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Watch Yourself
Chapter Thirteen
Selene hugged her son tightly to her chest one last time before they left. He clung to her just as tightly with his arms clamped around her neck in a vise grip. Adam didn't want his mother to leave again so soon after she had returned home. Spending the night with Tanis was okay but he would have preferred to stay with her.
"I don't want you to go, Momma."
"I know, but we'll be home soon, I promise," Selene murmured, placing a kiss on his dark hair. "I love you, Adam."
"I love you, too," he whispered back.
Michael stood beside the two and smiled affectionately at his lover and their son. He adored the way mother and son interacted with the other. It made his heart swell with love for Selene more and more each day when she showed her own love and affection for their two children so freely. He could remember the days when she kept her heart firmly guarded.
Adam hugged his mother for a moment longer before reaching out for his father. Michael gladly took him from Selene as she looked on at the two with a soft smile and hugged him tightly. The two stayed like that for a few minutes longer before Michael pressed a kiss to his son's forehead and whispered exchange of love between father and young son.
Michael placed Adam on his feet and took Selene by the hand. They said goodbye one last time before leaving their son in Tanis' care for the night.
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It was raining heavily as Eve and David sat still and silent on the rooftop of the building across the street from the old office building. Their clothes were already soaked through and Eve was glad she had taken the leather trench coat her mother had offered her earlier in the day.
From their perch on the roof they could see everything from their vantage point and no one could see them. Below them lycans prowled in both human and werewolf forms alike on the street. They didn't seem to be aware of the vampire or the hybrid.
David sighed and slicked his rain soaked hair back from his face. They had been watching for several hours and neither he nor Eve had seen any signs of Dominic or Tryn. It was already nearing midnight.
He glanced at Eve as she brought her digital camera up to her face and took a few photos. "I don't think they're here," he said breaking the silence.
"Neither do I," she agreed. Eve placed the camera back in its case and zipped it back up. "But Mom will be happy to know that we found the den where the lycans have been taking those girls to."
David felt his eyebrows rise at her words in surprise.
For weeks young human girls were being kidnapped by lycans without a trace and never seen again. The local police were under the assumption that the girls were being taken outside of the city but Selene was sure that the lycans were keeping them somewhere in the city. It was the reason why Eve and David had gone to speak with the coven of vampires before all of this mess had started; Selene and Michael had wanted to know if those vampires knew anything about the kidnappings.
It was obvious after the first question that they didn't know anything but they were so in awe of Eve's presence and kept asking her if everything that her parents had gone through was true.
"Are you sure?" David looked around below them, not seeing anything that would lead to assuming that this was where the lycans were taking those girls. All he saw were some lycans standing around doing nothing but scaring off the unsuspecting humans that walked pass at the building this late at night.
Eve nodded, uselessly squeezing the rain from her dark hair before popping the collar of her coat up. She pointed a couple of the lycans out for David to see. "Do you see those two there? They're dressed too nicely and they look clean compared to the ones guarding the entrance."
He nodded and quickly pulled away from the ledge before he was spotted. The police reports had said that the girls were taken from dance clubs and bars and lured away in the night, never to be seen again. The same information came from the little intel they had been able to gather. lycans would have to clean themselves up to be able to blend in with the humans.
The couple stayed on the rooftop for a half-hour longer before leaving. They walked to the opposite side of the building and confidently stepped off the ledge before plummeting the full four stories and touching down on the unyielding pavement of the alley below them. The two landed with the nimble elegance of a jungle cat, their movements so inhumanly smooth and lithe as if they had already been striding quickly away before their boots touched down upon the rain slicked concrete. David and Eve carefully slide into the little black sedan they had waiting and quickly pulled away from the curb without a second glance.
OOOOOO
Outside the city, far out in the dense forest, Selene and Michael sat crouched low in the green foliage hidden from sight. Trees surrounded them from all directions for several miles until they thinned out and met the main roads again. The branches above shielded their bodies from the heavy rain with only the occasional droplet pelting down on their heads.
The hours since they had left the manor were spent in silence as they laid low and kept watch for the lycans that had taken Erazebet. Their efforts seemed to be fruitless with the inactivity from the building and Selene was ready to sneak inside to find the answers she needed before going home for the night. She had been away from her children for too long for the second time that week and she didn't like the feeling of the sharp stinging ache in her chest that accompanied the separation.
Selene made to stand from her crouched position but paused when the sound of a heavy metal door being shoved open accompanied by the grating sound of metal on metal touched her ears. Her keen eyes roamed around until she spotted the light spilling out into the night from the open door on the side of the building. Two lycans stepped out into the rain, leaving the door open behind them. One pulled a pack of cigarettes out of his jacket and lit one before bringing it up to take a long drag and blowing the smoke into the rain. The other leaned back against the side of the building, folded his arms across his chest, and closed his eyes, seemingly ignoring everything around him.
"Damn vampire bitch," the first one growled, taking another drag from his cigarette. "Fuckin' whore spit in my face. Wish I'd of killed her when I had the chance."
The second one opened one eye to look at his fellow pack member. "If you did Dominic would have skinned you alive. You know that he needs her to get to whatever it is that he wants."
The other one nodded in agreement and took another drag from his cigarette. "I know. But I still would've liked to do more than hit her."
"From what I've heard, Dominic is doing more than just hitting her." The lycan made a lewd hand movement and smirked at his comrade before returning to his original position.
The two fell silent and didn't speak again. The lycan finished his cigarette a few minutes later, flicking it out into the rain. A moment later the two walked back inside, the door slamming shut behind them.
Michael looked at Selene and they shared a smile before they started their trek back through the trees.
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