This chapter is going to be a very long chapter. The longest probably. Instead of doing what I was going to do, I'm putting two chapters in one. Its going to be long but I want to make up for time. Besides this is probably the only chapter I will be able to write for a long while. With me moving and not having internet. I hope you guys like it.

Underworld: Covened Beings

By: Holly

Chapter Ten: Innocent

Selene's POV:

Sometimes its hard to just think. Sometimes you need to let others think for you. So much has happened. Its not often I'm happy anymore. Usually I'm crying, angry, or hurt. Marcus has been very nice and helpful. He goes out of his way. I can not believe I actually trust him some times. I mean of course I have my doubts. Oh do I have my doubts. So many people I thought I could trust have shown me such betrayal. Sometimes.. In my dreams… I see myself… walking alone on a busy street and the people just fading away. Sometimes I see Marcus. Sometimes I run from him. In others the same thing happens except, he too fades away and My father appears and then disappears, the same with Michael and Baden. And then all of a sudden they appear and I am in the middle of them and I'm crying and they stare at me with such cold eyes. They will just attack me and I will wake up just as I feel the pain. I don't know why but sometimes I see Kraven save me. Its very odd.

Sometimes I feel as If I will be alone for ever. That I'm destined to. I don't want to be alone. I have been alone all my life almost. As a mortal I never had many friends. The ones I had I saw rarely because of my mother. She used to make my sister and I work and work until my sister had Emily and Anna. Then I had to do twice the work. As an Immortal being I always stuck to Victor. I always felt he became my father after he had killed my family. But he was just trying to make it seem the Lycans were the bad people when really he was the bad. Filling my head with lies making him to seem good. But now, here I am, Marcus sticking to my side and helping me defend myself. Who knows where my destiny will take me.

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As he walked through the halls he made sure he was as sly as a snake. Not wanting to wake a person in the house. All that could be heard through out the house was crickets and bugs outside.

His feet were smooth against the wooden floor. He was sure he was not going to wake anyone. He was determined to get his love back. He was going to march in there and win her love back.

Slowly and as quietly as possible he could be, he opened the door. His breath was caught in his throat as he looked at his beauty sleeping. The light from the fire gave off its red glow and onto her arms and face.

"Oh what beauty lays within her:" He whispered to himself as he walked toward the bed. As he got to the bed the glare from the fire started to go away as he moved closer to her. He looked down at her and slowly ran a hand down her arm, making her move. "Always so lovely." He said out loud. She turned onto her back and rubbed her eyes, he stood back a few more inches. She looked over at him and her eyes got big.. She started to move back but forgot one thing.

As she tried to move back, a figure appeared next to her from under the sheets. She shook him a bit to wake him up. The man standing gasped as he looked at the man that appeared. As she shook him he opened his eyes and looked at her, seeing the worry in her eyes before realizing he was in the room. He let out a growl as he said his name.

"Michael!" He growled at him. Michael jumped back a bit.

"What's Marcus doing here?" Michael asked as Marcus moved over Selene and sat on her side of the bed and she moved behind him, be kept watching the two males.

"Leave now before I tare your throat to bits!" Marcus shouted at Michael pointing to the door. Michael shook his head.

"I'm not leaving without her."

"What makes you think she wants to leave with you!"

"Because I love her and we were…"

"Oh don't give me that damn line. You two were not meant to be together." Marcus told Michael. Michael went to step forward but stepped back again.

"Call off your dog Selene." Michael said, his anger rising at Michael.

"Shut up, Michael. You leave. Before You really make him mad. I don't need you two fighting in here. Just go, leave, don't ever step foot here again. I don't need or want you here, or near me for that matter." Selene told him. Michael thought for a second, he just needed to get Selene alone with him.

Michael jumped over the bed to Selene, but Marcus was quick. Michael lent forward in his hybrid form and went to scratch Marcus but hit Selene instead. She hissed at him and grabbed her face where his claws hit. Marcus was furious but a bit mad at himself for not blocking Selene like he should have.

Michael stood back his old self coming back and a bit happy he scratched her instead. He felt a sense of power. Marcus pulled Selene to him, checking her face as it bled a bit. He looked at Michael he was furious.

"Leave now before I tare your organs from your body." Michael shook his head and watch the two. Marcus was rubbing where Michael had scratched Selene. He thought of something that he knew would make Michael mad. Just despite him being in the room. He kissed Selene. A good long kiss.

Michael could feel his anger rising, his blood boiled as he watched the two people in their hold and their kissing. Realization set in and he was now all of a sudden more interested in torturing Selene and Marcus. He couldn't take it he leaped out of the window and Marcus and Selene stopped kissing.

Selene put her head at the crook of his neck as Marcus put his hands on her arms and rubbed them. He could feel her anger and wished he could take it away. He put his hand under her chin and made her look up at him, now where the scratches were, there were jut skin again. It had healed. He smiled and ran a hand over her cheek and kissed her again. He laid back down with her in his arms and slowly drifted off to sleep.

"Get it through your thick head! I WANT TO SEE MY FATHER! NOW!" Selene screamed at the guard as she held a gun to his bloodied face. Just then Gage walked out from his office with two young men. Selene looked up.

"What the hell is going on?" Gage asked as he walked over to Selene. The two men helped the battered guard up. Selene wiped some blood from her cheek.

"He wouldn't let me see you. He said you where to busy." Selene said eyeing the guy with so much rage within her eyes. Gage shook his head.

"Well what do you want?"

"I Want to talk to you. Its about Michael." Selene told her father. He nodded and put is arm out, gesturing her to go into his office. Selene sighed and walked into his office.

"Dorian, Lucas, I will be with you in a few minutes. Take Raul to Loather." The men nodded and helped Raul to get some medical attention as Gage walked in to talk with his daughter. "Now, Love. What seems to be the problem?" Gage thought about Telling Selene what he knew but didn't.

"Well, Father…. Marcus and I… Are in love. And we slept with each other last night. Marcus had come into the room while we were asleep and thought he was just going to wake me and try to win my love back. But he found Marcus there with me. He went to hit Marcus but hit me instead and we told him to leave. He was furious when he left." Gage nodded and sat at his desk.

"I know. He told me." Selene looked at her father with a questioning look. Gage got out a picture frame and sat it on his desk.

"What do you mean He told you? Michael came to you! How does he know you, Father!" Selene was furious. Gage held up the picture frame. Inside was a picture of Baden and Gage. Selene gasped and walked closer and closer to the desk as she stared at the picture. "How could you?" She asked a faint whisper.

"I'm sorry, my child. I had a deal. I have to stick with it." Gage told his daughter. Just then Michael, Baden, and Spike walked through the door. Selene shook her head.

"This can't be happening." She looked over at the three. Michael looked so evil. Like he was going to charge at her and just start slicing her to pieces. Selene shook her head and looked at her father. "But I'm your blood! How can you do that to me! You traitor!" Selene shouted at her father. Gage got up and walked over to the three men.

"Sorry, daughter. But a deal is a deal in my life. You are nothing but a half breed, you're a whore just like your mother was." Gage told Selene. That really stung her. She was furious. He was putting up a trick the whole time saying how happy he was with her mother.

"Don't you ever talk about my mother like that!" Selene yelled at her father. Selene backed away from the group of men when two more men walked in.

"Ah, Selene. Your brothers are here. Just in time boys." Lucas and Dorian walked nodded to their father and stood behind him, one son on each side.

"Selene this is your new home now. Your crown is to Michael. Your father and I had a deal. You are to marry Michael, he becomes the devil when your father's rule is up and You are to rule by his side, and produce his offspring." Baden told Selene. She shook her head, she felt like she was going to cry.

"Damn you! I knew I should have never trusted any of you!" Selene was furious with them. She tried to run but Spike was to quick for her. He caught up to her before she got to the window. He held her, gripping at her arms tightly.

"You broke my brother's heart. Now your going to pay for it." Spike whispered into Selene's ear. She tried pulling away.

"Let go!" She screamed. The men were laughing except Selene's half brother Dorian, he just looked down at the ground with his hands in front of him. Spike pushed Selene to the ground and shackles snapped onto her wrists and ankles. Selene struggled again them.

Gage turned to Michael and whispered something in his ear. He nodded and left. As he walked out he changed into his hybrid ford and leaped away to find Marcus. He was in for a surprise. One that only he could need.

Marcus was just driving down the high way. It was about 9 at night. He was really worried about Selene. He could tell she was in distress but couldn't tell where she was. He let out a sigh as he looked around while driving. He came to a brutal stop when he hit something. It was snowing and it was slushy outside causing ice and making the streets slippery. He got out and walked around the car. He didn't see anything around him.

Marcus turned and went to get back into his car before he was hit in the back of his head. He felt pain as the snow and bit of rain fell from the skies. The snow and slush were cold on his face. He went to get up but was kicked in his stomach and back twice. He let out a grown and looked up. Michael. He changed into his Hybrid form and kicked Michael back as he stood.

Michael and Marcus watched each other attentively. Michael snared at Marcus. Marcus let out a menacing growl towards Michael. Michael was having a few second thoughts about this but he wasn't going to stop him now. Michael launched toward Marcus the both of them attacking one another in such vicious ways.

Their growls and snares could be heard as they attacked one another. Like a wild pack of lions infusing with madness and anger. They both tore and scratched at one another, Michael would bite down and Marcus would clamp his jaws around Michael's joints. Just when Marcus thought he was winning, Michael took out the two long daggers from his pocket and stabbed Marcus right in the stomach and side. The fighting stopped and Marcus let go of Michael as pain flooded him. The fighting with Michael was nothing but this was worse. A knife in his side and right in his stomach.

"Finally. The end of you." Michael grabbed Marcus and tossed him into the ditch next to him as if he were nothing but a rag doll. He walked over to Marcus's car and got in. He started the car back off and drove off leaving Marcus for death. But what was to come was of nothing Michael would ever be able to handle. It was a war now. A war between the two male hybrids. This fight wasn't over.

Selene sat, battered and beaten in the corner of the bedroom she was locked in. She wanted to leave but it was guarded by some type of force field, others could come and go as they pleased but not her. She sat with her knees to her chest and her arms around them. She was crying from the pain, not just physically, but mentally.

"Marcus." Selene whimpered when she felt his anger. She looked around as if he were close but she was the only one in there. She walked over to the window in the room and could not sense him near. Not even by a mile. She looked out the window wishing, just maybe, just maybe he would appear. But he didn't.

Selene closed her eyes but then when she finally sensed him, it was a different kind of sense. She opened her eyes and screamed, grasping onto the windows. She fell to the floor, grabbing her stomach. She could feel his pain. "No… Please…. No…." Selene said to herself. She could feel his life slipping away. She had to get to him somehow.

Looking out from the shadows, he watched him. Bloody. Beaten. And in pain. He watched as the other male drove off in a normal but bloody and weaken state. He hurried over to the male on the ground.

"Marcus." The man said in a low voice. Marcus kicked the man. He had a feeling that would happen. He got up and walked over to him again and this time so that he was near his head. He bent down onto his knees. Marcus fought against him but the man calmed him. "No no. I am only here to help, old friend." The man told him, his cloak covering his face and hiding in the dark of the cloak. Marcus had a questioning look on his face mixed with pain. The stranger removed his hood and Marcus, instead of feeling anger, he felt safe.

"Lucian." Marcus said in a small whisper.

"Hush old friend. Come. We must get you to safety. Selene is in trouble." Lucian pulled the knives from Marcus's side and stomach, Marcus screaming each time he pulled the blades out. Lucian wrapped his stomach and side and helped Marcus up and that was when his world went black. Lucian was thankfully strong enough and carried Marcus on his back to Marcus's home.

Selene was almost passed out now. She was in so much pain. It has been 5 days since she had seen her mate. Her love. She had refused to eat and drink anything anyone offered her. She would only eat and drink from her mate's own two hands and under his watch only. She was weak, and hungry. She had not showered in days as well.

Selene thought she was just going to have the usual day like the whole time she had been here. But was surprised when two familiar scents filled her nose. She weakly turned her head to the window. She had to see if she could see or spot the scents. Weakly but as best as she could, Selene crawled to the window. She heard the whispering chatter. Love. Selene smiled a bit as she spotted Marcus's face. She put her hand to the window and started to sob. It was just another one of her mind's tricks…. Or was it?

Marcus was thankful he had Lucian on his side. He was to make him a hybrid as soon as he could get his mate back. Lucian had helped him get better and helped him get his strength back. It was time to get Selene. Marcus spotted a crying Selene at one of the window's. He pointed to it and showed Lucian.

"Stay quiet. Cover me." Marcus nodded and Lucian and Marcus walked toward the windows. Marcus did not have all of his strength back and they had decided Lucian would do the rescuing. Lucian changed into his Lycan form and jumped from the ground to the window. He shattered the glass as he hit the window causing Selene to scream. This wasn't a dream. Lucian hurriedly picked up Selene and jumped out of the building and down to Marcus.

Marcus and Lucian were both in their warrior states and were able to get away. Before anyone could catch them. Once into the woods, they carried themselves a mile before stopping. Marcus noticed something funny about Selene. He held her close.

"Oh, Selene." Marcus said as he held her close. She was starving. He gratefully bit into his wrist and put it to Selene's mouth. She drank from him, even more hungry then usual. Lucian ran a hand down Selene's head and sighed, thanking that she was with her mate now. He could sense the anger from her father's home.

"Come now guys. We must go. Before someone senses us." Lucian told the. Marcus nodded and picked up Selene. They changed into their hybrid and Lycan state and went to the home of Selene and Marcus.

When they arrived at the home Marcus helped Selene to Bath while Lucian fixed something for them to eat. Marcus helped Selene change and the whole time something was very different about her. He changed her into one of her long black silk nightgowns and laid her in bed. Lucian soon came in with the blood and gave a jar to him for Selene.

"Something is different about her." Selene was resting quietly, Marcus holding her hand as she slept.

"I was thinking the same thing, its as if her being is stronger then usual." Marcus told Lucian. Lucian nodded in agreement. They watched her sleep before Lucian gasped and his mouth dropped. Marcus Looked at him.

"What? What is it Lucian?" Marcus asked the fellow ancient. Lucian got up and walked out of the room before coming back in with an old and withered bag. He pulled out a very old book, one of the last ancient books left. He flipped through before stopping at a page and reading it.

"Vampires and Lycanthropes are different in many ways but are on the same level of being and power as one another. Their bodies are different, yet when changed into a warrior state, and or their protective state they are different. When a Lycanthrope is to have a mate and produce offspring one could tell within 2-3 days if with child. If a Vampire is to also mate with another Vampire and should produce offspring, one could tell within 5 days to a week to know. How ever, with some it may very but it is highly likely they could tell within that amount of time. If a male Lycanthrope were to mate with a female Vampire one could tell so very quick, with in a day at the least. The same for female Lycanthrope and male Vampire." Lucian read out loud to Marcus. "Do you happen to have sex with her within the past month? If with child their scents would become a different aroma and the males would be in more of an protective state when near the with child mate." Lucian read out again to Marcus. Marcus's mouth dropped.

"No.. Wait… She cant be…" Marcus looked down at Selene who was sleeping soundly in the bed, He pulled the covers down a bit and sniffed the bite marks on her neck and then sniffed her stomach area. Both had very different scents. Almost…. Motherly like. "Oh this is great." Marcus said sarcastically. He was terrified. "What are we going to do? Me and Selene promised we wouldn't let their be a hybrid colony. Now she is pregnant. This is just perfect." Marcus sat as he covered her back up. How was he going to tell Selene, they never planned on a child.… what laid ahead in their future for him, his child, and Selene.

TBC……