<span style="color: #BF0000"> Serene was not at all surprised by the kiss, she half expected it and completely enjoyed it. And then he spoke those silly last words and Serene couldn't help but laugh at what Shen had just said. It humored her really. "I'm sorry, but vy vould I possibly go after someone else ven I took ze time and effort and mercy on 'our own soul so I could 'ave 'ou and keep 'ou forever?" She stopped laughing then and looked at him with all seriousness. "I chose 'ou. I vouldn't turn my back on fate." She stepped away from him then, walking backwards with her look of cunning seduction. "'our room is up ze stairs and down ze vest ving. Ve vill sleep togezer ven I know 'ou vill stay. Dinner vill be thru zese doors." She gestured to big wooden doors under the stairs. "I vill see 'ou zen.<br/><br/>She left him there and went to her own room in the East wing. She walked down the hallway and was already craving a sweet taste of her new lover. In time she kept telling herself. He would want her, he wouldn't be able to resist her. Then she wondered what Javert was up to with this Luke person. She shrugged it off, "I'll vorry about zat in ze morning." Then she remembered Devia and was ready to go finish their talk but realized she needed to rest a bit so continued to her room. She walked through the door of her room in somewhat of a daze and then she went to the vanity and took off the heavy cape she was wearing, uncovering her slimming and oddly revealing dress. She looked in the mirror, wishing she could see herself once again and noticed an imprint on the bed. Selene turned around quickly and saw the man that had been awaiting her revival. "Shayzl." She said it calmly, as if his presence hadn't surprised her. "It's been a long time, I thought zat 'ou vere dead. Or maybe zat vas a dream." </span>