AN: I decided to give my chapters a name, so yeah. Oh, and thanks for the encouragement! It makes me want to write even more. 

Chapter 4:

Swooping into the hallway, they quickly flew up to the balcony and landed as they changed into their human form…with Dracula patiently for them. Verona dropped Mira quickly left, Aleera following. Mira stared after them in disbelief. I just set this man on fire and they're going to leave me here with him! "Hello" Dracula said, holding his hands together as he smiled demonically. Lacing her face in false confidence, she turned to face him. "Hi." She replied, irritated

"How are you?" he asked

"Good and you?" she replied.

"Good." He said, clasping his hands behind and stepping to the side.

"Considering I was lit on fire a couple of hours."

"I felt threatened!" Mira said defensively. I can't believe this! The guy gives me a concussion, and now he has a problem?

"Do you always light people on fire when you feel threatened?" he said facing her, asking as innocently as possible.

"Oh I don't know," Mira said, putting her pinky up to her mouth. "Dir, a, do you always strangle people for no apparent reason?"

"You were trespassing!" he said haughtily. "And I suggest that if you don't want to be impaled…" he said, pointing at her and stepping forward as he bent to her eye level.

"That you lose the attitude."

"Are you threatening me, because I believe that Mira Frankenstein, the leading sciencetist in the newest chemistry and Technology findings, does not like to be threatened."

He paused, blinking for a moment. "I don't care who you are, you were still trespassing." He added with a snarl.

She paused, looking at her feet. "I believe it's not trespassing when you were given permission to be on the grounds, sir." She said quietly. And with that, she gave him a quick glare before pulling the letter out of her bag and holding it out to him. Snatching it from her, he turned to the side, putting on glasses, and she watched as he began to read.

"I never wrote this." Dracula said softly, putting his glasses back in his cloke as he turned to look at her.

"If you didn't…who did?" she said softly, eyes wide, questioning.

"I don't know who did." He admitted, deflated from defeat.

"Well, Aleera and Verona were the…"

"What!" he roared.

"They were the ones who gave it to me." She said shrinking back.

"When?" he asked.

"I...I…I don't know, a couple of…of months ago, sir. " She stuttered, shrinking back further still.

"And it took me three months to get here…it's not my fault." She finished, shrunk as far as she could go.

Look…I scared her. He thought. What else is new? Everyone is afraid of me. He thought bitterly, the anger disappearing from his face.

He sighed, looking out on the balcony, not standing to see her so upset. She bit her lip. Great. I've upset him now. She thought, turning to leave.

"All I ever wanted was a family." He said. She stopped, pausing a moment before walking up to the balcony.

"That's all Victor wanted too." She said, arriving next to him as she folded her arms and leaned on the railing.

"Really?" he said, not looking at her even though she looked at him.

"Yeah, but he died in a fire after Elizabeth left him." She said. She paused

"If…if you don't mind me saying so sir…"

"Please, speak freely." He interrupted.

"I'm glad I was finally able to meet you. You…you were a good friend of his." She said. He felt a tinge of guilt, as he felt the heat of her hand when she almost squeezed his shoulder, but she stopped, her hand curling uncomfortably. This is my employer. She thought. Better not get to formal. She thought as she began walking towards the door at the other side of the balcony.

"But I will not fail his…or your dream." She said. "Which is why I'm beginning to tonight." She called, halfway there as she walked past him.

"Wait!" he called. She feels like she's going to drop at any moment. He thought. She turned, looking at him, surprised to find him only 5 feet away. "You better rest after such a long trip." He said, holding her eye contact so he could mesmerize her. "But…" Sleep. He sent to her mind as soon as he was close enough to catch her.

"Master master!" Aleera called, running down the hall. "The werewolf has a message…for…you?" she finished, staring at the girl he was holding. She looked up at him, questioning. "I'll be there in a moment." He said gently. With out even a grunt or groan, he lifted her up and carried her down to his chambers. I better not let her out of my sight. He thought. Aleera might kill her…poor jealous thing. Laying her tenderly on the doll, he treated her like a porcelain doll as he wrapped her in the red silk sheets and turned out the light, locking the door behind him.