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Back To Reality

Verona woke up the next day and felt different; she was no longer captivated by Dracula. It was as if she had broken the spell that was placed on her. Now the question was, what would she do now. She knew that she had to get Gabriel out of the tower; she knew that both Dracula and Aleera wanted him dead. How would she do it? She couldn't risk being discovered by her master. She knew if she was caught, Dracula would drive a stake through her heart himself.

Back at the other end of the castle Gabriel sat chained to the wall thinking about his dream. Was it real? It had to be because all of his dreams were always past memories. I loved her once before but I don't know if I can love her again. Just look at all of the horrible things she has done. She doesn't even have a soul. Now he wondered if the dream was good or not. He was now faced with the choice of killing evil or loving her.

"Hello Gabriel." said a haunting voice from behind. "Have you enjoyed your stay?" The count walked through the door followed by Igor. "It's about time you die." "When I get out of here I'm going to send you to hell", said Gabriel. "Well we'll see about that. Igor, take him to the laboratory. I may yet have a use for you Gabriel." "Yes master." Igor walked to Gabriel and escorted him out.

The count walked out of the room and headed to see his brides. He was suspicious of Verona. He knew that there had to be something going on. He knew that it was impossible for Verona to remember her past because of his hold over her. However, there was something in the back of his mind that had him worried. If Gabriel and Verona were reunited, he knew that he would loose Verona forever. His only comfort was that Gabriel would probably not accept Verona because of her past.

"Master you are awake." Aleera walked to the count. "Hello Aleera." The count smiled; he had started to appreciate Aleera more ever since Verona had strayed. "Did you sleep well master?" "Yes. How about you?" "I slept well too." "Come let us find Verona." Aleera took the count's hand and walked towards Verona's room.

Aleera was still upset about the events that occurred a couple days earlier. Just why do we have to find Verona? Why can't we forget about her? All that had occupied Aleera's mind was how to get rid of Verona. She was close and she knew it. She could sense that there was some friction between Verona and the count. Now if she could just help it along a little.

"Master, have you noticed a change in Verona." The count looked at Aleera and said, "It's funny you would mention that, yes I have noticed a difference." "I think it has something to do with Van Helsing." "Yes it does and that is why we are going to get rid of him." Aleera was satisfied. She thought, if I can't get rid of Verona maybe I can shatter her.

Verona heard the count coming. She was prepared to hide her feelings from him. She stood right as he entered. "Master." "Hello Verona. I trust you slept well." "Yeah." Then she thought to herself, you just don't know how well. Verona just stood still and silent. Aleera looked at Verona with a smirk and said, "Verona no hi for me?" Aleera laughed knowing that Verona would not disrespect her in front of the count. Verona grew angrier and managed to say, "I'm sorry. How are you?" Aleera didn't even answer, she just nodded.

The count held out his other hand and said, "Come, let us go to the laboratory. I may have found a way to bring our children to life." Both of the brides perked up. Verona was the first to speak, "What? How?" "By using Van Helsing to power the machine. He is not a normal human, and I think he will be sufficient to keep them alive."

Verona's heart sank. She had wanted children for as long as she could remember. It had always been her dream. The count and all three brides had been working for years to bring their children to life. Nothing had ever worked. Now they had the chance. What was she to do? Was she to save the man she loved or make her dream of having children come true?

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