Part XIX
Dracula pulled his fangs out, cut in his wrist and held it near Kitana´s mouth. "Drink!", he commanded.
She refused. He pressed the wound on her mouth but she kept it shut. "Drink, silly girl!", Dracula shouted. Kitana tried to push him away, what was impossible.
Now Verona walked over to them. She grabbed Dracula from behind, trying to make him release the girl. Finally he let Kitana go, changed into his bat form and flew at Verona. "You promised not to hurt them anymore!", the bride cried. "A promise is only made of words! And for interrupting me you´ll pay!", he yelled in anger.
The vampire king made his words come true and rammed one claw of his right into Verona´s heart. She turned to ashes immediately.
While her sister was dying, Aleera positioned herself in front of Kitana protectively. Dracula turned to her. "Why did you attack the girls? They didn´t do anything wrong! Let them free! NOW!", the remaining bride screamed.
On hearing that her master swooped down and picked Tina up into his arms. He held his claws near her neck, yelling back: "Give Kitana to me! Otherwise Tina will die!"
Aleera shook her head. "No! You can´t kill her! You don´t know exactly if the children inside her survived! Please, you must understand, the girls are the ones to bear your children alive!"
Dracula looked down at the bride in his arms. Her flesh was still torn and bleeding. He covered her face with one hand to heal the wounds.
Then he put her in Anna´s arms, whispering words that only she could understand: "Try to save the children. Don´t fail me."
Anna carried Tina outside of the hall. Dracula walked over to Aleera. "Step aside!"
To her own surprise Kitana left the save position behind the bride and walked to her master. The now healed wound on his wrist reopened as she pressed her mouth towards it, letting the red liquid flow down her throat...
Part XX
Tina woke up feeling hurt and sick. She was surprised to find someone pressing a wet wash cloth on her head, which was surprisingly hot.
"Who are you?" she asked groggily. "Where am I?"
"In a different room," replied the person. "My room to be exact." Tina realized that the person was Anna.
"What just happened, Anna?" she asked.
"Dracula was angry with you for...interfering with him finding buried treasure in my mouth," Anna said in a tone of disgust. "So he hurt you. Particularly around the stomach area, bad move. You would have given birth to four children." Tina tried to sit up but couldn't. "Only one lived. A little girl. She's right here." Anna placed the tiny baby in Tina's arms.
Although she was a newborn the baby looked to be about three months old. Her skin was milk white with a peaches and cream tone around her cheeks. What little bit of hair had grown was as black as Dracula's. But her eyes were different. They were the same beautiful blue as Tina's. Tina's eyes filled with tears at the sight of her beautiful daughter.
"What are you going to name her?" asked Anna. "No child should be with out a name." Tina thought for a moment. It was difficult to choose considering there were so many beautiful names for girls. Finally she settled on one that she knew was perfect.
"Selindra," said Tina.
Meanwhile, Kitana wasn't having as good of a time as Tina. Although Dracula had fulfilled his promise that she would only be half vampire, the fact still stood that she was his bride. Would Anna be bitten next? No. Not until Dracula got what he wanted from her. To try and escape that thought for even a few moments she slipped into the ballroom. There she danced and sang a song of mourning, called Everybody´s Fool.