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_{observing   the   chuckle   that   passed   her   lips   quietly,   lucian   had   to   stiffle   a   thorough   grimace   as   she   once   more   attempted   to   connect   them.         ❛           my   lycans   watched   you   deliver   the   head   of   their   supposed   leader.   putting   the   pieces   together   does   not   sound   too   difficult.           ❜         especially   as   there   was   no   amelia,   his   fault,   no   viktor,   selene’s   doing,   and   no   marius   —   just   as   there   was   no   william   due   to   the   woman   and   her   mate.         ❛           i   once   could   without   worry   to   a   companion…   but   he   is   dead   now.           ❜         as   was   michael   with   selene.}

❛ their leader killed michael. i have no remorse for what i did to marius. ❜   words are hissed, normally brown hues lighting up an electric blue as her previous inviting demeanor turns dark.   ❛ marius was using one of our own to his advantage, filling her mind with lies. ❜   truly, though, selene hardly knows if there was love or not between the lycan alpha and alexia, but such a thing matters not now. after all, they’re both dead.   ❛ we’ve both lost more than we care to admit in this war, lucian. that’s why we must work together, put others in their place if they attempt to defy us. ❜   the elder harbors no ill feelings towards the man before her, but that does not mean that he doesn’t despise her for his own reasons. she may not have swung the sword or pulled the trigger when it came to lucian’s supposed death, but she hadn’t helped either.

LUCIAN — CHAINGIVEN.

_{to   share   the   pain…   was   that   what   she   was   hinting   for?   after   centuries   of   hoarding   his   emotions   inside,   gritting   his   teeth   in   pain   from   the   ache   in   his   chest,   lucian   wasn’t   sure   if   he   could   unleash   that   creature   inside   of   him.   eyebrows   merely   knitting   and   head   tipping   downwards,   the   lycan   king   gazed   at   the   floor   for   a   long   moment   as   he   pocketed   his   hands.         ❛           what   you   could   expect   them   to   share…   there   are   three   new   elders   within   your   walls,   you   as   one   of   them.           ❜         wary   eyes   flashed   to   the   white   in   her   hair.}

          the mood between them changes quickly, selene’s own defensive demeanor lessening at what the lycan before her says.   ❛ — i’d say i’m surprised your kind know about my own, but that would be a lie. it seems as if our kind… fraternize more often than we’re aware of. ❜   an almost bitter chuckle follows, selene’s gaze meeting lucian’s own before she goes on.   ❛ you and i should know better when it comes to such a thing, wouldn’t you say? ❜   things between the two of them have never been civil, for the vampire elder had been fed LIES more than she cares to admit. things are different now, though, and in her newfound knowledge selene is striving to make amends; maybe even allies.

LUCIAN — CHAINGIVEN.

_{it   felt   unusual   for   him   to   stand   here,   communicating   with   a   vampire   —   an   elder   —   after   the   repetitive   actions   of   going   for   their   throats   for   centuries.         ❛           our   time,           ❜         he   repeated,   a   grimace   pulling   at   his   lips;   her   peacefulness   had   once   been   when   his   kind   were   forced   into   slavery   by   hers.         ❛           is   that   what   you   are   trying   to   do   selene?   recreate   our   time?           ❜         somehow,   lucian   suffocated   the   urge   to   go   with   his   instincts   and   pounce.   he   let   go   of   a   breath,         ❛           i   merely   had   to   come   see   if   what   my   clan   told   me   was   true   or   not.           ❜}

          selene hardly appreciates the lycan’s tone, eyes a bright and DANGEROUS blue as words fall from her nude pout.   ❛ hardly. our time was a violent and disgusting one. — you and i are all that remains of it. i was going to say that it’s nice to be in the presence of someone who knows what it was like. ❜   though lucian knows better than anyone what it used to be like, selene doesn’t back down.   ❛ and what exactly did your clan say? ❜

LUCIAN — CHAINGIVEN.

_{perhaps   if   he   were   a   beast,   it   would   be   more   noticable   when   even   his   hackles   fell.         ❛           i   imagine   it   could   be   attributed   to   your   mate   —   his   bloodline   especially;   that   is   what   i   have   begun   to   claim   it   as.           ❜}

          lips thin at the mention of michael, for it’s been years since she’s seen him. truth be told, selene has begun to lose hope of ever finding her mate again.   ❛ — it’s nice to see that you aren’t dead. i was beginning to believe i was among the last to survive from our time. ❜   though lucian is older, they’d both been part of a more peaceful time, one with not nearly as much fighting. gaze averting slightly, the newly made elder rights herself and looks back upon the gifted lycan.   ❛ why are you here? ❜

LUCIAN — CHAINGIVEN.

_{to   be   fair,   his   opponent   had   a   point.   hefting   a   sigh,   he   dropped   his   hands,   proceeding   to   cant   his   neck   and   narrow   his   eyes.         ❛           there’s   always   a   chance   i   could   survive   it…   again.}

          he has a point, selene’s lips thinning as the weapon is lowered and holstered at her hip.   ❛ — how DID you survive, lucian? ❜

LUCIAN — CHAINGIVEN.

_{tight   lipped   smile   forms   as   reply,   hands   flashing   up   in   a   form   of   passiveness,         ❛           only   if   you   care   to   put   down   your   weapon.           ❜}

          ❛ and why would i do that? ❜   selene is unwavering, eyes narrowing at the previously believed DEAD lycan.

          ❛ — i don’t recall seeing you rise from the dead. care to tell me how you’re still alive? ❜   selene aims her weapon at the lycan, a slight smirk upon nude pout.

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