Selena Rose, Daughter of the Moon

Chapter 16

Apophis sits at his desk contemplating the blank page before him. He begins to write:

So much has changed since last night. When I saw Gabriel ram Selena's truck, I was terrified that she would be injured. I never expected to feel that way, she was supposed to be a means to an end. Now I find that I really care for her. This was not part of the plan at all. I still crave my chaos, the sweet bliss of the primordial sea. Only now I find that I do wish to share it with my daughter at least. Perhaps I can find a way to convince her to my plan? If I can get one on board then maybe the rest will be easier to convince. If I can play to the good in them and gain their trust...

This could work and I stand to gain Luna along with my other daughter. It would be more powerful if they lend me their powers or join in with me in morphing all this creation into the primordial sea once more. It will likely take much longer this way but I don't want to lose my Selena. Or Kya. But I would love to take them to my home, the one that was lost to me because I was swimming when the spark of creation hit our ocean again. Are my parents still living? Do they miss me? Wonder what happened? What of my brothers? Have they married? Do they have children I have never met? I miss my home.

The family lawyers should be working on making sure Gabriel has no claim on Kya. However, if they cannot solve the problem then I will. I didn't realize how important my child was to me until I thought I might have lost her. Now I want to rip Gabriel's limbs from his body one at a time. What was he thinking, ramming her truck? I must check on his status. Will they be charging him and holding him till trial or will he be allowed to bond out? Unfortunately I do not think he is a run risk, and I sincerely doubt his parents will aid him. I may set them free soon. It could play to my advantage to do so. I will wait for the right time.

Now, I must work to keep Selena close. She must stay firmly on my side or the entire idea fails and I can't take another failure. I need to go home and in all this time I have not found any other way to get there. There are no portals, no spaceships home for me. I still haven't found the damned creation stone for this planet even! The only way I know to get back is to take this place back to its primordial state.

Apophis sits back from his writing, tears in his eyes thinking of home. The verdant greenery and amethyst hued sky. He would give almost anything to swim those midnight waters once again.

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Dwayne arrives at Selena's father's house, as he pulls up to the front of the house he sees the police tape and the wreckage of the two vehicles. His eyes widen and he pulls up next to the mess, grateful he left Kya and Nathan with Linnette and Hayden. Parking, he hits the button on his seatbelt and opens the door to go have a closer look. He gets to the driver's side door, still gaping as it was left last night with no door and sees the toolbox buried in the back of the front passenger seat. A growl sounds in his throat as his eyes follow the path of the toolbox back, seeing Kya's seat trashed and the window behind it a gaping mess with only small bits of glass left in the track. There are chunks of glass everywhere. Stepping back from the police tape he had been encroaching upon he walks back to Gabriel's car. He sees the shattered glass across the hood and the hole left by the toolbox, the deployed airbag with the blood staining it. He can smell the stench left from Gabriel's sweat. It smells of anger and revenge, but also desire. Disgusted, Dwayne turns away and walks to the front door, worried for Selena because he could also smell her fear. Dwayne touches the button for the bell and waits. Soon the butler opens the door and tells him that Selena is in her room but left instructions for him to come up.