Selena Rose, Daughter of the Moon

Chapter 15

Selena sees the headlights in her rearview mirror as she leaves Dwayne's driveway. She knows it is Gabriel. What is he thinking? Why is he acting like this? It has been four years and more since he broke up with me. I have made it super clear that I am not going back there. She stops for the sign, looking both ways and watching his headlights come ever closer. Seeing a clear spot she guns it and leaves him sitting at the stop sign, blocked by traffic. I know he knows where I live and he will still be able to find me but that felt really good. Of course, probably just really ticked him off a lot more.

Selena shrugs and keeps going toward her house but as she nears the place where she can turn off to head toward her father's she gets a strong urge to go there instead. Gabriel is back there tailing her, it isn't like she is going to lose him. She hits her turn signal and takes the right. Using the voice command on her phone she calls Apophis.

He answers, "Hello Selena, how are you tonight?"

"Hi Dad. Sorry it has been so long, there has been a lot going on. Some of it you just aren't going to believe and some of it you will have to explain."

"Oh? Try me, I believe a lot of interesting things. But explain? That sounds foreboding."

Selena laughs, "Here is the first one, I am on my way to your house right now and Gabriel is following me."

Apophis hisses, "Is he causing you problems?"

"Yes, actually, he is. Dad, he is... I will explain when I get there. He just sped up and I don't like the looks of this." Selena watches the rearview, her gaze flicking back and forth between it and the road ahead.

"How far away are you?"

Selena pushes the gas pedal, easing the speed up to 70. "At this speed? Five minutes, and I will be coming in fast. Could you open the gate now please?" She takes a curve, leaning into it, knowing that only helps on a bike. "I sped up and but while I gain on the curves he floors it on the straights."

Apophis pushes the button to open the gate as he strides out of his office and toward the front door. Spotting one of the guards he stops, "Get a team to surround the front. Selena is coming in fast with trouble hot on her tail." He continues on toward the front door as the man moves to gather the team. "Selena, are you on the drive yet?"

"Yes, I just made the turn. Barely. He just turned in too."

Apophis hangs up the phone, he sees his men are spread out in the yard surrounding the front entrance. Selena's headlights are visible now, the men step into the shadows. She comes to a stop near the door but slightly past her father. Gabriel comes speeding in behind her and rams the back of her truck with his car. Apophis darts over to Selena's door at an inhuman speed and snatches the door off the truck tossing it a few feet away in the drive. Selena is sitting there with her seatbelt still in place, looking a little wild-eyed but no worse for the hit. Apophis reaches in with a shaking hand and gently touches her cheek, "Selena, baby, are you ok?"

Selena shakes her head and tears fall down her face, "If Kya had been with me she would have been in the back seat."

Apophis looks in horror at the back and sees that a toolbox flew out of Gabriel's car and into the truck, smashing the passenger seat forward and it had caught the top of the car seat in the back cracking it and slamming it forward into the seat as well.

He reaches in and hugs Selena, she begins sobbing on his shoulder, "He could have killed my Kya!" Apophis sees his men are helping Gabriel out of his car while he comforts Selena. He is worse for the wear, the airbag hit his face hard and bloodied his nose. It appeared his eyes were swelling shut as well. One of the men walks over, "Sir, should we call the paramedics for him or?" Apophis is silent for a moment, "We should file a report. My daughter will need the report to keep him away from my granddaughter." "Yes sir." The man turns and pulls out a phone as he walks back to join the others.