Selene didn't ask about or look at V's tattoos for the rest of the night. He brought them food and she let him feed her from the tray. After they ate, V filled the tub full of warm water and bubbles then puts her in it.
"I have to go out for a bit." He said and Selene glanced up to him from the water.
"Okay, well I guess when I'm done in the tub I'll head home." She said softly and V stroked her cheek gently with his fingers.
"I'd rather you stayed." He said and Selene glanced up to him.
"I'll see how I feel when I get out of the tub." She said and V nodded a bit, then walked out of the bathroom. Selene felt…strange, she wasn't sure what was happening. Something had changed between them in the last couple of hours, and she wasn't sure if it was the sex or her asking about the tattoos. Selene's chest felt deflated and she watched V get dressed through the open bathroom door.
"V?" She said and he glanced over to her as he did up his pants.
"What?" He asked coming to the doorway and Selene looked up at him.
"Do you have to go?" She asked softly and V nodded a bit.
"Yeah it's my turn to go. I'll only be about an hour or so." He said and Selene bit her lip a bit. She knew he fought and killed lessers, the enemy of her kind, but she still worried about him.
"I think I'll stay then." She said softly and V grinned coming over and kissing her softly.
"I had fritz pick up a few things that might fit you, their on the right side of the closet. You should go downstairs; meet some of the others alright?" He said and Selene nodded a bit.
"I will." She said and kissed V before he took off. Staying in the tub for a bit she relaxed and thought about what to do now. They were bonded now; her skin was covered with his scent even though she was in the tub. It wasn't going to come off, and she didn't want it to, but she felt kind of distant from him for some reason. Having sex didn't really change their relationship too much as far as she could tell, but her asking about his tattoos and therefore his past had turned things a bit cold between them. She knew that if she left it would get worse so she got out of the bath, dried off and looked at the clothes he had for her. Picking out a nice sweater she put that on then the jeans she was wearing before. Running her fingers through her hair she went downstairs, nobody was around so she walked around outside for a while not sure what to do. The grounds were lovely, gardens and statues everywhere, Selene wondered into the gym and looked around there. Coming back into the house she looked up as a pretty female came downstairs.
"You must be Selene, I'm Beth." The female said and Selene smiled.
"The queen? Should I bow?" Selene asked and Beth laughed a little.
"No we're not that formal at all. Come have something to eat with me?" Beth said and Selene nodded.
"Yeah that would be great." She said. After sitting down and having something to eat with Beth, Selene relaxed and talked a while with her. Beth wasn't as worried about her male getting hurt because as the King, Wrath didn't hurt anymore. Selene knew it was for the good of their kind that the brotherhood even existed the strongest males bred to fight the slayers that would kill them. Hearing the front door open they both perked up. Walking over to the front door Selene froze, V was coming in limping a bit and holding one of his arms to his chest.
"What happened?" She asked softly and V glanced to her.
"It's not bad, Rhage is going to bandage me up, did you want to come up with me or wait till after?" He asked and Selene eagerly followed him and Rhage upstairs. V sat himself down in a chair by the window and glanced to her.
"It's not going to be pretty." He said and Selene shrugged a bit and came closer. V moved his arm down a bit and Selene could see the bullet wound in his arm.
"You got shot!" She exclaimed and came closer looking at it, V waved her away a bit.
"Just sit down, and let Rhage work, then you can fuss over me." He said as Rhage came in with a bunch of medical stuff. Sighing Selene sat on the bed and looked away well Rhage fished the bullet out and stitched V up.
"Alright just try not to move your arm too much." Rhage said then left and Selene looked at V as the door closed.
"If I hadn't been here would you have called me to tell me that you got shot?" She asked and V looked at her seriously.
"No probably not, it's not something I want you to worry about. Doing what I do I'm going to get hurt, hurt not killed. I kill lessers, they don't kill me. Nothing is going to stop me from coming home to you." V said and Selene looked at him quietly, thinking.
"Then I should move in here, so that I'm in your home when you come home alive." She said softly and V stood up looking at her.
"Are you sure? I thought you wanted to take some time, date get to know each other." He said limping towards her slowly.
"I do…but if you're going to be getting shot and hurting your leg then I'd rather be here waiting for you to come home rather then waiting at home and not getting a phone call." Selene said and V sat down next to her.
"I don't want you to worry about me, if you're here or at your parents or out with your friends. I'm going to take better care of myself because I have you to live for." He said and Selene smiled a little and kissed him.
"You going to take me home then?" She asked and V smirked a little.
"No, you're staying here. I need to feed anyways, I bled a lot." He said and Selene winced a little.
"Ugh I should stay here forever." She said and took off her sweater, then moved onto V's like as he directed her. Leaning her head back she gasped as V sunk his fangs into her neck. It felt amazing; she could feel him sucking gently on her vein as his arms tightened around her. After a bit he stopped and Selene looked up at him, feeling a little tired.
"That's the whole idea you know." He said softly and Selene looked up at him a little confused.
"What's the whole idea?" She asked softly and V chuckled a little.
"Getting you to stay here forever, I mean that's my plan anyways." He said and Selene smirked, moving away from him slowly and laying down next to him on the bed.
"It's a good plan. When should I move in?" Selene asked and V smirked pulling her close and closing his eyes.
"Tomorrow or the day after?" He asked and Selene nodded a little.
The next night Selene was packing boxes and going through her stuff. It was actually taking longer then she thought to pack everything. Her cell phone rang and Selene looked through a pile of shirts until she found it.
"Hello?" She answered.
"Hey how goes it?" V asked and Selene smiled a little.
"It's…slow…I don't know if I'll get it all done tonight." She said and she heard V chuckle.
"Just get as much as you can done in the next hour, I'll be over with the truck and I'll take what you've got then bring you here." He said and Selene nodded a little. She worked her butt off over the next hour and had gotten more done by the time she heard V's boots in the hallway. Looking up from the floor she smiled at him when he came in.
"Hey." He said and leaned down to kiss her. Selene kissed him back and let him pull her up off the floor. After about half an hour they had the truck loaded and were on the way to the mansion. Selene looked over at V, her eyes following the tattoos from his face, down his arm to his hand. She knew they were elsewhere on him, his inner thigh and along part of his cock. She was super curious about them and bit her lip about it not sure how to ask him about it.
"V…will you tell me something about your past? I mean I don't know that much about you." She said and V glanced to her and nodded a bit.
"Yeah after we get these boxes out of here, and something to eat I'll tell you some stuff." He said and Selene got the feeling that he wasn't going to tell her anything, that he was avoiding it. After they got all of her boxes into his room Selene sighed and climbed onto the bed.
"Can we get room service?" She said and V chuckled and came over taking off her shoes for her.
"If you want, why don't you call down to fritz and order well I get in the shower." He said and Selene nodded and called down ordering enough food for the both of them then relaxed on the bed. She was tired and thought about her dreams lately; they were nothing like they were before, just normal random dreams now. V came out of the bathroom just in boxers and Selene smiled up at him.
"Did you order?" He asked and came over laying down next to her and tugging her down against him.
"Yeah, he said about twenty minutes." She said and V grinned at her.
"Perfect, take off your clothes." He said and Selene smirked quickly doing as she was told.