Chapter 2: A New Home.

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When Selene's eyes widened, Michael became concerned immediately once more.

"Selene? Hey, what's wrong now?"

"This place…I know this place…and it's not a very good one for us to be."

"Why not?"

Selene looked at Michael from the corner of her eye and grabbed his hand, pulling him through the town.

"Just trust me. Keep walking, and DO NOT make eye contact with anyone here. Don't speak, don't look up, and whatever you do, don't use my first name."

Michael looked at her with a confused look before looking down at the ground and at her feet. She pulled him into the woods around the town and sighed.

"Alright…you can speak…"

"What was that all about?"

"That town, it's a place where men are basically slaves to the women. If you would have spoken, looked at me, or even said my name, you would have been killed."

"We…we're not going to stay THERE are we?"

"No, no of course not. There's a normal place not far from here that we can settle down for a while. It's not a very big place, but it's nice none-the-less."

Michael smiled and took Selene's hand again, walking with her through the trees. Before long, night fell, and the forest grew pitch black. Selene let out a frustrated hiss and found a cave.

"We'll have to stay here for the night…it's too dark here right now for even a vampire to see. As soon as the sun comes up, we'll start out again."

He nodded and sat down against the wall, pulling Selene into his arms and absent-mindedly running a hand through her hair. She laid her ear over his heart and listened to the steady beat. Michael leaned down and pressed a kiss to her forehead with a smile. Selene looked up into his eyes and smiled back at him.

"I love you Selene."

"I know you do, Michael, and you know I feel the same way for you, don't you?"

They hybrid smiled and nodded, kissing her forehead again. She let her eyes close and laid her hand on his chest as well, her finger drawing invisible patterns on the fabric of his shirt. He smiled again and took her hand, lacing their fingers together and rubbing his thumb over the back of her hand, letting his eyes close as well.

"Goodnight…"

Selene did not answer, for the vampire was already sleeping soundly in his arms. Before long, Michael fell into a deep slumber as well, his arms tightening on the woman he loved. When morning came, his eyes opened and he let out a yawn. Selene also awoke, stretching herself out, almost like a cat.

"So…how far is it to this little town of yours Selene?"

"It's about another hour's walk at the least."

Michael nodded and the two began to walk through the woods towards the town. About an hour and a half later, they emerged from the trees into a nice, peaceful looking town. Selene smiled and walked further into town, getting smiles and waves.

"This place hasn't changed a bit…"

"Huh?"

"My parents used to bring me here all the time when they would go shopping."

"Wow…that's a long trip to just go shopping."

Selene nodded at him and let out a small laugh before walking up to a small house.

"Good…it's still here. This was my mother's summer home…we always came here to stay…" she said pushing open the door.

Michael's eyes nearly fell out of his head, the house was huge, and decorated like a king and queen had lived there.

"Welcome home, Michael."

AN: Second chapter up now, let me know what you think. Chow!