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AN: This story is dedicated to my Good friend Kayleigh in celebration of her 18th Birthday.
Eternal Kiss
"Who started the War?" Michael finally asked, breaking the uneasy silence that he and the Vampiress had been sharing for little over an hour as he looked from the silver plated torture instruments that rested on the tray beside him. An almost forgotten warmth begging to spread through his lower body as he couldn't help but admire the way her tailored, black spandex bodysuit complemented and adhered to the feminine contours of her body.
"They did, or at least that's what we've been lead to believe. Digging into the past is forbidden." Selene explained while watching with an almost bored interest as the darkened back streets of Budapest were pelted with heavy sheets of rain; her mind desperately seeking any sort distraction from the captivating Lycan who was sitting just meters away.
It wasn't that he was particularly unpleasant to observe, in fact his western frame and muscular build made him quite the reverse; and that was exactly her problem. She was a vampire, a death dealer and in all probability she will have to kill him within the next 48 hours; so what good would come from allowing herself to become infatuated?
However, against her better judgement; Selene found herself chancing a glance in the newly turned Lycan's direction. Yet it only made her mouth run dry, fore she saw that the cotton of Michael's tight fitting T-shirt was still damp from when he had been standing outside Ordoghaz in the pouring rain and was still clinging to his muscular torso like a second skin.
Although he was now a Lycan, Selene knew that the transformation wouldn't have affected Michael's physique so quickly so she could only guess his athletic build was a souvenir from his days in college; he certainly bore a deal of resemblance to what the American youth of this age would call, a 'Jock'.
Taking in the sight of his broad shoulders and powerful arms, the Death Dealer couldn't help what might have happened if she had met him six centuries earlier; maybe Victor would have allowed her to turn him so he could put such impressive assets to good use in the war. Maybe he could have been her partner...
Realising just what she was considering, Selene had to stop herself as thoughts such as those would lead to nothing but trouble and if any of her fellows found out she had even been considering such a thing about a Lycan; well Kraven would finally have a reason to lock her in Ordoghaz for the rest of her eternal life.
Fortunately for the Vampiress, she was saved the risk of her treacherous mind conjuring up any more ludicrous thoughts by a most unusual ally. Managing to pull her attention away from the sight of Michael and back to the window; she saw to her amazement that the sky was almost a light shade of purple.
Was it possible it could almost be morning? Had they really been sitting in this room now for almost half the night?
Failing to believe even her own eyes, Selene turned to look at the clock hanging on the interrogation chamber's wall where she saw that it was indeed less than an hour away from sunrise.
"Five O'clock, I'd better get back to Ordoghaz before I'm missed." She said before quickly walking across the room and to the door, doing her best as she did to not look at Michael for fear of suddenly changing her mind.
"What about me?" Michael asked while standing up from his anything but comfortable chair and doing his best to block Selene's path.
"Victor will know what to do..." She tried to assure him, yet even Selene found the words hard to swallow fore there was not a soul in the coven who did not know of the Vampire Elders legendary hatred for the Lycan Race. Indeed, there were some who even believed that Victor once had a son who had been killed by the beasts and that was why he harboured such ill feeling for them.
Although this was just one of the many rumours that floated between the inhabitants of Ordoghaz and Selene had put no more stock in it than she had any of the others, she did know there was a chance Victor may immediately order Michael's execution the moment the Word 'Lycan' comes up.
Still, if she could plead her case he may grant the American sanctuary until the truth about Lucian and Kraven came out.
"I'll be back tomorrow."
However, Michael was not satisfied with her answer and using a speed he did not know he possessed; reached out and clasped Selene's wrist in grip that was harder than iron.
"No, I want to go with you!" He urged while unwittingly pulling Selene closer. Although he was use to hospitalities and some other unpleasant places which reeked of death, this torture chamber was defiantly somewhere he did not want to spend an entire day; especially by himself.
However, with every step that brought them closer together; the more the American began to notice about the European beauty. Her scent for example, was intoxicating and so unlike those which belonged to women he would usually meet in the running of his day to day life. There was no stink of disinfectant or the reeking odour of an overpowering perfume around her, only the tangy aroma of what he guessed to be Gunpowder hidden beneath a sheet of fragrances that reminded him of the forests he grew up in.
Yet, what Michael really found so amazing about the Vampiress was her eyes; never before had he seen eyes like Selene's. Although a blazing shade of cerulean, they seemed to bare more resemblance to the raging waters of a tropical sea as emotions the likes of which he had never seen shone within their depths; almost like they were calling him into their captivating abyss.
Selene however, was suffering from a very different kind of intoxication.
When Michael had first grabbed her arm, she had had to fight the natural reaction of reaching for the gun at her hip. Yet, as he began to pull her closer; something other than the desire to kill hit the Vampiress. A sensation the likes of which she had not felt in centuries, not since a way of safely storing blood was first conceived.
Hunger...
She could smell Michael's blood and as their proximity grew, so did the delicious, coppery fragrance of his life giving fluid. Although the cloned blood she was now obligated by the laws of the coven to feed on was fine, it was the same to her as surviving only on bread and water was to a human; it just couldn't compare to the sheer luxuriousness of the real thing.
Almost entranced by its heavenly scent, Selene could feel her mind slipping into a cloudy haze as she began to freely walk into his embrace; her heart practically skipping every other beat as she inhaled more of the enticing aroma that made her mouth water.
So enveloped were they within their own misty worlds, it was hard for either to tell just who had made the first move yet it didn't matter much, for soon their lips were sealed together in a passionate embrace.
'By the Elders,' Selene moaned, instantly becoming addicted to the foreign sensation of the Lycan's rough lips being pressed against her own.
'She tastes like...Strawberries?' Michael mentally observed while all but attempting to drink the Vampiress dry through the kiss and relishing in her surprisingly sweet flavour. This was something he had wanted to do ever since he first saw her in that Budapest Station, just days ago when all he ever had to worry about was if he'd be able to stay awake during a life or death operation and had no idea that a secret war taking place beneath the city's streets.
Life had seemed so simple back then yet if he could spend the rest of eternity kissing this gorgeous European beauty; well then being exposed to this new world would defiantly be worth its hardships.
Unfortunately, just because he and she were robbed of their mortality didn't mean they were free from their biological need for oxygen but so wrapped in their own passion were they that neither immortal could remember this until they were quite literally starved for it; and only then did they break the sensual contact.
Almost gasping for breath, Selene had to fight the urge to collapse as she tottered from side to side before resting her head against the equally breathless Michael. Whether by desire or just simple oxygen starvation, her mind had been enveloped and for the first time in over half a millennium, she found herself unable to even consider the war that had left her an orphan so very long ago.
Only when she suddenly felt the warm touch of Michael's surprisingly calloused fingers on her chilled skin did the Vampiress wake from the haze and quickly remembering just who it was she had just kissed; Selene did her best to try and separate herself from the overbearingly insistent Lycan.