Chapter 10
The Return of the Prince
Anna awoke early one morning after hearing a knock on her door. It was Top Hat coming to inform her that there was a stranger in the village who had found her brother Prince Velkan. Anna hurried and got dressed, and ran outside and pushed past the Villagers. "Where, is the stranger?" she asked Top Hat. "He is in the Church, Princess, he answered her. She found him, at the front of the Church, he had his head down and his eyes closed as if in prayer. To her Lucian, looked like no more than a wanderer, a drifter. He then looked up to see Anna Valerious, he had heard, of her beauty, but up close she was breath taking. "Where is my brother?" she demanded to know. Lucian answered her in a quiet tone, "My lady, please allow me to show you where I have lain him."
He lead her to the saloon, where he had laid Prince Velkan across the bar. Anna ran to him. "Where did you find him?" she asked him. "Up in the Carpathian mountains, my Lady " he replied.
"He should have killed you, how did you survive?" she inquired of Lucian. Just then Velkan awoke, his breathing was harsh, he looked tired and haggard.
"Sister" he told Anna, "This is Lucian, allow him to stay for awhile, he has the werewolf's bane and is immune to Dracula's curse, he is helping me to control the beast within me."
Anna was still not convinced no one had ever been able to break Dracula's curse except in death. Lucian having read her thoughts simply said, "Yes, Lady I am immune to this Vampire, he is not able to control me, I carry more than the wolf's bane, I am indeed a werewolf."
Anna was upset she did not trust Lucian, she leaned over Velkan, "No brother, please, he has to leave, he is a werewolf he will kill the villagers."
"Anna, sister, I need him he has promised to help me, without him I will turn again, I have gotten rest since I have met him." Reluctantly Anna agreed, but over her shoulder she shot Lucian a hard look, she then lead him outside.
"So, what payment do you want, for helping my brother, there is something in this for you, no?" she asked him sarcastically, "I would just as soon kill you."
Lucian liked her, and he knew it, she was smart and sexy he would not mind a tumble in the sheets with her. Now, this was the attitude to have when dealing with vampires and werewolves.
Lucian crouched down on the ground, and then looked up into Anna's face. "Yes, Princess, there is one thing. It seems that we have a mutual friend in common you and I, and she too is looking for this precious serum. Once she has the serum she will be going back to the coven that she belongs to. Then your brother will forever stay a werewolf, there is only so much I can do for him that is true, but together we can find this cure,"
Anna did not know what to believe, she would discuss this with Velkan she wanted to go after the cure herself. That was before Selene stopped her that night. Now she knows why. All she really wanted was for Velkan to be at peace, even if she had to make the deal with Lucian.