11 Side Story-I: Marcus X Selina

<Selina's POV>

"Anyways my name is Marcus Dwight Astrea. The head of the Astrea Family."

The handsome man in front of me introduced himself as I kept watch over his actions while I kept formulating plans for an escape route if things went sideways and honestly it's not the first time for me to be in such a situation.

My life since I have came to my senses have always been hard or rather a tragedy. First my mother in pain committed suicide the reason for which I found later when my father became a drunkard after her death beating me and trying to beat even my sister Maggie until he drank himself to death.

Why? He told me that I was a bastard for I was born to the enemy of the Carabrise Crime Family, Carmine Falcon who took over everything and through a tryst with the Kyle's fathered me obviously by abusing my mother leaving her weak.

At that moment my life turned upside down, knowing that somehow I'm the cause for my mother's suicide left me broken but made me guilty mostly towards my sister Maggie.

Since then I wanted to find if what he said was true or his mere tactic to make me inferior and so I promised myself to find about the Falcone's and if it's true I'll destroy him.

Ever since I made that decision I knew that I had to turn to crime and that happened as soon as I was separated from my sister so I ran away from Spring Hall Juvenile Detention Center off to the streets trying to pickpocket at the circus, facing harassments to get out of situations, getting beaten for trying to steal a potato only to end up working there and learning all I could and then later back to the streets.

And now here I am standing in front of a man that screams danger in every sense but somehow at the same time feels warm at heart.

'Why? We're complete strangers. A minute ago I didn't even know his name.'

"So what should I call you Miss?" I came out of my thoughts when he asked my name and after contemplation I answered "Cat Woman"

"I like that Kitty girl" he said in a teasing heavy voice which left me completely bothered and honestly he's truly a hunk and if right now I was not in a tight situation I sure would have pounced on him.

"Want a drink?" he asked.

Looking at how relaxed he was I knew for sure that it was going to be really difficult to fight my way out of here so I accepted his offer and maybe find the right time to make a move.

"So any reason to target little ol' me" he said sarcastically.

"Well if I knew a big baddy handsome was here I would have targeted you earlier." I teased him in hopes of distracting him using all the things I learned from the streets but seeing I failed I continued "I heard that there's a new big baddy around the block and thought of visiting."

"By a visit you mean to rob me clean" he said.

"My~ how quickly have you figured me out" I said as I walked slowly to him circling around as he calmly sipped from his glass as he took a smoke.

His actions though undermining me somehow sparked an interest in me, to learn what this last 5 minutes of our conversation has caused me take such an interest in him but right now was not the time.

"I would have loved to talk but I have places to go and people to borrow things from." I said as I walked towards the window with him not even trying to stop me but I rather hope he doesn't cause my instincts were screaming to not attack when I was near him.

"See you around handsome."

A few days passed with me thinking at every free time about Marcus and with that the question WHY? What was it that made me think of him even though I was possibly at death's door why I had the urge to go to him and that answer came to me as I finally met him again at Gotham Museum of Antiquities steeling what looked like a antique Winchester rifle which came as a surprise but expected cause he's no good man for sure..

I came to the conclusion that it was the thrill I felt with him near me or rather the increasing pace of my heart beating making me all bothered but still having no idea of the cause for it.

[Hey there,

So this chap though short happens after and between the events of Ch5: Progress and Ch7:Year one. It shows Selina's POV and her brief of struggles in her early life and about how she for some reason is attracted to Marcus despite the threat he possessed to her and her confusion to these foreign budding feelings.

Honestly I have little idea of how it turned out so let me hear it and please don't curse and badmouth unnecessarily making me all depressed over the work I have done ending with a drop.

Cya~]