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'In your dreams.' Selene rolled her eyes and turned to walk away.
'They're not dreams anymore, my dear.' Kraven said. He lightly grabbed her wrist and turned her to face him. 'Viktor just gave me his blessing.'
'He… What?' Selene exclaimed.
'It won't be long before you are mine forever.' Kraven smiled.
Selene could not believe it. She slapped his hand away from her wrist. Selene turned on her heels, storming to Viktor's office.
The guards outside were too late to stop Selene from entering but managed to grab her shoulder when she was half-way through the door.
'Get your hand off me.' Selene hissed.
'Let her in.' Viktor said from behind his desk.
'How could you do this?' Selene said before the door even closed.
'Calm down.'
'Calm down? CALM DOWN?' Selene yelled. 'Seriously, how?'
'Selene!' Viktor ordered as he got up.
Selene took a step back. She had just crossed a line, something she had never done in front of Viktor. She saw the fury in his eyes and needed to remind herself of her place.
'My L…' Selene stopped when Viktor raised his hand.
'This is best for the coven.' Viktor said. 'Kraven asked for your hand and I gave it to him.'
'It was not yours to give away.' Selene said defeated.
'It is done. The wedding is in three days.' Viktor spoke clearly. 'Dismissed.'
Selene bowed. She walked out of the office without looking back. Never had anyone betrayed her so much. He was supposed to be on her side. Viktor knew how much she hated Kraven.
She slammed the doors of her chambers shut. The thought of spending the rest of her immortal live with that low life was too much to bear. Rage took over and Selene started throwing the first thing within reach. Not before long, the furniture was flying across the room.
Once her rage had died down, Selene sat against the back of her bed with her head in her hands. Tears were streaming down her face. A knock on the door made her return to the world again. She quickly dried her cheeks, hardened her face and returned to a stone-cold Death Dealer.
Selene didn't have a chance to send the person away. Kraven had walked in before getting an answer.
'Are you done? The whole coven heard you.' Kraven exclaimed. 'What the hell did you do to this room? It's a good thing you will be moving into my chambers after what you have done with this place.'
Rage was building up within Selene again. Before she consciously decided, she slammed the door behind him and attacked Kraven. Kraven fell to the ground. Selene locked his arms with her knees and started pounding on his face.
Kraven had been too surprised to respond and had no choice but to take the beating. Selene stopped and looked at Kraven. His nose was broken and his face was covered in blood. Kraven had stopped smiling when he saw Selene's face. She knew she should have stopped, but her instincts had taken over. Her eyes changed to blue as her fangs extended.
Before she could sink her fangs in his neck, a hand grabbed her arm. The bone in her arm was crushed and Selene was thrown through the room against the wall. The second her head hit the wall black spots appeared and she sank to the ground.
Selene saw a pair of boots coming towards her. She blinked to get the spots away and stared right into Viktor's eyes. He looked at her with disappointment in his eyes. Viktor turned towards Kraven and helped him back up.
'She will pay for this.' Kraven wiped the blood off his face.
'Let me handle her.' Viktor spoke.
With that dismissal, Kraven took a step back. Selene's defiance and obedience were battling inside her. She had always listened to Viktor, but he never ordered her to do something like this.
'Get up.' Viktor ordered.
'I said, get up!' Viktor repeated himself when Selene didn't move.
'How can you do this to me?' Selene begged. 'Kraven of all people.'
'My reign will soon end and the coven needs strong leadership. You need to stand beside Kraven to lead this coven in my absence.' Viktor explained.
'Never.' Selene got up. 'I will not lay or stand beside him. I am a Death Dealer, not someone's arm candy.'
'You will obey.' Viktor ended the conversation and turned.
'I'd rather die.' Selene spat.
Viktor halted his step. He slowly turned around with electric blue eyes. In an instant, he grabbed Selene's broken arm and pulled her with him. Selene winced as the pain shot through her whole body.
'Take her and lock her up.' Viktor said to Kraven and handed her off to Kraven.
Kraven smirked when he grabbed Selene by the arm and she winced again. He dragged her behind him to a detention cell.
'This will cool you down.' Kraven said.
He threw her in the room and closed the door behind him. Kraven was wrong, he only added to the fire within Selene. Selene started pacing the room with a fire in her eyes. She thought Viktor was like a father to her, he had cared for her after her family died. He knew her disgust for Kraven.
Normally, Selene would go to the shooting range and get rid of the excess anger that would be building up inside her. Being locked up with no way of release, Selene started hitting the walls.
She needed a way to get rid of the energy. It wasn't about hurting herself or getting attention. The pent-up energy needed to be released.
The door opened again and a hand grabbed her by the neck and pushed her up to the wall. Again she found herself staring at Viktor.
'Stop this madness.' Viktor ordered.
'It wasn't…' Selene tried.
His hand tightened around her neck and cut her off midsentence. Selene grabbed his hand with hers trying to get free. It was in vain. Viktor had a death grip on her neck.
'You cannot disobey me any longer.' Viktor stated. 'You will do as I and Kraven say.'
Selene barely managed to nod before Viktor let her go. She fell on the ground gasping for breath.
'Send in a medic.' Viktor spoke before the door slammed shut.
Selene didn't have the energy to get up anymore. She was defeated. The one goal in her immortal live had been avenging her family as a Death Dealer. That life would be over in three days.
'Ma'am?' Selene was startled out of her thoughts. She hadn't even noticed someone coming in.
'Just go away.'
'I have my orders, please stand.' The medic ordered. 'The bruises on your neck will disappear in a few minutes. No damage to your hands but your arm needs to be set.'
Before Selene had time to react, the medic grabbed her arm and forced the bone back to its original place.
A scream woke him up. He immediately looked at Selene. She was having a nightmare. He could see the agony on her face and she was screaming in her sleep.
'Selene!' He yelled. 'Wake up!'
Selene jolted upright, panting and covered in sweat. When Michael placed his hand on her arm, she immediately withdrew her arm and looked at him with glassy eyes.
'Selene? What's wrong?' Michael tried.
Upon hearing his voice, her eyes started to clear up. Her breathing slowed down and Selene slowly started to recognize her surroundings again.
'Michael?' Selene asked still a bit disoriented.
'Are you alright?' Michael forced himself not to touch her again until she was completely awake.
'They forced me Michael. I didn't want to! You have to know that!' Selene suddenly exclaimed.
'Selene, you had a nightmare. Take a few breaths to calm down.'
'I.. Uhm… Nightmare?' She managed to say.
'Your scream woke me.' Michael hesitated. 'You want to talk about it?'
Selene moved closer to Michael. He knew what she wanted and he lay down so she could rest on his chest. It was still hard for her to look him in the eyes and open up to him.
'I was back in the mansion at Ordoghaz, Viktor and Kraven were there.' Selene slowly started. 'I had to marry Kraven and when I didn't obey, Viktor… he choked me.'
'Marry Kraven?' Michael said surprised.
'I still feel disgusted. Kraven of all people.' Selene shuddered.
Michael took Selene's hand in his and kissed it.
'It's good thing both Kraven and Viktor are dead.' Michael said gently. 'Besides, they have to go through your current husband to get to you.'
Selene smiled and she looked at the ring around her finger.