Disclaimer: see chapters 2 & 4
Author's note: It is a little short again sorry. But I did redo the last chapter slightly, so you may want to go back if you read it before, 11/26.
Chapter 10: So It Is True
"Hey babe, did you find anything," Trevor asked, having met her in the garage.
"Just where they weren't," she said.
"And that would be?"
"The edge of the city, by Memorial Park," she said getting out of the car and kissing Trevor.
"So they didn't show?" he asked.
"No," she answered sounding convincingly depressed.
"Oh well, we will fid them," he said, trying to be optomistic. "Would you like to go trainthen get something to eat?" he asked.
"I would, but I have work to do in the library. I thought looking back on old battles and locations of old lycan hide outs might give me a clue," she said.
"That's smart," Trevor said as they had begun to walk inside the mansion. "Want company?"
"No, I'll be fine, but I'll meet you for a meal later, if you're willing," she offered.
"Alright, in about two hours?"
"Sure," she said and with a final peck, they went on their separate ways. It was beginning to kill her to lie to him. It had, for some reason, always felt wrong, but as she got to know him better and realized her true feelings, it was becoming harder and harder to keep up the charade.
She opened the doorof the library to a familiar scene. Not much over a month ago she had come to this very room, to find information. Lucky for Felicite, the place was deserted as before, perfect for searching through off limit archives. She crept over to the locked room, which had obviously not been repaired since Selene's visit, so there was no need to pick the lock this time. Walking carefully inside, she found it relatively unchanged, except some books were out of place and the wooden box she had picked open before had its glass window brpcken in. 'This has Selene written all over it,' she thought remembering how her old friend had no patience for being discrete when on a mission. She grabbed the book she had flipped through on her last visit. Knowing taking more than one book at a time made the risk of being discovered greater. She quietly crept out of the forbidden library into the legal one. She hid the huge book in a random chair, in hopes that if someone joined her they would not see it, and went to find the books she had told Trevor she was actually looking for. They were not too hard to find. There were four volumes, each a good six inches thick, sitting on the shelf not too far from the door. It was then that an idea hit her. She grabbed the last two volumes and hid the more recent one with her other find while she took the older volumeinto the "locked" room. There she hid it in a stack that was lying on the table from when Selene had been there, so that it would seem that there was nothing missing. As fast as possible, she snuck from that room again and picked up her other books. She decided that "studying" in her room would be safer and more comfortable then sitting in the very public, although rarely visited, library.
She returned to her room and quickly hid the book with the vampire seal on it in her on drawer, underneath a few pairs of jeans. Then she sat on her bed and did as she said she would try to find a trend in the lycans tactics. She new it was futile, but it would make it seem like she was still loyal to the coven. Plus, Trevor would surely want to know what she had learned and lying could be avoided, it was preferable.
The time flew by and she had found almost nothing. Starting at the back, she had noticed a progressive move towards the city, specifically towards Ordoghaz. But that was explicable in the whole plot Lucian and Kraven had devised to over through the Vampire Government and end the war. It was beginning to be apparent that going back even farther was the only way to find anything. She flipped farthertowards the frontof the book, to find a better starting place, when she discovered a note stuffed in between those pages. With a furrowed brow, she picked up the letter, preparing to read it. But before getting a chance, her alarm went off letting her now that it was time to meet Trevor. She cursed her bad timing, stuffed the old crumpled letter in her pocket, and left to meet Trevor.
"Hey," he greeted, apparently having been waiting for her.
"Sorry, just got a little involved," she said as she walked up. He kissed her and she pulled away, a little surprised. "Trevor," she whispered.
"What?" he asked, genuinely confused.
"Not here, everyone will see," she said.
"That is the point ofpublic displays of affection," he joked, going to kiss her again.
"Refrain," she said, moving her head to avoid his kiss. "This will make them think there is something between us."
"I thought there was," he said, hurt in his voice.
"There is," she comforted quietly. "But if they know, I worry what they might do?"
"Like what?"
"Pull us apart. They will think I'm not good enough, or that our relationship will cloud our judgement" she confessed.
"That's crazy. Relax. I won't let it happen," he said with smile. She kissed him in thanks. This time he was surprised, but when he recovered, he began to lead her into the dinning room.
After they had eaten, she returned to her room, exhausted after a long day. Putting the book she had left out, away, she got ready for bed, when a knock came at her door. She smiled; assuming it was Trevor and opened the door, a playful look spread across her face. But when she peered outside the door, Trevor was not the one looking back at her.
"I hear you were kissing Trevor today," the woman purred.
"What do you want Erika?" she asked, her playful smile vanishing the moment her eyes locked onto the vampiress.
"I want nothing," she said. Felicite eyed her, unsure what her real purpose was. "Marcus does."
"Why?"
"Don't know, just wants you," she said, her tone showing how much she found it funny that the girl was, most likely, in trouble.
"Fine," Felicite said, closing the door and hastily getting dressed. She reopened the door to find Erika still there. "Yes?" she asked irritably.
"I was instructed to personally escort you to him," she explained happily.
'Well she got what she wanted, a chance to be with the powerful,' Felicite thought, shuttering to think how she managed it. The unlikely pair walked purposefully down the halls to Marcus' office. With a large swallow and a big breath, she opened the large cherry doors to confront the elder. "You wanted to see me, my lord?" she asked, kneeling before him, never looking up.
"Rise," he ordered. She did as commanded. "I wanted to know how the information gathering was coming?"
"Not well I'm afraid my lord," she said, fear of being punished welling up in her stomach.
"I see, so I assume you found nothing on your trip tonight?" he pried.
"No sir," he answered. Although he wielded more power than Trevor, she felt it easier to lie to him.
"Well, may I ask where you went tonight?"
"Statue park. According to my one informant, there was a weapons deal suppose to happen there, but they never showed," she said.
"You went alone?"
"Yes, I felt being alone would make it easier to follow them home," she lied. She had not expected this from Marcus, but from Trevor, yet he never questioned her. "I guess they just decided not to come."
"Or they caught wind of your plan," he deceptively accused.
"If so, I am unsure how," she retorted respectively.
That answer, although not truly satisfying him, obviously told him he was not getting what he wanted out of her tonight. "Very well you may go," he said, dismissing her.
"Thank you my lord," she said.
"And by the way, if you wanted to keep a relationship secrete, kissing in the main entrance hall is not the way to do it," he commented.
"How did you know?" she asked, turning back and actually looking him in the eye, although not for long.
"I saw you two," he said.
"But how did you know I wanted to keep it quiet, sir?"
"I over heard," he said, as if it were obvious.
"Of course. I am sorry to have asked such a silly question," she apologized. "I will go now. Sleep well my lord."
"And you, Felicite," Marcus returned. She walked from the office, glad to see Erika gone. But Marcus' words still lingered in her head as she walked, "I over heard". 'It was all true then,' she thought. Having earlier that day claimed to the lycans that Michael was not the only hybrid, but had no definitive proof. She had gone on instinct and a prayer, but she was right. 'No one could have over heard what I said. No one was close enough, unless they had better hearing than a normal vampire, a hybrid's hearing,' she concluded.
She continued towards her room, planning to talk to Trevor about some things tomorrow.
It had been a long day as Selene returned to her room. It had only been a little more than a month since she confirmed her pregnancy and told the pack, but still, what Talon had said was beginning. She felt sick almost all the time, although had not actually thrown up, frequently. Felora had told her it was natural and when her sister had been pregnant all those years ago, she had too, but she worried that it wouldn't stop, and she would be sick forever.
She pushed the thoughts aside as the opened the door to her and Michael's room. He was not there, but that was usual. The lycan's had been allowing her early nights since finding out, but in return, made Michael work twice as hard. She felt bad, but he said he didn't mind. He had been perfect so far, just as Felicite had said he would. Selene had worried that the idea of being a father would have spooked him, but Felicite had had faith from the beginning that he would be excited. He was supportive and even more affectionate since learning that she was carrying his child. It was nice but a little strange.
Selene sat down on the bed, remembering the constant turmoil in her stomach. She sighed and lay back, hoping that with a moment of rest, the constant ill feeling would just go way. She heard the door open so she lifted her head to see Michael coming in.
"Hey babe," he said, a smile spreading across his previously melancholy face.
"They let you off early. Usually, you are still there, training with someone," she commented, sitting up.
"Yeah, well. I guessKaza felt bad after almost dislocating my jaw," he mentioned, massaging his still sore jaw.
Selene couldn't help but let out a small laugh at his expression. "You'll learn," she said. She touched her stomach as a bad wave of nausea swept over her.
"You okay?" he asked coming over and sitting next to her on the bed.
"I'll be fine," she assured as the wave subsided.
"Not feeling much better today, huh?"
"Not really," she confessed. He reached out and began to massage her shoulders. She relaxed at his touch, and reveled in it. She let out a happy sigh.
"Better?" he asked, continuing to allow his fingers to work over her shoulders.
"Yes," she answered. "Thank-you." She looked over her shoulder to silently tell him, he could stop.
He gave her a smile as she got up and walked over to dresser and pulled out something to sleep in. She walked into the bathroom to shower, leaving Michael alone in their room.He got up and got dressed for bed, too lazy to shower after the long day.
For once Selene had not taken an hour shower, emerging a mere 20 minutes later, to find Michael in bed, lying on his back, staring up at the ceiling. "What are you looking at?" she asked walking over to the bed.
"Nothing," he said, as she climbed in next to him."Just thinking."
"About what?"
"How much I love you," he said, turning and kissing her forehead. She smiled, but it quickly faded. She jumped out of bed, running to the bathroom once again. Michael jumped up and followed worried for her. He found her on her knees with her head over the toilet. He held back her hair, as she mainly dry heaved since she had eaten nothing all day. He stroked her back tenderly, before she sat back, almost in tears. He sat behind her and pulled her into his lap.
"Still so in love?" she asked, whipping a small bit of spit from the cornerher mouth.
"Very much," he said whipping the tears that were beginning to well up in her eyes. She smiled at him as she lay back against his chest. That was how they fell asleep, Selene in Michael's lap, his arms wrapped securely around her.
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