Part XXI

Kitana spun around as she sensed a presence in the room. Dracula was leaning in the doorway, a triumphiant smile on his lips.

"You sing well. The song is one of all those Gothic´ bands, right?", he asked and walked over to her.

"I didn´t know that vampires watch MTV!", she spat back. Dracula shook his head and sighed. "We don´t, but there are some concerts that make it impossible to find sleep."

His bride shrugged. "If you want me to bear you children, my answer is no! After I saw what you did to Tina..."

"Tina is nearly alright", Dracula interrupted, "And Anna was able to save one of four children." Kitana´s eyes widened in surprise. "What? You mean that you and Tina have a child now? How is it? Is it a boy or girl?"

"I haven´t seen it yet. My beloved Anna wanted mother and child to rest. But I´m sure that she´ll show it to us when the time has come..."

"HEATHER! VLADISLAUS! YOU CAN COME!", Anna shouted from the stairs. On hearing her they stormed into the room immediately.

Tina already sat in the bed. A few cuts were in her face and her stomach was bandaged. In her arms lay a littly girl. Tina looked up at the visitors. "Vlad, Kitana,... I want to introduce you to Selindra", she said.

Dracula sat down on the bed, taking his first living daughter into his arms. "She´s beautiful", he said softly.

"May I hold her, too?", asked Kitana. "Yes/No!", Tina and her master said at the same time. It wasn´t hard to find out who said what. A long silence followed.

Finally Anna said: "Why not? Here." She put Selindra in Kitana´s arms. Kitana stroked the girl´s hair softly. "That´s enough!", commanded Dracula and took his daughter away from her, "She needs to feed."

Part XXII

"Selindra may need to feed but you and I both know that I can't take her to do that," said Tina. Dracula raised an eyebrow.

"Why not?" he asked.

"For one thing I'm still recovering from the wounds you were courteous enough to give me," Tina said with anger in her eyes. "For another reason I know that you need to stay here so you can take care of either Anna or Kitana." Kitana and Anna flinched at this. "Am I right or wrong? Either way neither you nor I are able to teach Selindra to feed." Kitana looked down at the little child in Dracula's arms. In spite of the fact that she was Dracula's daughter, she was also Tina's daughter. She knew what she had to do.

"I'll take her to feed," she said. "That is if you'll let me." Tina looked Dracula in the eye to let him know she was serious.

"She's the only one who'd know how to do it," she said. "Will you let her or will you be stubborn about it?" Dracula looked down at his daughter. She was the first of his children to survive. He would do anything to keep her alive. So reluctantly he placed her in Kitana´s outstretched arms.

"Teach her to feed," he said. "And if you try anything funny you will be severely punished!" Kitana shot Dracula a glare.

"You don't have to get mad," she said. "I'm an expert when it comes to kids this young." With that she left the room with little Selindra in her arms.

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