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A/N: A little short this one, I just hope you like this one.
Chapter 9: The Visit
Felicite waited for two days before recalling Selene to get the location of their new base. It was at that time that she learned not only where Selene and Michael were but that the lycan's were there with them. Felicite understood why they had joined them, for the protection, and with the knowledge of Selene's pregnancy, she was even more thankful that they had the added protection.
Felicite had left early that night, practically immediately after the sun set. It was a good three-hour drive, limiting the time she had with her makeshift family. She pulled up to the ancient castle, amazed at the beauty of the place, and yet the danger that could await her. She crossed the bridge that was always down and entered the fortress that seemed to be unsecured. But the moment she stepped out of her car, three lycan soldiers surrounded her, guns at the ready. "How did you find us Blood?" the one male asked, gun practically at her head.
"She is here to see me," a familiar female voice answered. Felicite gave them a smug smile and walked over to her old friend. "Hey Cat," Selene said as she hugged the girl.
"Hey," Felicite answered. "How have you been doing?"
"Alright I guess," she answered, beginning to lead Felicite away from the group of suspicious lycans. "Come on in before we talk anymore," she whispered.
"What's up, you seemed a little edgy around them?"
"Well, the pack doesn't know," she said.
"They don't know? Why do they not know?"
"I didn't want to tell them. I don't know how they will feel about another hybrid, especially one with a vampire as a mother," she explained.
"I don't foresee a problem, but I suppose if you're really this worried, I won't mention it to anyone besides you or Michael," Felicite promised.
"Well, Felora knows and Talon, and apparently Talon told Ildiko, meaning the hierarchy of the pack knows," she continued.
"So why are you hiding it? You know those guys will tell everyone else."
"The heads of the pack are deciding how they feel on this now. I just don't want the rest of the pack to know until they decide anything," she said.
"They are deciding whether or not you are going to keep the child?"
"No, just whether or not they will support it. Michael and I have decided to keep it, and that is what we are going to do. But without the pack's support, keeping it will create a new enemy," Selene explained.
"I see," she said.
They went to Selene and Michael's room. "This place is amazing, and the coven won't think to look here, its theirs. No one will think the lycan's would have the gall," Felicite said, once they entered the room.
"They didn't I did. I knew it was not very secured. Lycans wouldn't come here on their own, too much silver and painful memories. And the local humans believe this place to be cursed and haunted," Selene explained.
"So you exploited the vampires over confidence."
"Exactly," Selene agreed.
"Well I think this is the perfect place," Felicite approved.
I thought so too," she said absent-mindedly. "Cat, I need you to do something for me," Selene said, looking at Felicite with a sad look.
"Sure, what?"
"I need you to find anything you can on the lineage of vampires, their link to lycans, and why is it the lycans become slaves, anything?" she requested.
"I'll try," she promised. Selene gave her a smile of thanks. "So, how did Michael find out?"
"Well that was a story," Selene said.
After a three-hour visit, Felicite was on her way out, finding her own way, when she over heard a loud meeting in a room just to her left. She stopped, listening from the outside of the door. "I see no reason to even entertain the notion. Michael and Selene are already a liability. They make us more important for the vampires to find. Michael is of some use, but if his blood bitch is pregnant with his child, his priorities change. She and the child are what he will protect, over anything else. He will not be focused, and then even more of a problem. He isn't even that great of a fighter to make a distracted Michael useful. I say we terminate this before we get to far," the first voice declared.
"Wait, that is not fair. The child belongs to Selene and Michael, not the pack," a new female voice chimed in.
"I think if it endangers the pack, we have a right to decide," a deep voice claimed.
"It is not our place to decide the fate of a child that is not ours," the second woman restated.
"I agree, with Felora, we may not like it, but it is up to Selene and Michael," another person piped up. At that moment, the whole room busted into uncontrolled small arguments.
Felicite couldn't take it anymore. She grabbed the handles to the large oak doors and entered into the room full of arguing lycans. The room fell dead silent, and all eyes were fixed on her. The first to talk was a female at the head of the long oval table. She was the one who had made the speech bashing Felicite's family. "How did you find us blood?" Before the lycan could even finish her question, Felicite's hands were seized and wrenched behind her back.
"I am Felicite, Selene's informant, keeping her apprised of what is happening in the vampire coven," Felicite identified.
"What are you doing here?" the same woman asked.
"I came to see Selene."
"Well, Selene is not here, so go on your way," the woman declared.
"I was on my way out and just wanted to say something," Felicite said, before the lycan holding her could throw her out of the room.
"This is none of your concern," the female growled, getting irritated.
"If it concerns Selene or Michael, I concerns me," Felicite protested.
"Let her speak Ildiko," the female beside the leader suggested.
"Fine, release her," Ildiko ordered.
"I just want to say, you may not want to be so quick to dispose of an asset like a second hybrid," she said.
"Why do you say that?" a male to the left of Ildiko asked.
"Don't encourage her, Kaza" Ildiko hissed.
"It's a valid question," said the woman who had defended Felicite earlier.
"I have heard enough from you Felora," she growled.
'So they are the famous Felora, Ildiko, and Kaza' Felicite thought.
"But Felora is right," another male said. He looked directly at Felicite. "Why does it matter to you what happens to this pack?"
"Because whether you like it or not, Selene and Michael are a pert of this pack now. They are my family," Felicite clarified.
"Why does she mean so much to you when everyone else in your coven would have her killed if they found her?" another asked.
"She saved me when a group of lycan's from this vary pack tried to kill me. I owe my life to her," she said.
One of the males close to Felicite's end of the table, looked at her, eyes widening. "I thought I knew you. I was one of the lycans that came to your house that night. She is the reason that Lucian continued on his search; her blood was the first to test positive. That makes you related to Michael," he said.
"Yes," she clarified.
"So you are merely working in the best interest of your family, not this pack," Ildiko spat.
"Selene and Michael's child is in the best interest of this pack. That child will be the best hope for peace anyone could hope for. It is a bargaining chip. Two hybrids, that is power," Felicite tempted.
"We barely have one now," Ildiko countered."If you kill the child, which I am unsure how you are going to do that without killing Selene, you will loose the one you have. And if you kill the child and Selene, you will have his wrath to deal with and the chance that he will switch sides," Felicite pointed out.
"But we have Michael, do we really need another?" asked a prior silent female.
"If you wish to have an advantage," Felicite explained.
"What?" Ildiko asked. "We all ready have the advantage, we have the hybrid."
"You are not the only ones with a hybrid anymore. The vampires accidentally got one, that they have only just discovered," she teased.
"Who?" Felora asked.
"Marcus, the only remaining elder, the descendant of Covinous," Felicite said.
"That will make him strong, possibly stronger that Michael," one of the many lycans said.
"But not stronger than the child growing within Selene. It will be born, not turned, allowing it to unleash it's true potential," Felicite said.
"She's right. The child should have a chance to prove itself. It may be the one chance this pack has to last through this war and win or find peace," Kaza said. Most of the lycans began to nod and agree.
"This is Lucian's vision, let it be realized," another said standing. More began to agree.
"Fine, we shall tell the pack that we will be graced with a new hybrid in a few months," Ildiko declared, obviously not pleased with the declaration. Felicite smiled and turned to leave. "Wait you," Ildiko called. "If you have lied to us, it will be your head," she mandated.
"I expected it no other way," Felicite answered, leaving for the coven.
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