Part XXV

"What are you up to, Count?", asked Kitana, looking him in the eye.

Dracula took his daughter out of her arms. "I have always dreamt of having children. And I didn´t expect that one of Tina´s children survived. Pity that the other three had no chance at life."

Kitana´s look turned into an angry one. "You mean: Pity that you tore them into shreds! But of course it´s not your fault! It was an accident that you attacked Tina!"

The vampire lost his temper. "One: It was Tina who attacked me! Two: I didn´t know that she was pregnant! Three: You have to replace her children with yours!"

"What is going on here?"

Kitana and Dracula spun around to face Tina. She was leaning against a pillar and held one hand over her stomach.

"Tina, go to bed! You are too weak!", commanded her husband´.

But she just shook her head and began to walk down the stairs slowly. Dracula walked over to her, whispering: "Don not destroy my plans. Not now. Kitana is willing to bear me children. Please go back to your room."

"Is that true?", Tina asked loudly, "Kitana, is it true that you want to go to bed with him?"

Dracula shot her a glare. But Tina ignored that and looked down at her friend, who answered: "No!"

"Give me Selindra!", she commanded, trying to grab her daughter. The father took one step backwards as if he wanted to protect his daughter from his bride.

"...dada...", the girl in his arms whispered. He looked down at Selindra who looked up at him. Dracula walked back to Kitana, still holding his child.

"No! Give her to me, you monster!", Tina shouted. She took one step forward. Suddenly she trapped and fell the whole way down the stairs. She landed in front of Dracula, unconscoscious...

Part XXVI

Kitana used that distraction to her advantage and snatched Selindra away from Dracula. In anger Dracula shifted to his bat-form and chased after Kitana. He grabbed her by the shoulders and lifted her into the air.

"If you drop me Selindra will die!" shouted Kitana.

Dracula looked down at Selindra, who was wailing and crying out for her mother. Reluctantly he set Kitana down.

"Give her back and Tina will not feel any more pain!" he demanded. Kitana shook her head.

"Unless you keep your promise not to hurt us then you will never hold her again!" she snapped. "A man who claims to love his child but beats his wife has no right to be a father! And that goes for you, Dracula!" Dracula would have struck Kitana but he looked at Selindra. Even though she was just an infant she seemed to understand what was going on. She gave Dracula an angry look. He sighed heavily.

"Fine," he said. "I will try to be less abusive with you and Tina. Now give me back my daughter." Kitana took a step back.

"Don't take her unless you mean it," she said. "If you're lying then you have no right to call yourself Selindra's father!" Dracula looked at Kitana's serious face, then at the face of his daughter. He rubbed his temples releasing a long sigh and gently took Selindra from Kitana's arms.

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