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Watch Yourself

Chapter Twenty

Selene quickly sprinted through the trees on a path diagonal from the manor, leading the beast away from it. After witnessing Dominic's horrific and macabre transformation all semblances of a plan had been wiped from her mind. Her only goal was to keep the lycan away from her children.

The steady, rhythmic pounding of feet against the dried leaves and bracken of the forest floor was her only reassurances that Michael was still behind her. At that moment Selene wished that they shared the same mental link that Eve shared with each of them if only to ease her peace of mind.

A terrible howl tore through the still night air, making the hairs on her skin raise on end. The beast was close on their heels, closer than she had originally thought.

"He's gaining on us," Michael growled out, his voice rough in his transformed state.

Selene nodded once as the trees flew by them in a blurred mess. "I know."

Her mind raced with new ideas, each one morphing into a plan that was eventually scrapped in favor for another when presented with a possible problem. But then she formulated an ideal plan that seemingly had no problems.

Thirty feet ahead of them she spotted the tree marked for the lone path and pushed herself to move faster when she heard the unmistakable sounds of the earth shaking and grinding as the mindless beast pursued them. She took the turn into the clearing at the last possible moment with Michael close on her heels.

The beast blew passed them. Selene quickly turned to face the opening of the small clearing and drew both of her pistols. Michael took his position next to her and they waited.

A beat passed and the monster tore through the trees and underbrush. It paused there for a moment before tipping its head back and baying at the moon. Seeing her chance, Selene quickly began pumping the beast full of silver until the clips emptied.

The bullets seemed to do nothing but enrage the beast further. It charged at her and made to snatch the Death Dealer and tear at her flesh with its immense claws.

Selene quickly reloaded her pistols and before the brute was able to land a blow, she lifted up off the ground and landed lithely in a crouched position twenty feet away. Already the lycan had redirected its attention on Michael and was now attacking him.

Michael met the beast blow for blow but it never seemed to be enough. He slashed and swiped, hoping that he would at least get one strike in. But he didn't, not even with Selene circling behind them and pumping the beast full of silver nitrate.

The lycan seemed to only be irritated by each new bullet, irritated by the blows Michael dealt him.

It was like he was playing with them before going in for the kill.

OOOOOO

Eve ran through the forest, her long hair flowing behind her like a wraith.

She didn't know which direction her parents had gone but she hoped that chosen the right path. The moment she had heard the howl she took off through the front doors, the sound of David's voice calling her to come back following her as she jumped the fence and made her way through the trees.

The thought of her parents in the forest with a madman who wanted her scared Eve.

She knew that her mother's intentions to keep her safe by taking care of the problem herself were in the right place, but after she had heard all of Tanis' stories of what Dominic had been like during the full moon, Eve knew that any of her efforts coupled with her father's strength wouldn't be enough. Eve was faster and stronger than both of her parents. They needed her help, whether they realized it or not.

As she continued to run, the trees and bushes blurred away and were replaced by the sight of a hulking monster that towered over her. Eve blinked and realized that she was seeing through her mom's eyes. Her dad was facing against the beast and it seemed to be winning. Suddenly he was backhanded and thrown up into the air. She sucked in a sharp breath at the sound of her mother's alarmed scream of "Michael!" and took off in the direction of the rapid gunfire that touched her sensitive ears a split-second later.

She blinked and her sight was her own again. The air was still and quiet, and the only thing that she could hear was the sound of her own shallow breaths mingling with the sounds of her mother's pistols. Eve tore through the trees ahead of her and then she was suddenly there.

With her own eyes, she witnessed as her mother pulled out a small hunting knife from the side of her boot. The monster had its back to her, its attention focused back on that of her father's unconscious form on the ground of the clearing. She watched as her mom took a running start and launched her lithe body at the beast.

The lycan screamed in outrage and the next thing Eve knew Selene had been thrown into the air. She landed roughly against a tree near Eve's feet and barely a second later she was back on her feet, her electric blue eyes sharp and her fangs long and prominent from her anger.

Selene made to engage the monstrous beast again. A weight landed on her shoulder and she shifted her attention on the immediate threat. A hiss rattled through her teeth and she turned on the presence beside her but stopped short when she came face to face with Eve.

"Mom," she whispered, squeezing her shoulder.

She pursed her lips and searched her daughter's eyes before nodding, relaxing back against the base of the tree.

Eve gave her a small smile before rising to her feet. She rolled her neck about her shoulders and felt her body shift and transform, the strength rippling through her muscles, as she walked confidently up to the lycan. The beast towered over her and once she was close enough it growled menacingly at her. It through its head back and howled before launching itself at her.

But she was prepared for that.

Eve planted her feet and threw her arms up, grabbing the lycan and digging her sharp nails into the flesh of its limbs. It snapped its jaws at her, rearing its head at her over and over again, hoping to clamp its long teeth into her pale flesh.

They struggled to overpower the other, grappling to be the one in control. Eve shifted her weight with a growl of her own and was able to push the beast back a few feet. It huffed angrily, snapping its jaws at her again, and attempted to push back but was unable to.

She hissed, baring her fangs, and suddenly found herself looking through her father's eyes. He was running with her mom back in the direction of the manor.

"What the hell was that?" she heard him say. "Why did you leave her out there alone? He's almost as strong as Eve, Selene."

Her mom vaulted over the fallen tree on the ground ahead of him as they ran. "I know that, Michael. And if I didn't think she could handle herself I wouldn't have insisted we leave."

They ran another fifty feet before pausing. Michael watched as Selene leapt up onto the top of the silver cage and took position there. She nodded at him and then Eve was looking through her own eyes again.

And then she knew what she had to do.

Eve doubled her efforts easily and forced the Lycan back. She shoved it and sent it flying back thirty feet. Before it could recover, she was already there, tearing at the flesh with her sharp talons. Blood oozed and sprayed her face and clothes, staining her skin red and her clothes black.

The beast snarled and threw her off with difficulty, but she recovered quickly, gracefully twisting her body midflight and landing on her feet. Eve ran headlong at the beast and shoved at it again and again, forcing it out of the clearing. It struggled and tried to stop her, but it wasn't strong enough.

She herded the beast back in the direction of the manor toward her parents. It struggled and snarled, snapping its massive jaws at the hybrid at every chance, hoping to clamp down on her flesh and tear her apart. But Eve would dodge its advances and dig her claws into the already open flesh.

Eventually she saw her dad hovering between the trees ahead of her. The slight incline of his head was the only indication that he had seen her. His eyes flickered upward for a second before focusing back on her. She nodded and with a snarl forced the lycan in his direction. It stumbled backward and landed beneath the cage.

Eve looked up just in time to see her mom cut the rope and send the cage to the ground.

Selene dropped down from the top of the cell and joined Michael and Eve. They watched as the lycan slammed its body against the bars of the cage again and again like a mindless animal, enraged and foaming at the mouth.

"Now what do we do?" Eve asked, pulling the hem of her shirt up to wipe the blood from her face.

Michael frowned as he glanced up at the full moon above them. "Now we wait."

I really need to stop making promises that I can't keep. This story is almost over, maybe one more chapter and I can finally mark this complete.

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