Michael was down in the common room, listening to the other lycans talk about this and that. He liked how he felt so comfortable with them. More comfortable than he ever did with mortals. Yesterday he had trained with Selene and he had kept control. He had passed two lycans mumbling about why Marcus hadn't attacked them yet.

" You should be grateful" one said.

" The sooner he's dead the sooner we can hunt safely!" said the other.

" What do you think would happen if Marcus showed up with his band of Death Dealers? And with their new bullets! Half of the pack would be dead before we could ever even make a dent in their numbers!"

" But we have Michael!"

" Don't forget, Marcus is a hybrid to. And he's been an immortal much longer!"

" Whose side are you on?!"

The two stood up and morphed into their lycan forms. Before they could go at each other Michael ran between them.

" Guys stop! We will put an end to Marcus when I say so! I promise I won't let this pack slip threw the cracks! But how can we win if the pack doesn't trust each other?"

Michael's words got to the two lycans and they morphed back into their human forms and walked away. Michael sighed and headed for the mess hall, hoping Jared was on duty. He didn't know why but he felt like he could talk to Jared.

Walking in he bumped (literally) into Ravyn.

Michael rubbed his shoulder. " Sorry Ravyn."

" No it was my fault…I need to watch where I'm going."

" Is Jared by any chance on duty?"

Ravyn shook her head. " He's on the midnight shift now. Sorry."

" It's cool." Michael said as Ravyn turned and started to walk away. He cast a glance back the cafeteria and then back to Ravyn. " Hey Ravyn. Can I ask you something?"

Ravyn turned around, a concerned look on her face at Michael's tone. " Is something wrong?"

" I think some of the lycans think that it's time to face Marcus. Do you think that's a good idea?"

" I'm really not the one to give you an answer to that Michael. Why don't you ask Selene?"

" Well things have been real awkward between us ever since…you know" Michael looked down.

" Michael things are going to feel awkward until you start treating her like you used to. Believe me, she's feeling it to. Sure she won't admit it but I have a sense for stuff like that. Go talk to her. Ask her what you should do. Confide in her not me."

" You're right. Thanks Ravyn!" Michael said as he turned and ran to the room

" Any time!" Ravyn called after him.

Michael knocked on the door to their room. He had learned since being with Selene that she felt better towards him if he respected her privacy.

" Michael?" he heard Selene's voice.

" Yeah it's me Selene, can I come in?"

" Hold on" Michael heard some shuffling around in the room and the sound of her bare feet on the carpeted floor. There was a pause and then " Okay"

Michael turned the knob and opened the door. As he stepped in a waft of sweet smelling air came to greet his nose, indicating Selene had just taken a shower. He saw drops on the carpet from her wet hair. They led to the bathroom which had the door closed. Michael sighed and plopped down on the bed and turned the TV on. He turned it on to TBS. "Family Guy" was on in English. Aubrey said he had rewired it so all the channels were in English.

Michael heard the bathroom door open and looked to see Selene stepping out in a fresh new leather suit. Her boots made surprisingly small thuds as walked towards the desk. Her hair was still wet.

" Selene can I talk to you?"

Selene looked at him, not entirely surprised at his motion to speak. Michael wondered if Ravyn had talked to her like she talked to Michael. Her eyes narrowed as she nodded. She crossed her arms and leaned against the wall. " What is it?"

" I was down in the common room earlier and I heard to lycans argue about facing Marcus. One thought we were lucky he hadn't attacked yet and the other thought we should go and attack him. What do you think?"

Selene relaxed a little. She thought about Michael's question. He was the leader of the pack now and he should know what to do in this situation like this. But he was so very new to all of this. Would it be wise to attack Marcus head on? What wouldn't be good was to have Marcus come here to the lycan base. She'd never personally known Marcus but she knew he'd be furious to find out what has happened since he went to sleep two centuries ago. It was very complicated. If they laid low that would give the lycans time to recover but it would also give the vampires time to plan. If they attacked right away even in the vampire's confusion they could still lose a lot of lycans. Look at me, she thought, a month ago all I could think about was extinguishing the very creatures I am now seeking to protect…amazing.

" I don't know Michael. Either way could be a deadly cost to us."

" I have no idea what to do." Michael sunk his head into his hands and rubbed his temples.

Selene got this feeling from out of nowhere that she wanted to comfort Michael. Was she truly growing a bond with him?

They both went to sleep with tired minds that day. So many questions were left unanswered. Selene didn't go to sleep right away though. She heard Michael come in later and change. Her back was to him. He walked over to the bed and plopped down. But Selene noticed that he did not try to get close to her as he did sometimes. He stayed right on the edge of the bed. Odd. She thought to herself.

Soon after she drifted to sleep. But then her sleep was invaded by an unwanted nightmare.

Michael snaps the neck of an unfortunate lycan who got in his way. Dead bodies, vampyre and lycan alike were scattered everywhere. Selene looked around in horror. She looked to her side to see Ravyn with her throat slashed open and her face lay still, plastered in horror with a thin layer of frost on it. Selene looked to her other side. Aubrey lay there in his lycan form with hot blood still gushing from several wounds. His face also, had a thin layer of frost covering it, but instead of fear his face held a look of pure pain and betrayal. It was enough to make Selene's stomach turn and her eyes well up with tears. Suddenly she felt the presence of a dark aura close to her. The hybrid was standing in front of her, growling and snarling. He was bleeding from a cut that ran diagonally from his right temple to the right side of his cheek. This fiend was not Michael. It had taken control again. It started walking towards Selene. She held out her guns and fired at it but it just wouldn't stop. Suddenly it jumped behind her and slashed…

Selene awoke with a gasp. She looked around nervously and saw she was in she and Michael's room. Michael was still sleeping soundly. Soundlessly she got up and walked into the bathroom. She closed the door and flicked the light on. She stood in front of the mirror. Selene turned her back to the mirror and looked at it to see her leather suit had four slash marks on it. She peeled her suit down to her waste to see that she was bleeding from four slash marks on her back.

Selene took in a deep breath. Why were her dreams affecting her this way?

Suddenly a knock came at the bathroom door. "Selene?" came Michael's questioning voice. "Are you okay?" his voice quivered somewhat.

Selene quickly put her suit back up and grabbed her trench coat to hide the marks. " Yes, I'm fine. What are you doing up?"

" I had a bad dream." Was his reply.

Selene's eyes widened a little bit. Could he have had the same dream as me? She wondered. She opened the door to see Michael standing there, concerned. But what shocked Selene was to see that he was bleeding from a cut on his cheek. It ran diagonally from his right temple to the right side of his cheek…

"Michael…" she reached her hand up to his face to touch the cut. He flinched for a second but did not pull away.

" You had the same dream as I did, didn't you?" she asked him.

" Well, if we're talking about the same dream then yes."

Selene took her coat off and showed Michael the slits in her suit and on her back. Michael looked in horror. Selene was hurt, and it was his fault. He cringed at the thought. If he could get a hold of that hybrid he would strangle him.

" So, we had the same dream, and they hurt us. What does this mean?" he asked. He knew he had to get control now. He needed to protect Selene, at any cost.