A/N: OMG GUYS WE HAVE A FANTASTIC NEW READER! tempest raven is our newest reader and we heart her like whoa! For her total fab review we are dedicating this chappie to her!

Dracula: It wasn't that great of a review you know.

Shove it, I liked it. And isn't your skinny vampire butt supposed to be in a closet?

Dracula: Okay for one, Erik kicked my ass out because I "gave him the heebie-jeebies," and

for two, my butt isn't skinny...it's round and firm thank you!

Oh wow, to much info man.

Dracula: Well, it's true :pats firm backside:

Okay moving on to the next chapter :shakes head wearily thinking 'why couldn't I get a normal pet?':

"I shall tell you what I heard Drake, but do you think it wise for our dear Sophia to hear?" Nicolae asked staring at Drake cautiously.

Drake then turned to Sophia. "Perhaps you should sit on the terrace while we talk." He then started to guide her to the French doors leading out unto the balcony.

"No! This concerns me more than it does the both of you! I think I have a right to know!" she protested looking up into Drake's stormy eyes with determination in her bright ones.

Without looking at Nicolae, Drake asked. "Will it scare her to hear it?"

"No, I believe that what I heard is only frightening for us." Nicolae responded looking down into his lap.

"Then sit Sophia," he gestured to the only other empty seat by the fireplace while he loomed over Nicolae like a shadow. "Speak my friend."

"Well, it seems that Romulus came to the castle in search of you, because he had found a familiar garment by the riverside." Nicolae looked at Sophia with disappointment tinged with amusement in his lavender orbs. "Well, upon entering he saw those three demons congregated in the hall whispering."

"What about?" Drake demanded impatiently.

Nicolae leaned back into the chair running long fingers through his white blond curls. "Well, Romulus perked up his ears and only heard a few passing sentences about a drunken man she had come across."

"That isn't very unusual is it? People come across drunks all the time." Sophia said anxiously wringing her hands.

"We aren't people my dear." Drake grumbled and paced nervously.

"Don't damn yourself like that Drake..." Sophia said in a barely audible whisper.

Drake stopped his pacing long enough to run his thumb down her soft cheek. Then he turned to the all to observant Nicolae after clearing his own throat. "And why didn't Rom say anything to them?"

"Well, he isn't as intelligent as you or myself, God bless him, so he didn't see how that was a dangerous sign." Nicolae sighed then and began to message his temples. "But he did come to me saying that he found it peculiar."

"Good dog." Drake said only partially kidding.

Nicolae chuckled slightly at that and went on. "Well, you see after hearing what he said about her whispering about this man, I decided to go check it out for myself. When I arrived at her door she was speaking about visiting Ralph von Heinchek at his home. She spoke of telling him how she acquired your name by listening on the other side of your door and then she showed herself to him," he eyed Drake's hardened expression.

"But even if she told the von Heinchek who I was and that I had Sophia, what can he truly do?" Drake rubbed his chin.

"Well, that is where it gets bad my friend." Nicolae sighed and put his face in his hands. " I am afraid that Alhondra told the man where to find us, she sounded like she wanted us all dead...calling us 'blood traitors' "

"What! I shall kill her for this!" Drake roared.

"No! Then you are giving her the reaction she wants! It is best to stop him, not her, you will only raise moral among people who already hate you and me and even Rom, do not endanger him please I beg this of you!" Nicolae pleaded.

Drake sneered as her threw a vase across the room from a nearby table, making Sophia gasp and Nicolae walk over to him looking threatening.

"Begging doesn't become of you boy, I suggest against it! I cannot let her stay in this home and betray me and my friends under my own roof!" Drake roared.

"Silence!" Nicolae started to elevate off of the floor as his seductive voice whooshed all around the room, giving Sophia chills. "You do that and you damn us! Aren't you aware that if you approach her and attack her or take her from this castle all of the other creatures here will be on you!"

Drake stopped and stared. "Then what do you suggest?" he growled.

"I think we should come up with a plan to keep this von Heinchek man from coming to our castle..." Nicolae said as the air around him settled and he was leveled on the floor.

"How the hell do I go about doing this?" Drake grumbled starting to pace the room again.

"I know what to do..." Sophia whispered pale and weary.

"Darling," Drake went to a her and kneeled at her feet." I am sorry, this man is to be your husband...we shouldn't have said these things in front of you..."

"I don't love him, you know that, and I don't think I could live with myself if anything happened to all of you if I hadn't spoken up," she ran a finger down his jaw.

"Speak my child, what is this plan of yours?" Nicolae said with a concentration line set in his brow.

Okay that's the end of this chappie hoped you liked! Please R&R...

Dracula: Okay, I am more than a little pissed.

Why is that?

Dracula:Well, you see you and Stephanie keep locking me and Erik in that damn closet...and he well..you see...he gives me the heebie jeebies...

How so?

Dracula: He keeps talking about this chick betraying him...freak

:rolls eyes: Get over it and get your ass back in there!

Dracula: :starts crying: