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Guardian

Selene stood in the dark of the living area in Michael's apartment, they were hiding there

after the incident two nights ago. It was still so hard to believe, she killed Viktor her sire

and beloved dark father. She stilled loved him but hated him and the ongoing battle

inside herself was taking it's toll on Selene, but she would never let it show. And she was

battling her feelings for Michael. She had fallen in love with him, but was scared to tell him

so, not sure of his reaction. Selene smiled in spite of her situation... Michael came up behind

her careful not to startle her and said, "Selene are you alright?" The former Death Dealer

looked out the window staring into the raven dark of the night sky. " I don't know what to

think or feel anymore.. The one man that I loved and trusted above all others, the one who

made me what I am now, lied to me all my immortal life. For 127 years, ever since I became

a Vampire, he bore my trust and affection all the while with the knowledge that he butchered

my family. Trying to hide it by blaming it on the Lycans, making me slaughter so many of them

all on a lie... I loved Viktor, he was like a father to me.. All I have to say now is why?…"

Selene said sadly, her voice showing thick with hurt and betrayal. Turning to Michael, a few

tears trailed silently down the alabaster skin of her cheeks. Her icy veneer finally gone. For

only the second time since she became an immortal Selene let her emotions show through.

Michael pulled her into a comforting embrace, holding her tightly. Michael stroked Selene's

raven mane, whispering words of comfort into her ear lovingly. (God I love her so. But does

she love me?) Selene looked up at Michael after a while, chocolate brown eyes boring into

his soul. "Michael I have something I want to tell you.." "What is it Selene?" "I.. I love you

Michael. I know it is kind of short notice, and with all that has happened. I just did not

know if you felt the same way." Michael smiled and stroked her cheek. "Selene I do love

you. The moment I first saw you I loved you." Selene tilted her head up and kissed him

softly. This time it was a real kiss, one of love. Not one to cuff him to a chair like their first

one. "Selene, remember this, no matter what I will always love you." Selene looked up at

Michael and rested her head on his broad chest. The hybrid kissed her hair. Then Selene

kissed him even more tentatively, Michael returned the kiss greedily, each exploring the

others mouth.They shared a very passionate kiss as Michael made eye contact with Selene,

chocolate brown met honey brown. Each confirming their love, as Michael took her by the

hand and led her to his bedroom. Selene kissed him lightly on the mouth and Michael emitted

something of a low growl in pleasure. Slowly Selene and Michael lowered down to the bed

and began to take each others clothes off. Michael slowed as Selene hesitated slightly.

"Selene what is it?" She looked up at him, with an emotion he had never seen on the ever

courageous former Death Dealer. Michael saw fear and nervousness. He kissed her pale

forehead and said to her lovingly. "Its ok Selene, I know you are nervous, just let me love

you, you should never be afraid of that." "I know Michael its just everything that has been

happening it is just all happening so fast, for the first time since I became a Vampire, I.. my

emotions are so erratic.." The beautiful Vampire said truthfully. It surprised Michael, for

Selene to be so open.. He had always seen her as the steely and tough lady Death Dealer.

She bent to kiss him again as they continued to take each others clothes off, Selene was still a

little nervous, but she trusted Michael, hell she loved him! She opened her wounded soul and

gave him all her love, it felt good to love and be loved in return. She was scared for a while

that Viktor had completely turned her heart to ice, but somehow Michael broke through her

once frosty soul and helped her to love. This would be Selene's first time, she was virgin when

she was turned and had been ever since, too busy fighting the war to let love enter her heart..

Accept for loving her dark father Viktor, but everything he ever told her was a lie and betrayed

her all along.. Selene pushed those thoughts back in her head and kissed Michael on the neck,

the smell of his blood arousing her desire to taste him, to mark him as hers. Michael and

Selene shared a passionate kiss as they began to make love, Selene flinched a minute as her

maiden blood was spilt, but then smiled up at Michael. They made love, at first slow and gentle

then fiery and passionate. Selene ran her fangs along his neck before sinking them into

Michael's skin, tasting the coppery sweetness as she made love to him. Michael in turn sank

his fangs into her neck, repeating her earlier action, tasting her blood marking her as his and his

only. Selene emitted a long throaty moan of pleasure as Michael growled. Locked in a

passionate embrace, bodies joined, they both reached their climaxes together, kissing lovingly,

tasting each other's blood on their lips, fangs dueling and scraping against one another. They

Vampire and her hybrid collapsed soaking with sweat on the bed, holding one another.

Michael whispering words of love into Selene's ear. Michael pulled her to him again, holding

her tightly. Selene was his, no one else would ever touch her but him, and if they did, he

would tear their throat out. More than that he would kill them and feast on their body.

Michael chastised himself, a bit ashamed of his primal thoughts, not knowing where the

violent thoughts had come from. He had never thought like that in the past. Selene sensed his

confusion. "What's wrong?" Selene asked as she rested her cheek against his while they were

cuddled close on his bed. "Hm? Oh nothing." Michael answered, playing with her hair. "Tell

me." Selene ordered as she lifted her head to give him a stern, yet playful mock glare. Michel

smiled lovingly then told her what had bothered him. When he finished, his heart skipped a

beat as he watched yet another smile play across Selene's mouth. "What?" Michael asked as

he too started to smile back, "How can that make you smile?" "You want to know why you

thought that just now don't you." He nodded and she continued explaining to him. "It means

you've marked me." Selene said snuggling close to him and resting her head on his shoulder.

"I've what?" Michael was now even more confused as he wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Remember you are half Lycan." "Yeah." Michael said smiling. "Lycans mate for life." She

leaned back against him as she continued to explain, Michael held her close. "When a Lycan

male chooses his female, he mentally marks her as his. It is instinctual." She watched as

Michael nodded. "A male Lycan will go to any lengths necessary to protect his mate.

Including,"she smiled, "getting rid of other potential rivals." "So I thought about ripping

someones throat out and tearing them to pieces because.." "You've marked me." Michael

turned to face her and kissed her lightly before asking her a question he desperately wanted

to know the answer to. "Selene, does that mean Vampires mate for life also." "Some choose

to." Selene answered simply, as he wrapped his arms around his mate."Some? Ok. How do

you know which ones?" Selene replied, "They physically mark their mate." "They do that by

biting don't they?" "Yes, when a vampire wants to mark their mate they bite them, creating a

blood bond that cannot be broken." Selene turned to face him smiling as he touched the two

identical little wounds in his neck. She showed him her neck where he had bitten her, she had

the same identical mark. "Very few Vampires enter into that kind of relationship like the one we

have now, for many reasons. What we did while we were making love was marking each other

as our mates. We share a blood bond, mated for life." Michael smiled at her softly, Selene

was his.

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