Author's note: Sorry about not having Van Helsing and Anna in here
yet. I promise they're going to appear in the next chapter. I once again
repeat that I do not own Van Helsing, Anna Valerious, her family, Vaseria,
Carl, or any other part of the story relating to the Van Helsing movie. I
forgot to mention on previous pages, but I do not own Lucy Westerna or
Abraham Van Helsing. I also have no ownership of witchcraft in Salem in
the past. Thank you for being patient enough to read this.
Victoria shut her door and ushered Adam to sit at round table made of strong and smooth wood. The chairs were the same strong wood, but they had soft cushions on them. Adam sat down in one of the chairs and marveled at how soft the cushion was. Victoria soon joined him in the chair sitting on the opposite side of the table. "So, what is this request you have?" Victoria questioned.
Adam straightened up and set the records of Ancient Egypt on the table. "Madeline wants to reunite Gabriel Van Helsing with his lost love, Anna Valerious. But, Anna is deceased. Madeline and I request this of you and your coven. Find this Book of the Dead from Egypt, and use it to bring Anna back to life. In return for your services, you get to keep the Book of the Dead." Adam leaned across the table as he spoke.
Victoria let out a dull laugh. "We don't need this Book of the Dead, Mr. Christophen," she told him.
"Call me Adam," he replied leaning back in his chair.
Victoria stared at him. "We do not need the Book of the Dead because we have to powers in our own books to perform resurrections."
Adam pondered over the information. 'What else could be offered for the witches' service? I have to have this work, I have plans to accomplish.' He told Victoria, "Listen, I need you to resurrect this woman. I have plans for her and this Van Helsing."
"Ah, yes, the monster slayer that would kill us on sight." Victoria noted. She had her distaste for Van Helsing when news came to the nearby town that Van Helsing was vanquishing warlocks. Victoria had to keep her coven safe, and Van Helsing was the kind of man who would prevent that at all costs.
"Yes, well, I plan to reunite Anna with Van Helsing for one night. That way, he will not know whether he had a rather passionate dream of her or if she had really been there. Of course, she'll have to be under a trance I am able to cast." Adam said making hand gestures to flow with his tale. "Hopefully, this union will result in a child," he concluded. "A child that I shall keep control over. A power child with monster slaying in its blood from mother and father, and I shall control what monsters will be slain." Adam had to admit his plan was sounding better and better every day. He would never have to worry about a monster slayer ever coming after Madeline or him.
Victoria took into consideration what Adam had told her. A child like that could even be of service to her, especially from its father's pursuit of inhuman creatures. "I have a plan. My coven and I resurrect this Anna Valerious, and you use her and Van Helsing's love to spawn this child you speak of. Then when the child is under your control, the child will protect us as well as serving your own purposes." Victoria proposed.
Adam grinned an evil grin. "I love that plan. So, we have a deal?"
Victoria sent him an evil grin of her own and leaned over the table. "Not yet," she replied. "I have another request for you, since the one you request of my coven is such a large risk."
Adam leaned over the table as well and asked, "Yes," as he enjoyed having her so close. She had the smell of roses, and it drove him crazy because as a mortal, he loved the roses his mother would pick for him.
Victoria traced Adam's face with her lovely fingers. "You and I share a night of passion, or day of passion, if you prefer." Her voice was alluring, and Adam liked the deal even more. He had not let himself feel love or any aspect of the feeling. He decided that committing acts of passion with the beautiful witch would not harm anything.
Adam leaned over and nipped at the skin on Victoria's neck before standing up to stare the witch in the eyes. Her blue eyes were full of mystery, and Adam sought to know the mysterious witch. "I believe we have a bargain," he replied suavely. Tomorrow during the daylight hours we shall fulfill the first leg of our bargain."
Victoria smiled. "Perfect, now go call in some women from the town for your blood thirst. We'll need to sacrifice one for this Anna Valerious. So, we need to examine all the possible hosts."
Adam loved the sound of tasting human blood again because it had been too long since he last tasted the blood of a human. He could barely wait around another moment before replying, "My pleasure."
Adam raced out the doorway and out into the chilly night air. He sent out telepathic waves to put all the young women in Salem in a trance. He could feel their struggle against his mind, but they all succumbed to his power. All arose from their beds and traveled for the forest where Adam called for them. Adam stood waiting for the prey to arrive, and he sensed Madeline at his side. "We have company coming, darling," he told her.
Madeline grinned at him because she, too, had not fulfilled the hunger for human blood. The animal blood sustained life, but it was bitter and cold. The warm, sweet blood of a mortal was what she craved desperately once she knew it was to arrive. She stared up at her father in awe because he had such strong powers, and she envied those powers. 'Someday, I want to hypnotize mortals into flocking to me,' she thought.
Finally, she saw the pale nightgowns of the Salem women. All the women lined up and stood quietly facing Adam. Victoria emerged from her house after seeing the women line up. "Madeline, your papers," she said as she handed them to their owner.
Madeline took the papers and slipped them inside her dress. "Are we to travel to Egypt tomorrow?"
"No, there is no need. My coven can resurrect this woman. But, we must travel to Transylvania where her prye is. I do suspect there is a pyre, or your father would have mentioned her body when I spoke of a sacrifice."
"Superb." Madeline replied.
Madeline waltzed up to the closest woman in line. It was a young woman, who had dark curly hair and dark eyes full of painful years. Madeline planned on feasting upon her blood when Adam intervened. He stepped between the two women and told Madeline, "No, let us use this one as Anna's sacrifice." He ran his hand along her face and felt the pain she'd gone through in her life. "This one is going to hang anyway. She has been accused of witchcraft."
Victoria knew the young woman before the two vampires was not a witch because her aurora was that or a normal human. "She is no witch." Victoria claimed.
Adam nodded in agreement. "Quite true, but she will hang for it no matter her innocence."
Victoria told her coven members, "Ladies, take this women to a house and lock her in. We'll be needing her later." The coven did as they were asked by leading the woman away from the line of others.
Adam stepped aside from his daughter. "Now, Madeline, you can choose your prey."
Madeline stepped up to the next woman in line and didn't even bother to take in her appearance. She bit down into the woman's neck and savored the taste she'd missed during the trip up to then. The blood was warm and sweet and tickled Madeline's taste buds. She knew when she'd taken enough of the woman's blood and released her grip on the woman. She helped lay the woman down on the ground to recover from her blood loss, and Madeline saw her father quenching his hunger with a brunette girl at the end of the line. By the time Madeline looked again, Adam had the girl sitting down on the ground and leaned against a tree. All the women were still in their trance, and Adam was trying to help the brunette girl's blood to quickly replace what was lost. He wanted to make sure that the girl could leave with the other women and be home in the morning to prevent the townspeople from revolting against the witches. Madeline knew he would get to the woman she had bit, who was a black haired woman in her late twenties. The woman's eyes still were clouded from Adam's trance, but Madeline could tell they were honey colored.
"Do not worry." Madeline said quietly to the woman. "You will have no recollection of tonight."
Madeline soon retreated to the house where she would stay for the night and laid down in a luxurious bed. The mattress was soft and had expensive blankets adorning it, and Madeline felt more at home there than any other place she'd visited. Her blankets were not such exotic materials, but they were expensive and had the same soft feel to them. Madeline put the thrill of the blankets out of her mind and closed her eyes. 'Tomorrow, will be the day that two loves reunite. A love that strong should not be denied,' she thought right before she drifted into a deep slumber.
Adam and Victoria went into Victoria's house. "I've changed my mind, let us begin our terms of the bargain." Adam said to her. Victoria was not surprised the vampire had changed his mind because she knew he wanted to rest during the day for the long and risky journey that lay before him. She could not help but wish it was because he found her intoxicating, but she was almost sure that was not the case. She could sense he was attracted to her, but not deeply enough for her liking.
Adam stepped forward and tasted Victoria's lips, and he enjoyed her kiss. Victoria enjoyed his deep kiss and kissed back harder than the kiss she was given. She had to admit that even if he didn't feel love for her, she enjoyed loving him at that moment. Adam's hands against her hips interrupted her thoughts. His grip wasn't overpowering or too loose, but Victoria felt the lack of enthusiasm. 'Ignore it,' she told herself. 'Just enjoy the moment.'
Adam did enjoy the feelings of lust that he hadn't felt in a long time, and he tried hard to seem like he wasn't so eager for each moment. Adam had made many bargains since his life as a vampire, but he realized he was experiencing the best bargain he'd come across. Adam felt Victoria's hands brush past his face before settling on his neck, and he noted how hot her skin felt. Her skin felt as though there was a fire burning beneath the skin, and Adam savored the warmth since he was usually very cold to the touch. 'Maybe my skin is not as cold as I thought since Victoria has not mentioned it.' Adam thought.
Victoria pulled away from their kiss and stepped over to her bed. She threw down all the curtains with a flick of her wrist, and the help of her powers. The candles in her house burned brightly and lit up everything in the room, but Adam only took notice of how the candle light reflected off of Victoria's hair. Victoria used her powers to disrobe and was left standing in her chemise as her dress appeared to hang itself upon a chair. She spun around to face Adam, who did not even show a change in emotion at Victoria's change of clothes. He continued to stare at her with his vivid green eyes, which held fascination. 'At least there is some type of emotion there.' Victoria thought.
Adam walked up to Victoria, who promptly sat down upon her bed. He leaned down and caressed her cheek, marveling at how soft it was to the touch. "Is there anything I need to know about witches?" Adam asked her.
Victoria took a deep breath. "We like to use our powers at any time of the day, but we tend to levitate ourselves, the bed, or any else we wish to liven things up."
Adam slipped out of his coat and draped it over the footboard of the bed. He climbed onto the bed and leaned up close to Victoria. "Well, this shall be a new experience for me," he admitted, sounding as calm as ever. Then, he leaned down against Victoria and pinned her to the bed."May our entire bargain be this pleasurable." Adam told her.
Victoria smiled. "We can only hope," she replied before Adam's lips were upon hers once more.
Victoria shut her door and ushered Adam to sit at round table made of strong and smooth wood. The chairs were the same strong wood, but they had soft cushions on them. Adam sat down in one of the chairs and marveled at how soft the cushion was. Victoria soon joined him in the chair sitting on the opposite side of the table. "So, what is this request you have?" Victoria questioned.
Adam straightened up and set the records of Ancient Egypt on the table. "Madeline wants to reunite Gabriel Van Helsing with his lost love, Anna Valerious. But, Anna is deceased. Madeline and I request this of you and your coven. Find this Book of the Dead from Egypt, and use it to bring Anna back to life. In return for your services, you get to keep the Book of the Dead." Adam leaned across the table as he spoke.
Victoria let out a dull laugh. "We don't need this Book of the Dead, Mr. Christophen," she told him.
"Call me Adam," he replied leaning back in his chair.
Victoria stared at him. "We do not need the Book of the Dead because we have to powers in our own books to perform resurrections."
Adam pondered over the information. 'What else could be offered for the witches' service? I have to have this work, I have plans to accomplish.' He told Victoria, "Listen, I need you to resurrect this woman. I have plans for her and this Van Helsing."
"Ah, yes, the monster slayer that would kill us on sight." Victoria noted. She had her distaste for Van Helsing when news came to the nearby town that Van Helsing was vanquishing warlocks. Victoria had to keep her coven safe, and Van Helsing was the kind of man who would prevent that at all costs.
"Yes, well, I plan to reunite Anna with Van Helsing for one night. That way, he will not know whether he had a rather passionate dream of her or if she had really been there. Of course, she'll have to be under a trance I am able to cast." Adam said making hand gestures to flow with his tale. "Hopefully, this union will result in a child," he concluded. "A child that I shall keep control over. A power child with monster slaying in its blood from mother and father, and I shall control what monsters will be slain." Adam had to admit his plan was sounding better and better every day. He would never have to worry about a monster slayer ever coming after Madeline or him.
Victoria took into consideration what Adam had told her. A child like that could even be of service to her, especially from its father's pursuit of inhuman creatures. "I have a plan. My coven and I resurrect this Anna Valerious, and you use her and Van Helsing's love to spawn this child you speak of. Then when the child is under your control, the child will protect us as well as serving your own purposes." Victoria proposed.
Adam grinned an evil grin. "I love that plan. So, we have a deal?"
Victoria sent him an evil grin of her own and leaned over the table. "Not yet," she replied. "I have another request for you, since the one you request of my coven is such a large risk."
Adam leaned over the table as well and asked, "Yes," as he enjoyed having her so close. She had the smell of roses, and it drove him crazy because as a mortal, he loved the roses his mother would pick for him.
Victoria traced Adam's face with her lovely fingers. "You and I share a night of passion, or day of passion, if you prefer." Her voice was alluring, and Adam liked the deal even more. He had not let himself feel love or any aspect of the feeling. He decided that committing acts of passion with the beautiful witch would not harm anything.
Adam leaned over and nipped at the skin on Victoria's neck before standing up to stare the witch in the eyes. Her blue eyes were full of mystery, and Adam sought to know the mysterious witch. "I believe we have a bargain," he replied suavely. Tomorrow during the daylight hours we shall fulfill the first leg of our bargain."
Victoria smiled. "Perfect, now go call in some women from the town for your blood thirst. We'll need to sacrifice one for this Anna Valerious. So, we need to examine all the possible hosts."
Adam loved the sound of tasting human blood again because it had been too long since he last tasted the blood of a human. He could barely wait around another moment before replying, "My pleasure."
Adam raced out the doorway and out into the chilly night air. He sent out telepathic waves to put all the young women in Salem in a trance. He could feel their struggle against his mind, but they all succumbed to his power. All arose from their beds and traveled for the forest where Adam called for them. Adam stood waiting for the prey to arrive, and he sensed Madeline at his side. "We have company coming, darling," he told her.
Madeline grinned at him because she, too, had not fulfilled the hunger for human blood. The animal blood sustained life, but it was bitter and cold. The warm, sweet blood of a mortal was what she craved desperately once she knew it was to arrive. She stared up at her father in awe because he had such strong powers, and she envied those powers. 'Someday, I want to hypnotize mortals into flocking to me,' she thought.
Finally, she saw the pale nightgowns of the Salem women. All the women lined up and stood quietly facing Adam. Victoria emerged from her house after seeing the women line up. "Madeline, your papers," she said as she handed them to their owner.
Madeline took the papers and slipped them inside her dress. "Are we to travel to Egypt tomorrow?"
"No, there is no need. My coven can resurrect this woman. But, we must travel to Transylvania where her prye is. I do suspect there is a pyre, or your father would have mentioned her body when I spoke of a sacrifice."
"Superb." Madeline replied.
Madeline waltzed up to the closest woman in line. It was a young woman, who had dark curly hair and dark eyes full of painful years. Madeline planned on feasting upon her blood when Adam intervened. He stepped between the two women and told Madeline, "No, let us use this one as Anna's sacrifice." He ran his hand along her face and felt the pain she'd gone through in her life. "This one is going to hang anyway. She has been accused of witchcraft."
Victoria knew the young woman before the two vampires was not a witch because her aurora was that or a normal human. "She is no witch." Victoria claimed.
Adam nodded in agreement. "Quite true, but she will hang for it no matter her innocence."
Victoria told her coven members, "Ladies, take this women to a house and lock her in. We'll be needing her later." The coven did as they were asked by leading the woman away from the line of others.
Adam stepped aside from his daughter. "Now, Madeline, you can choose your prey."
Madeline stepped up to the next woman in line and didn't even bother to take in her appearance. She bit down into the woman's neck and savored the taste she'd missed during the trip up to then. The blood was warm and sweet and tickled Madeline's taste buds. She knew when she'd taken enough of the woman's blood and released her grip on the woman. She helped lay the woman down on the ground to recover from her blood loss, and Madeline saw her father quenching his hunger with a brunette girl at the end of the line. By the time Madeline looked again, Adam had the girl sitting down on the ground and leaned against a tree. All the women were still in their trance, and Adam was trying to help the brunette girl's blood to quickly replace what was lost. He wanted to make sure that the girl could leave with the other women and be home in the morning to prevent the townspeople from revolting against the witches. Madeline knew he would get to the woman she had bit, who was a black haired woman in her late twenties. The woman's eyes still were clouded from Adam's trance, but Madeline could tell they were honey colored.
"Do not worry." Madeline said quietly to the woman. "You will have no recollection of tonight."
Madeline soon retreated to the house where she would stay for the night and laid down in a luxurious bed. The mattress was soft and had expensive blankets adorning it, and Madeline felt more at home there than any other place she'd visited. Her blankets were not such exotic materials, but they were expensive and had the same soft feel to them. Madeline put the thrill of the blankets out of her mind and closed her eyes. 'Tomorrow, will be the day that two loves reunite. A love that strong should not be denied,' she thought right before she drifted into a deep slumber.
Adam and Victoria went into Victoria's house. "I've changed my mind, let us begin our terms of the bargain." Adam said to her. Victoria was not surprised the vampire had changed his mind because she knew he wanted to rest during the day for the long and risky journey that lay before him. She could not help but wish it was because he found her intoxicating, but she was almost sure that was not the case. She could sense he was attracted to her, but not deeply enough for her liking.
Adam stepped forward and tasted Victoria's lips, and he enjoyed her kiss. Victoria enjoyed his deep kiss and kissed back harder than the kiss she was given. She had to admit that even if he didn't feel love for her, she enjoyed loving him at that moment. Adam's hands against her hips interrupted her thoughts. His grip wasn't overpowering or too loose, but Victoria felt the lack of enthusiasm. 'Ignore it,' she told herself. 'Just enjoy the moment.'
Adam did enjoy the feelings of lust that he hadn't felt in a long time, and he tried hard to seem like he wasn't so eager for each moment. Adam had made many bargains since his life as a vampire, but he realized he was experiencing the best bargain he'd come across. Adam felt Victoria's hands brush past his face before settling on his neck, and he noted how hot her skin felt. Her skin felt as though there was a fire burning beneath the skin, and Adam savored the warmth since he was usually very cold to the touch. 'Maybe my skin is not as cold as I thought since Victoria has not mentioned it.' Adam thought.
Victoria pulled away from their kiss and stepped over to her bed. She threw down all the curtains with a flick of her wrist, and the help of her powers. The candles in her house burned brightly and lit up everything in the room, but Adam only took notice of how the candle light reflected off of Victoria's hair. Victoria used her powers to disrobe and was left standing in her chemise as her dress appeared to hang itself upon a chair. She spun around to face Adam, who did not even show a change in emotion at Victoria's change of clothes. He continued to stare at her with his vivid green eyes, which held fascination. 'At least there is some type of emotion there.' Victoria thought.
Adam walked up to Victoria, who promptly sat down upon her bed. He leaned down and caressed her cheek, marveling at how soft it was to the touch. "Is there anything I need to know about witches?" Adam asked her.
Victoria took a deep breath. "We like to use our powers at any time of the day, but we tend to levitate ourselves, the bed, or any else we wish to liven things up."
Adam slipped out of his coat and draped it over the footboard of the bed. He climbed onto the bed and leaned up close to Victoria. "Well, this shall be a new experience for me," he admitted, sounding as calm as ever. Then, he leaned down against Victoria and pinned her to the bed."May our entire bargain be this pleasurable." Adam told her.
Victoria smiled. "We can only hope," she replied before Adam's lips were upon hers once more.