home and origin of the immortals. The crest spiked his hand making a small drop of blood drip into a gargoyles mouth summoning the door to open. Before he emerged into the great structure he turned and looked back, almost right at her as if she was standing right there.
"Marcus!" She called desperately, Lucian and Dorian sat back as she sat up slightly.
"Selene can you hear us?" Lucian tried again. Instead Selene kept calling for Marcus right until the vision let her go almost not letting her into the keep. Selene was greeted with the cold snow in front of her as her vision returned she breathed more slowly, her eyes flickered coming back to reality
"Lucian…?" She asked wondering where he was.
"Right here" he leaned forward so she could see him
"What happened?" Dorian asked, sick of sitting in the cold snow.
"I just got shown the way" She sat up this time with a full smile feeling warm that in a way she had just seen Marcus.
"The way… to where? By what?" Dorian was confused.
"To Saxon… maybe Marcus" she got to her feet.
Lucian knew exactly what she was talking about, he knew the original ancient keep was somewhere on this mountain but where had always remained a mystery.
"You had a vision. Of the keep yes?" Lucian walked next to her. She glanced at him for a moment
"Marcus just showed me the way. Up over the rock face is a small very narrow track and steps"
Lucian hesitated
"Not scared of heights are you Lucian?" She smirked.
"No but the vision was it now or years ago?"
"… years ago, Marcus was a teen"
"Well then the path may have worn away, its easy for us since was have claws and can cling to the rock however he does not" They both stopped and looked back at Dorian who paused, he hadn't been paying attention
"What?"
Rick may have become Sophia's spy but he was still spineless and a coward. Instead of putting his ear to the door and listening in on the conversation he stood near the end of the hall waiting for Rick to leave Lilly's room. In this case that was good fortune since Michael came wandering down the hall from the other direction.
Bashing on the door Michael stood waiting
"What?" Kain's muffled yell came from the other side.
"Quin is crying he needs a feed… and a nappy change"
"Fine we'll be right there" Michael stepped back as Kain opened the door, Rick stepped back around the corner to avoid being seen. Both Rick and Michael where shocked Lilly came out following Kain completely calm and quiet.
"Where is he?"
"Sophia has him" Michael spoke blankly as Kain and Lilly silently walked past.
"Oh man" Rick whispered and charged up the steps running at full sped to reach Sophia before Kain and Lilly got there.
Sophia jumped with fright when he barged though the door
"Kain is on his way"
"I know that, I sent for him. Yes I'm auntie and I will baby sit but when it comes to continuous crying and shitty nappies Kain can take over being daddy again" She spoke up over Quin's crying.
"Yes but Lilly is coming with him she is calm and acting… normal as if nothing has happened"
That gained her interest
"What did he say to her?"
"I don't know I couldn't get close enough Michael was near the door" Rick twisted the truth. Before she could ask Kain barged in with a very still Lilly behind. Sophia instantly tensed seeing her walk in the room behind him, Lilly never even gave her eye contact her eyes where either at the floor or on Quin.
"Thank you" Kain took Quin off Sophia and stared at both Rick and her self to leave. Sophia marched out quickly not wanting to be in the room with Lilly much longer Rick marched closely behind
"There is something up with Lilly… you okay? You're tense" Rick asked worried about her.
"Something is not right, that was not the Lilly I saw earlier" She froze and her face fell, eyes widening
"Maybe he told her…" She whispered in horror, her chest tightened and her stomach churned making her feel ill at the very thought.
"Told her what?"
"Find out something decent, not information I'm about to learn a few minutes after anyway" She snapped and quickly disappeared up the stairwell in a whipping wind form.
"What am I getting myself into" He muttered heading back.
Dorian hung onto Lucian's back for dear life, shivering his ass off in the freezing snow filled wind. Lucian was right, there was hardly any track left but Selene still knew the way smashing her claws into the rock and ice making her way along. The wind was merciless trying to knock them off and at narrow point where there was no where to stand only cling on with claws
"Lucian!" Selene called loudly for him to hear over the roaring wind.
He climbed and clawed his way over to her, she pointed at the rock
"Claw marks" She smiled at him, her eyes squinting from the cold and stinging wind, even with her fire power this was too cold for her.
"Recent" Lucian yelled back returning the smile. She gave a nod keep moving, it would be dark soon and there was still at least another hour of climbing left.
Synch14: Yeah I saw it to it looks pretty f'ken good. About Roslyn... I dunno yet. hahaha Selene walks in on them lol that would be funny.
dArK-dAeMoIs-DeA: hehe yeah a good old lovable scottsman. lol like my parter hehe.
Christian Jonsson: Me? toy with readers? lol I wouldnt do something like that now would I? ;P
Glil: He hesitated cause he didnt want to give Selene a sudden false hope and was unsure if Marcus was with Saxon or not.
Starlit Rogue: thats fine I appreciate all reviews anytime :). things will look up for Selene soon :)
The Bricadian Poetrist: Yeah Duncan is definatley the fun character :)