Chapter 172: My time with this body is almost up...
Selene POV
Kragen walked up to me and took both of my hands, our gazes met and held. The body of the woman he was in had blue eyes... not the bluest eyes I’ve ever seen but with him inside of her... it felt creepy.
"Listen to me, Selene..." he sighed squatting in front of me "You cannot bail out of me, now...that day I gave you the option to choose and believe me if you had chosen to have your babies who had barely formed as pups go, we would not be here having this conversation. You’ll find a perfect man, have tons of babies with him and everything will be alright. You choose this path, Selene and that’s because of that maternal instinct to protect your pup,".
"Don’t blame me for your shortcomings, Kragen," I hissed "You sold this idea to me and you fucking didn’t tell me how difficult it was going to be. This... since I met you there’s never a day I’ve rested. Everything is working against me... you... time... every fucking thing. Now, I am tired and I’m sorry I failed and couldn’t keep the end of the bargain. Just kill me and let the pact be settled,".
"You mean kill Maeve and Vina?" he asked slowly rising "They’re the reasons I turned the tide for you... I committed a grave sin against nature by sparing their life and killing another in their stead. I unbalanced the natural order of the universe and the only way to balance it is to kill them and not you. So," he shrugged "If that’s what you want.... I can...".
"Stop...stop..." I cried "Fine... I’ll do what you want but I cannot compete with Brooke now that she’s pregnant. Noah has wanted a baby for the longest time and would not pay attention to me now that she is with his child. It’ll not be easy to get him to do what I want again. So, I don’t know,".
"I did have a conception dream," Kragen placed a hand on his jaw as his eyes dimmed in thought "It’s just that I couldn’t see who the woman was. Anyways, you have to confirm if she’s truly pregnant. There are lots of ways to forge pregnancy tests these days and it’s disturbing. Our world is slowly copying all the evils done by humans or I could make the baby die and...".
"No!" I shook my head giving him a hard stare "That baby is innocent. Its only crime is to be mothered by someone like Brooke. It’s not at fault, so please leave the baby alone. I’ll think of something else. But what you could help me do is brainstorm ideas on how to be in favour of Noah. I agree I let my emotions get the better of me today and now that I see it, I shot myself in the leg again. But I’ll look for a way,".
"Yes," he nodded "And one of those ways is not to get Brooke fired. Noah still has a thing for Brooke in his heart... a weakness because she was his first and was a good first. So, he doesn’t love her nearly as much as he does you but he could if you keep putting the spotlight on her. You need to learn to control your emotions better, Selene. For you to conquer this family, you need to make them be on their toes around you and that means, not reacting to everything they say. Your silence is your power,".