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Look, i don't want to argue.

Understand that michael is somehow

important to the lycans...

- so now it's "michael"!

- Would you just hear me out?

It's beyond me why you're so

obsessed over this ridiculous theory.

Lucian wouldn't be a bit

interested in a human...

...michael or otherwise.

Wait a minute.

You're infatuated with him,

aren't you?

Now, that's a ridiculous theory.

Is it?

Leave us!

I sure hope you never get

pissed off with me.

Hold on.

Check this out.

Go ahead. Squeeze off a few.

Eject the mag.

You've copied the lycan rounds.

Silver nitrate.

A lethal dose.

They won't dig these out,

like our usual rounds.

Straight into the bloodstream.

Ain't nothing to dig out.

Tell me, kahn.

Do you believe lucian died

the way they say?

- Kraven telling war stories again?

- That's my point.

It's nothing but an ancient story.

His story.

There's not a shred of proof

he killed lucian, only his word.

I've never underestimated

kraven's lust for advancement...

...but viktor believed him

and that's all that matters.

- Where you going with this anyway?

- Nowhere.

Engaging death dealers in public

and chasing after some human...

...was not what i had in mind. You

were told to set up shop and lay low!

Calm yourself, kraven!

The human doesn't concern you.

And besides, i've laid low

for quite long enough.

Just keep your men at bay, lucian.

At least for the time being.

Don't force me to regret

our arrangement.

You just concentrate on your part.

Remember, i've bled for you

once already.

Without me, you'd have nothing.

You'd be nothing.

Of the scores of brave souls

who entered lucian's fortress...

...a single vampire survived:

Kraven...

...who was richly rewarded

for not only setting the great blaze...

...but for returning with evidence

of the lycan master's demise...

...the branded skin,

cut from lucian's very arm.

I've been looking for you.

He's been bitten.

Your human,

he's been marked by a lycan.

- Did kraven put you up to this?

- No.

I saw the wound with my own eyes,

i swear it.

But what about the covenant?

You know it's forbidden!

And ever since he bit me,

i've been...

i've been having these hallucinations

and these delusions.

All i know is, it feels like

my skull is splitting in half.

Okay, so a full-grown man bit you?

Jesus.

Are you sure this wasn't a dog?

I said, it was a man.

It was a man.

- Okay, i got it.

- He was after me.

- And that woman from the subway...

- what woman?

Haven't you been listening to me?

She took me hostage!

All right.

Just... please.

I'll help you get this all sorted out,

all right? I'll be right back.

Let go, michael.

Let go.

Just calm down, okay?

I'm gonna be back in a minute.

- That's a promise.

- All right.

Please forgive me...

...but i desperately need

your guidance.

Kahn wants to see you.

To my knowledge...

...an awakening has never been

attempted by one such as myself.

The elders hold the power to organize

their memories and thoughts...

...into a single, cohesive vision...

...a detailed record of their reign.

I can only hope viktor

will hear my plea.

Please forgive me,

but i desperately need your guidance.

I apologize for awakening you

ahead of schedule...

...but i fear we may all be

in grave danger.

Especially you, my lord,

if left in your weakened state.

For i believe that lucian

is alive and well.

Here. Now. In this very city...

...preparing to hit us

during the awakening ceremony.

Even more disturbing...

...is that if i'm correct...

...it would mean that kraven

is in league with him.

What's so pressing?

Take a look.

Selene!

I want to speak with selene!

Is that michael?

- Is it michael?

- What the hell is going on?

What's happening to me?

I'm coming out.

If you go to him, you'll never

be welcome in this house again.

Now that viktor's awake, we'll see

what he has to say about that.

Get in.

Look, i warned her. I warned her,

but she didn't listen.

- I should've told you sooner.

- Told me what?

Her human, michael...

...he's not a human at all.

He's a lycan.

What?

What's this ruckus?

Never come here again.

They'll kill you.

Why? Who are you people?

Leave us.

Like it or not, you're in the middle

of a war that's raged for 1000 years.

A blood feud between

vampires and lycans.

Werewolves.

Consider yourself lucky.

Most humans die within an hour

of being bitten by an immortal.

The viruses we transmit are deadly.

And if you bit me,

i'd become a vampire instead?

No, you'd die.

No one's ever survived

a bite from both species.

By rights, i'd stop the car

and kill you myself...

- why are you helping me?

- I'm not.

I track down and kill your kind.

My only interest is finding out

why lucian wants you so badly.

Do you know why i've

been awakened, servant?

No, my lord.

- But i'll soon find out.

- You mean when you find her.

- Yes, my lord.

- You must let her come to me.

We have much to discuss,

selene and i.

She has shown me

a great many disturbing things.

Things that will be dealt with

soon enough.

This coven has grown weak,

decadent.

Perhaps i should have left someone

else in charge of my affairs.

Still...

...her memories...

...are chaotic.

There's no sense of time.

Please, my lord,

let me summon assistance.

You're in need of rest.

I've rested enough.

What you will do

is summon marcus.

But he still slumbers, my lord.

Amelia and the council members

are arriving tomorrow night...

...to awaken marcus.

Not you, my lord.

You've been awakened

a full century ahead of schedule.

That b*tch has betrayed me.

Now he knows everything

she's been obsessing about.

Wait.

Are you to be trusted?

Of course.

Meet me in my quarters

in 20 minutes.

It's time i filled you in

on a few things.

I'm seeing these things,

these hallucinations.

They're not hallucinations,

they're memories.

You've been bitten. His memories

have been passed to you.

This is one of the places we use

for interrogations. It should be safe.

- Ziodex industries.

- We own it.

First there was synthetic plasma,

now this.

Once it's approved,

it should be our newest cash crop.

It's cloned blood.

What are these for?

Lycans are allergic to silver.

If we don't get our bullets out quickly,

they die during questioning.

What do you do with them after?

We put the bullets back in.

- How are things progressing?

- We're ready.

Why do you hate them so much?

I've already told you,

we're at war.

So you're just following orders?

Why can't you just answer

the question?

Fine.

Something was in the stable...

...tearing our horses to pieces.

I couldn't have saved my mother.

Or my sister.

Their screams woke me.

My father died outside,

trying to fend them off.

I stood at my door...

...about to run

to my nieces' room when...

twin girls.

Barely 6 years old.

Butchered...

...like animals.

- Jesus christ.

The next thing i knew,

i was in his arms.

The war had spilled into our house.

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