Irena is visiting Aleera in her new and marvelous home.
-------------"The former castle Frankenstein, transformed in castle of dreams.
-------------"I love this life, and I love Stefan and my future motherhood.
-------------"You are full of blessings. I can't be a mother, I never will be.
-------------"Irena…
-------------"I don't want to lose Van Helsing.
-------------"You are not going to lose him, he loves you.
-------------"I know. But he deserves the chance of being a father. I can't give him that blessing.
-------------"What about the adoption?
-------------"Gabriel wishes my happiness; he says that it would be beautiful. But I am not sure. I always dreamed of having a son of my blood. I am afraid of not being able to love it.
-------------"You are a wonderful woman, with beautiful feelings. I know you can give love to an adopted baby. To be a mother is more that to give birth to a baby. A mother is who loves a son of her blood or chosen by her heart.
------------"You put it so easy.
------------"You need time. Only you can decide what is best for your life and the life of the man you love.
Irena needs to take a decision and finally she does it. After several days of analyzing the pros and contras of adopting a baby with Van Helsing, they finally take the decision to do it. One morning, Van Helsing and Irena is in the asylum for orphans of Moldavia. Both are attended by the Mother Superior, the same nun that received the despised babies.
--------------"Good Morning, I am Mother Cecilia; I am in charge of this home for orphans and abandoned children. I must say that this is an honor Mr. Van Helsing. You are a hero.
--------------"Thank you, Mother Cecilia. But the old days are over. I am a normal man now, with a beautiful wife.
--------------"He is a wonderful man. Mother Cecilia, I can't have children.
--------------"Oh, I am sorry.
--------------"We want a family anyway. We analyze and we decide that we want to adopt a baby.
--------------"Boy or girl, that is not a problem.
--------------"But a newborn baby will be best for us. I mean, we adore children but, we really want a baby.
--------------"I understand. Is very common that young couples always look for little babies. But I'm afraid that I have not too many choices. I only have… two newborn girls. They were abandoned by their mothers, despised I must say.
-------------"Despised?
-------------"Why?
-------------"The mothers are young girls, both are sick, I investigated and one of them is missing the other one is in a home for people with mental diseases. But the babies are fine, they are healthy, beautiful.
--------------"Can we see them?
--------------"Of course. Come with me.
In the area of the cradles, two nuns take care of the babies.
-----------"These girls are a miracle.
-----------"I am not so sure about that. They never cry, that is not normal in a newborn baby. Besides, the fact they only cry when we try to take them to the chapel, shock me.
The Mother Superior arrives along Irena and Van Helsing. Irena immediately walks toward the cradles and see the babies.
-----------------"Oh, Gabriel, come to see them!
-----------------"They are beautiful.
-----------------"Her names are Erika and Astrid. They are not baptized but the protocol requires that all the babies acquire a name since the moment of their arriving.
-----------------"Those are beautiful names Mother Cecilia, just like them. Gabriel what do you think?
-----------------"Both are beautiful, I don't know if I can choose, I feel that I can't take one home and abandon the other here.
-----------------"You mean, that you want to adopt them, the two girls?
-----------------"If you agree.
Irena embraces her husband with all her love and happiness.
Weeks later, the happiness entered in the life of the Angelov and Van Helsing family. Aleera has twins; a boy and a girl; Kiara and Allan. Kiara has the reddish hair of her mother and Allan the curiosity of his father. Aleera and Stefan are more in love and very happy with their beautiful twins.
Irena and Van Helsing are very happy with their babies. They sent a letter to Carl, where they give the fantastic news. They want that Carl baptize their daughters.
But, in Bucharest, a story of madness and sadness fills the cold air. In the city, a Mental Asylum takes out the beauty of an old place. Inside, a woman is lost in her thoughts, in her fears, in her memories. She is alone in a room and a priest approaches her.
--------------"Mirka? My name is Father Callahan, I am here to help you.
--------------"I am cursed Father, no one can help me.
--------------"I need to know why you tried to kill your baby. I need to know what you did to her.
-------------"You really want to know?
-------------"Mirka, if you want to leave this place someday, you need to tell me everything, so I can help you with the doctors. You need to heal your soul, your mind and your body.
Mirka is afraid, but she hates the asylum and the idea of leave the place fills her heart with hope, because she wants to leave Romania too.
----------------"I wanted my baby father, my baby was my illusion, until one night, when I saw her, in my room, looking at me, I couldn't move ore cry for help. She was there and she told me that she wanted to live in my baby.
---------------"Who was she Mirka?
---------------"She was the bride of the dark man. She told me that she was the second bride of Dracula. She invaded my body and now she lives in the body of my baby. She killed the pure soul of my baby girl.
The priest is impressed and a little scared.
--------------"My baby has a sister, condemned like her. The mother is crazy like me. I don't know her but I can feel her pain, her pain is my pain.
The priest doesn't know how to help Mirka. What she says is unbelievable, at least for the scientific point of view.
Two years later, the home of Aleera and Stefan is full of beauty and happiness. Their children are healthy, wonderful and full of life. Aleera and Stefan love their life and their children. The passion between them is more than alive, they can't stay apart. When Stefan is working, Aleera is at home with the kids, she loves to stay with them, but she misses her husband with all her heart, and at night, Stefan gives Aleera his love to compensate the hours of absence. Their life is perfect.
Irena and Van Helsing are happy too. But sometimes, Irena is sad and she doesn't know why. The sadness comes when she is near her daughters and that scares her very much. Erika and Astrid are the light of her life, but sometimes she can't feel them in her heart. She feels an invisible barrier between them. Only the love of Van Helsing can make her feel protected and alive.
Mirka is in the asylum, she hasn't changed her version in relation to the birth of her daughter, and that is why she is continues in the asylum.
The other ill mother is in a darker place. She lives in an abandoned house, along with rats, sadness and fears. They are connected by the same pain.
Five years later.
Aleera is at home with her beautiful twins.
------------"Where is dad?
------------"He is working sweetheart. He will be here soon. We can visit aunt Irena, both of you can play with Erika and Astrid.
-------------"I don't like them
-------------"I don't like them either.
-------------"Why not? They are like your cousins.
-------------"Erika is bad sometimes, she says that she is perfect, better than the world itself.
-------------"She says that she has a mission of revenge.
-------------"And she also says that Astrid is part of it too.
-------------"Sometimes Erika says that you were a bad person.
-------------"We don't want to play with them again mommy.
Aleera is very worried now. And she is right. Erika's and Astrid's behavior are far from normal. When their father is at home they act like normal little girls, but when he is not in the house, Erika takes command and puts her mother in a condition of desperation, depression and sadness. Astrid is a silent witness. The soul of Lillith is in a process of evolution inside her new body, she is a child again and that gives her a lot of advantage. In the other side is Astrid, contrary of Erika, she is enjoying her life as a child again, Her rebirth has given her the chance to know a new world and sometimes she doesn't want to spoil her energies and her time in the dark plans of her evil companion. She knows that she must follow her, but inside, the soul of Marishka wants to be Astrid in all the senses. She wants to play outside with the other children, she wants to feel the sun in her face. Now she understands the joy in the heart of her former sister Aleera when she was transformed in a human being. But Erika is always there to remind her that they have a mission to achieve, a pain to revenge.
Erika has long and straight dark hair, deep brown eyes and pale skin, her innocent beauty hides the evil in her soul. Astrid is blond, she has blue eyes and her skin is fair and delicate. Sometimes, Astrid looks at her reflection in the mirror and she is impressed with her new life as a child. Her soul is inside of a stolen body, she is a woman trapped in the body of an infant, with the chance of start a new life but with the obstacle of her evil "sister", who will never let her have a chance of a better life.
Astrid is in front of the mirror again and Erika enters the room.
---------------"What are you doing?
---------------"I see my reflection in the mirror.
---------------"It is impressive that we could see our image in a mirror again. But I miss my ancient body, I hate to be a girl, although it has many advantages. I am amusing myself very much with our " sweet mother ". The waiting is going to be long, but in a few years the things are going to be easier. I am taking charge of twisting the minds of Aleera's children, it is entertaining.
---------------"What supposes that I will do in the future? Perhaps is my function to do what you say and to sit down to attending what you do. Just like in the old days.
---------------" You are my sister, my partner, you are my witness. Without you the fault would chase me. You are my talisman. You moment will come, this revenge is ours. But I am stronger.
----------------"What if Van Helsing discovers who we are?
----------------"Don't be afraid. He is our father now, he can't hurt us. We are "The girls of daddy and the jewels of mommy". We are trapped in these bodies but that is good, they have the enemies in the house, and they love us with their own lives.
Will Continue…