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Watch Yourself
Chapter Two
Selene pressed down on the gas pedal of the little sports car she drove until her foot met the floor.
Michael watched her carefully as they continued down the winding road. He wondered to himself if this drive was going to be like the ones he had experienced in the past. There was the time when Lucian, a once very powerful Elder lycan, had stabbed Selene in the shoulder, resulting in her losing a lot of blood and sending them into the Danube River after refusing his help all of those years ago. Then barely two days later there was the altercation with the newly awakened vampire Elder Marcus who had turned into a hybrid. And to add to that there was the drive that both David and Eve had told him about when he had reunited with Selene; how she weaved the van dangerously in and out of traffic, trying to shake the lycans off of their trail.
His lover proved to be just as formidable behind the wheel of a vehicle as she was in combat. She was dangerous in every way except with him and their two children.
He took his eyes off of Selene after they had shared a look and she slowed down some. Michael stared unseeingly out the windshield and thought of Adam and Eve, his and Selene's two children. He worried needlessly about them.
In the back of his mind he knew that they could take care of themselves. Eve could become terribly dangerous if she were to be attacked, her fighting style a blend of killer instincts and training from her mother. His son on the other hand used all of the raw power in him and backed it up with anger and fear to get the job done.
Then there was David, of course. He would do everything in his power to protect Eve, even if it meant sacrificing his own life. All Tanis would do if they were attacked was offer weapons then hide like the sniveling coward he was until the fighting was done. But perhaps he would fight to protect Adam since he had expressed a strange protectiveness in the boy since the day he was born.
There was also their strange guest who claimed to hate all of them simply because of what they were. But she was a whole different story all together...
Selene stopped the car and looked over at Michael. She grasped his hand in hers and held it to her face, waiting. Several minutes passed until he met her gaze.
"I love you," she whispered.
He gave her a smile in response. "I love you, too." They shared a searing, passionate kiss before meeting in front of the car.
Michael followed Selene toward their destination. When they had gotten the call from David's father in the early hours of the morning, nearly waking the entire household, Michael was surprised at how vehemently David asked Selene to refuse Thomas' plea for help. The young vampire nearly started to argue with her until he saw the warning looks from Michael, Eve, and Selene.
But in the end Selene agreed against his wishes. After all, it was not David's help that Thomas was asking for.
They stopped suddenly at a dead end at the desolate place Selene had led them to. Just as Michael was about to ask her if they were in the right place, Selene knelt down and opened the hidden door in the ground.
When they arrived at the large antechamber that led off to various corridors and rooms, Michael looked around in awe at how lavish the one room was. There were marble floors, expensive gothic furniture placed strategically to maximize space, and a large ornate chandelier dangling over their heads. Vampires sat around them, some glared at them in disdain while others stared in obvious curiosity. He wondered why they chose to continue living underground.
Selene ignored them all and focused on the damage. There were shredded settees that were covered in blood being carried away. Some vampires scrubbed furiously at the floors, trying to get rid of the blood. Others scrubbed at the walls, picking up stray body parts that they stumbled upon.
A female vampire approached the two. She gave them a timid smile and spoke. "Selene, it's nice to see you again."
"Olivia," Selene greeted her. She swept the room once more before focusing on Olivia again. "Where is Thomas?"
The vampire Elder in question appeared a beat later. He approached the two lovers, derision and contempt clear in his eyes. But beyond that there was desperation and anxiety.
Thomas surveyed her, taking in the expensive modern clothes hinting at her Death Dealer past. Selene wore black skintight pants tucked into her leather boots and a black tunic with sweeping fabrics. Dual Berretta pistols were strapped to her thighs and a hint of a silver blade peeked out of the top of her boot.
Coolly, he looked over at her lycan lover, laying eyes on Michael Corvin for the first time. Thomas found him to be rather plain with his light brown hair flopping limply in his eyes and simple garments adorning his body. He wore a simple colored t-shirt beneath a durable leather jacket and a pair of dark jeans with some boots.
Thomas waved the two lovers to follow him to somewhere more private. He brought them into an office of sorts.
Once settled, Selene leveled Thomas' cold gaze with one of her own. "What did you need help with? It seems to me that you have everything under control."
Thomas shook his head sadly, losing his cool demeanor. "No, nothing is under control. We have convened here for over twenty years without a lycan attack after your first visit here. We preferred it underground, molding this place to our desires once you and your hybrid coven reestablished vampire covens and put the lycans back in their rightful place. It was safe here with very few knowing of this location but it seems that it no longer is. They had arrived about an hour before sunrise. When the lycans had killed a handful of us, they retreated. I suspect that they will return."
He looked up and met their gazes. "Tonight."
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