Greeting to new reader and old, too! Chapter 15 is here! Enjoy!

Chapter 15

Unexpected friend

After the three months of preparing and building two war camps were ready. One of them that belonged to the Holy Order was surrounded with a kind of fence, made of crosses. It was precautionary measure, if someone from other camp would like to hunt.

Many rows of big tents looked like a room inside but without windows, appeared on plain far of San-Francisco. A lot of money and witches' powers were spent to make this place secret and unknown for people; the police and government were suborned. The plain looked like desert and it was terribly hot here, and by spies' information mongrels were collecting powers in old manor. The distance between enemies was only six miles. At night near the fire were sitting Selin and Lora. They both didn't know what to do, and Victor was on secret counsel with humans, so secret that even guard was forbidden to be presented there. Sometimes they noticed humans sneaking around and hissed on them. Sel wanted to roll up their necks but kept coolness.

"I'm dying, Selina! War is more boring than I thought!"

"Wait, Lora, and you'll see …" – answered Selin mysteriously. Lora blinked and looked at captain curiously. Strict vampire laughed:

"Oh, Lora, you look like a puppy, which can't understand what master wants him to do!"

They laughed together, but soon Lora stopped and watched someone coming to them.

"Hello, Mr. Van Helsing!" – she greeted hunter.

'Van Helsing?' – Sel turned back and immediately rose from the ground, so the two were face to face.

"What do you need?" – she asked severely, putting her hands on her waist.

"Your older man. Where is he?"

Gabriel was without his cowboy-looking hat, and Selina thought that he is rather attractive.

"You mean Victor?"

"What difference? For me all of you are alike," – he answered calmly. Hunter knew that he made awful mistake when said it to one very unfriendly vampire. But to his surprise Sel smiled in charming pensiveness.

"I'm sorry, Selin, I didn't mean that."

"Don't apologize, you're hunter, your job is killing us and you rightfully call us monsters… I understand…" – suddenly her smile changed into devilish grin. – "But you can't even imagine how it's pleasurable to wrest beating heart out of someone's chest, or watching victim dying slowly in agony … To be murderer is great only if you enjoy it, don't you think so?"

Gabriel didn't answer, just went away. Lora looked at her friend pop-eyed:

"What was it?"

"What do you mean?" – asked Selina, who was still enjoying her small victory.

"Those words … I hope you weren't serious …"

'Naïve and childish Lora,' – thought Selin, smiling wickedly.

"Oh, Sel, sometimes you can be so …" – Lora didn't know what to say, just shook head sadly.

Snow queen didn't answer; she looked at the moon, which was attracting her since Dracula turned her. Anguish oppressed her much and she needed to do something useful right now.

"I'm tired from all this. Hm, I've got an idea … My motorcycle!" – Selina changed smile into kind and friendly one.

"What's with your motorcycle?"

"Do you want to discover the territory?"

Selina's amber eyes were shining with excitement, so Lora had to agree. Two vampires found black motorcycle at the stop near their camp. Sel set in front and put on her helmet with drawn bat on it, Lora embraced her and they left the camp. Fantastic feeling! The cool wind was scotching their hair. Selin felt freedom and absolute peacefulness, but Lora was trembling and every minute was asking to come back. They were very far from the camps, but Sel didn't want to come back. After an hour vampires noticed one of mongrels on the road.

"Stop, we can't hurt him! He's too big!" – shouted Lora, watching monster directing claw on their transport. At this moment brakes broken.

"I can't! Something happened with motorcycle! Oh, damn!"

Vampires jumped of the motorcycle and saw how mongrel squeezed it with force and the motorcycle became a … Well it wasn't a motorcycle anymore …

"You're bastard!" – shouted Selin taking her dagger and coming closer to VWW 13. Lora was sitting on the road, ready to help if it will be need. Mongrel roared loudly and at least seventeen monsters surrounded night creatures.

'Sel, I'm afraid we're in trap …' – said Lora telepathically. Her captain nodded and looked at all those mongrels; she wanted to kill two or three before they killed her. But one of them with wooden sword caught Lora and directed blade to her neck.

"Put the dagger! You two will go with us!" – he said.

"Sel, no!" – pleaded girl, but monster covered her mouth.

"Come on! Give up!" – mongrel pricked hostage's neck, and Selin saw tiny black creek of blood streaming down her chest. Sel didn't know what to do, she remembered Victor's words: 'Your job is dangerous, miss Kale. You can lose your friends, but never feel sorry for them! Weakness is death!'

Her thoughts were broken by one familiar, whom she didn't expect to see. Van Helsing on his brown horse broke the ring of enemies and killed one who was holding Lora. Others stepped back in surprise, just watching how hunter, hostage and Selina riding away.

When mongrels were out of sight, Selin squeezed sides of horse with force, and animal stopped. Gabriel turned back to her, as Lora, who was sitting forward him.

"What are you doing here?" – asked Selina with suspicion.

"You werewolf friend saw your leaving and asked me to follow you."

She discovered his brain and found that it was true. 'I'll kill Kiara!' – she thought and continued:

"Why did save us?"

"You two can die."

"So what? I don't need your help!"

"You wanted Dracula to be your savior!"

Selina looked as Van Helsing slapped her.

"That's not your business! Thank God, whom you serve, that its wartime!"

They were looking in each others' eyes for few seconds, before Lora kicked horse's sides, and two warriors could fell of if they haven't hold each other.

"Sunrise is soon …" – whispered Selin, releasing Gabriel's arms slowly.

"Yeah, let's hurry …"