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Chapter 11

Sarah felt sick. Being carried by a vampire was not the most comfortable way to travel, especially when said vampire liked to drop you every few minutes just to hear you scream as you plunged towards the very distant ground. This had occurred twice now and had become a game between the two brides, until they began a casual game of midair catch with Sarah as the living ball.

Throughout it all she had managed to keep hold of the sword, Verona was now holding her by her foot swinging her upside down from side to side much to Aleera's amusement. With her arms free she had seized the opportunity to place the sword in its scabbard at her waist. Right now if she were to use it she would certainly fall to her death and suicide was not an option.

'Not yet' she thought as a castle came into view.

Aleera grinned as they approached castle Frankenstein, for the last few months it had become their home. Her master was determined to end the hated Valerius family so he could finally claim his lordship over the Romanian lands.

Aleera sensed her master's presence in the ballroom, and she adjusted her approach automatically heading for the northern side of the castle whose large windows opened out to the sheer drop of the cliff. Verona followed her in the approach gleefully she dropped her prey one final time catching her again by the shoulders. Aleera giggled at the small gasp of shock, which escaped the girl's mouth.

The large French windows were open in anticipation of their arrival. Sarah got ready for the landing; her hand was clasped on the hilt of her sword ready to attack as soon as she felt the ground beneath her feet. Her plan was to do as much damage as possible and then find her way into the woods; throughout the flight she had noticed the direction they were heading in.

Anna's village was to the east, all she had to do was keep the sun at her back and she would find it eventually. She also noticed that the sun was beginning to appear from behind the thinning clouds, for a while at least they would not be able to follow her.

She had a plan. In her head she heard Carl's voice from the movie "Do we have a plan? It doesn't have to be Wellington's at Waterloo, but some sort of plan would be nice" she prayed that she would live to see him and the others again.

The brides were now only a few meters away from the open window. Sarah tensed preparing to fight but got another horrible shock when Verona carried her towards the window and let her go. Her momentum carried her through the gap and she hit the floor hard on her stomach the wind well and truly knocked out of her.

Aleera's voice carried through the open window "Be happy in the knowledge that I will weep over your body" she taunted before retreating to another part of the castle with Verona making it into the dark interior seconds before the sun appeared through the thinning cloud cover casting a warm glow over Sarah's still body.

She blinked forcing air into her lungs "ouch" she muttered rolling to face the interior of the room.

It was shrouded in darkness; the light entering by the open windows only reached so far, creating a circle of sunlight in the centre of which she was lying. That was good she realised, as long as the sun was out she was safe.

She slowly stood and strained her eyes trying to make out anything in the gloom that surrounded her.

Suddenly she tensed; someone was watching her she could feel it. Without even realising it she had unsheathed her sword and had spread her feet apart placing her in an unmistakable battle stance.

Dracula was in the room with her. All hope of escape left her then. She was going to die.

Note: another short one but one coming is pretty long to make up for it :D And I'm using the book as a guideline after all this is supposed to all be happening during the movie so some bits are gonna be exactly the same.