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Watch Yourself

Chapter Four

No sooner than Thomas had spoken a scream sounded, piercing the air. Gun fire issued and Selene and Michael jumped into action while Thomas backed away at the sound.

Selene pulled her pistols from their holders and kicked the door open with her foot. It slammed into the wall by the time the two had launched themselves into the fray. lycans surrounded them from all sides and without a second thought Selene squeezed the trigger of her guns at each one that crossed her path. Close behind her Michael had transformed, eyes became dark as night and skin darkened to an inhuman coloring. The sharp talons that protruded from his fingers slashed and ripped the throats of the lycans that got too close to his lover.

Minutes later, the last lycan fell dead. Thomas came crawling out of the hole he hid in during the fight and took in the damage. He looked around in shock at the blood and carnage that covered every viable surface of the main room. It was worse than the day before.

Selene approached him and holstered her guns. She gave Thomas a look that made him shrink away from her in fear. "You should really implement some sort of security system.

Michael appeared at her shoulder, pulling the zipper to his jacket up to his chin. "Preferably one that doesn't include us and our family as part of it," he added, running a hand through his hair. Selene nodded her agreement and took her lover's hand in her own. "We have enough security issues as is."

Thomas opened his mouth to speak but closed it a moment later, rethinking his decision. He would be a laughing stock if he asked for their help. It was no secret that he didn't like Selene and all of them. Hate would be the word that others would use when associating the vampiress and her lycan lover to Thomas.

It would make him look weak and desperate. Which he was.

But he would never tell anyone that. Especially not them.

The vampire Elder gave the two a wan smile. "You are correct, lycan. Perhaps I should get some of my experienced fighters to train a few of the others. I don't even know why I called you here in the first place."

Michael bristled at his offhanded remark, ready to give the righteous vampire a piece of his mind, but Selene squeezed his hand in warning and held him back. "Then perhaps you should not have called us early this morning and disturbed our entire household from their slumber if you did not needed our help," she replied coolly holding Thomas' gaze with her dark eyes.

He nodded in agreement and gave the duo another wan smile. "You're right," he murmured mustering up enough dignity to sound somewhat sincere.

Michael eyed the vampire and realized that's all that they would get out of him. "Then you won't mind us leaving." It wasn't a request. Thomas gave them a strained smile and swept his arm towards the staircase that led back up to the surface, eyeing the blood and bodies that surrounded him once again.

"Be my guest."

Selene kept her face expressionless at that remark unlike Michael who didn't bother to hide his grimace. As if I would ever want to be his guest he thought to himself.

The two lovers took their leave and quickly went up the stairs. They were back on the road minutes later.

"He is still as cowardice as he was when I first met him. David makes him look even more weak and foolish than he already is," Selene said taking a curve in the road sharply. Michael nodded and focused on the road in front of them.

She was right. David was rarely scared of anything and would never run from a fight.

They rode in silence for a few more miles until the phone began to ring. Selene and Michael shared a look before she pressed a button on the steering wheel and answered the call.

"Mom?" Eve's voice whispered through the speakers. She sounded shaken up.

Selene's brow furrowed in confusion. Her daughter rarely ever sounded like that. She was usually so strong like her mother. "What's wrong, sweetheart?"

A strangled cry echoed around the car before they heard Eve's voice again. "Quiet, Tanis," she murmured away from the phone. "Mom, can you and Daddy just come home as soon as possible?"

Michael tensed in his seat at the blatant anxiety in his daughter's voice. "Eve, honey, what is it? Is it Adam?"

There was a pregnant pause as the two waited for their daughter's response. Selene gripped the steering wheel tightly until her knuckles strained against her skin when an agonized howl hit their ears. The cry continued for a moment longer until they heard David's voice yell above the clamor.

"Damn it, Tanis! Shut the fuck up!" The crying ceased immediately.

A soft sigh was heard before Eve spoke again. "No, it's Erazebet. A pack of lycan_s attacked the manor and they took her." Selene and Michael shared a look at her words.

"They took her?" Michael asked incredulously. "What would they want with her in the first place?" It was an unspoken fact that it was more likely for everyone else in their household to be the one kidnapped.

Eve gave another soft little sigh. "I don't know, Daddy. They just snatched her and took off."

They feel silent as Selene cruised along the winding roads. "What do you want us to do, Eve? It's going to take us a few hours to get back."

"Just-just get back as soon as possible. Tanis won't stop crying and David's getting really angry at him. He's ready to throw Andreas off the property if he wakes up Adam."

Selene frowned at that. "Okay, sweetheart. Your father and I will see you in a few hours. We love you."

"Love you, too," Eve replied before hanging up.

Selene glanced at her lover and he gave her a slight nod in response. She gave him a wide smile before shifting gears and pressing her foot on the gas until it touched the floor of the car. Immediately the little sleek sports car shot forward down the road.

As they continued on their way back to the manor, a thought occurred to Michael. "Did Eve say that Tanis was crying?"

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