Hi, guys! Another boring chapter, I hope you won't ingnore it, as such chapters are in every story, just read and review as usual.

Chapter 4

The Ancient power – Diana

"Looking good!" – smiled Selin, observing how Angelica nursing the baby. Mother was very exhausted as it found out that Diana born feeble and needed extra-care to get strength.

"I was sure Irvin will leave Dia on me. I start thinking my grandmamma was right when pleaded me not to marry a vampire!"

Angelic collapsed into the armchair holding her daughter carefully.

"Irvin is man! What could you wait from him? He's like all of them!"

"You're speaking like my granny!"

Sel smiled and set on the carpet and then put her arms and head on the armrest, looking at Diana's pretty face.

"I envy you … this miracle you gave birth to is so sweet …"

"It's so unfair that you can't bear children … you can be a good mother, darling!"

Vampiress rose up quickly:

"You can imagine me as a mother? Oh, it's so funny! Just think: I'm with a pistol in one hand and a baby in another, fighting with demons and hunters!"

"I'm serious!"

"Me, too."

Diana mumbled something on her own language in her mother's support. Women laughed.

"So, Dia, you think I can become a real mother? O.K, O.K., I agree with you!"

The girl, sure that no one will argue with her opinion, continued sucking the gold medallion, given by one of her relatives from mother's side. Selina noticed it and took the medallion to look closer. It was a star with six corners and strange letters around and inside the rays.

"A third seal? Who could give it to her?"

"Vina. She's still speaking about her vision. She says it can save Diana, but I don't believe it."

Sel came to the window, admiring the moon and speculating at the same time.

"The third seal … it's so hard to support the balance between what's good …" – she raised right hand, - "And what's evil …"

"What do you mean?"

"Perhaps it's possible to unlock the gates of hell … if Lucifer only had a key …"

Meanwhile Maya in her mansion was walking across the room in awfully bad mood. Terri was staring at her with interest, relaxing on the sofa.

"How could he! That … bastard to throw me a call! Me! The oldest and the most thoroughbred in the Council! I'll destroy him with my own hands!"

"Calm down, Maya, Dracula supports him. I guess that's because of his present girlfriend … what's her name?"

"Selina … That … fool's, bodyguard."

"Yeah, so don't even try."

Maya set on his lap and put head on his shoulder:

"Terri, you stayed with me because I wasn't waiting. I hate waiting!"

She opened the door to the balcony and walked on the open air.

"I'm asking for so less! Count could easily make me the head of the Council, but he chooses that fool! Well, I can use another method …"

"What now?" – asked Terri, who has heard these words hundreds of times before.

"It's time to recall my real nature, sweetie. I'll back to my books …"

"You mean …"

"Yes, mistress Maya returns!"

"Great! You're agreeing with Vina's ridicules suspicions!" – Angelica embraced her value tightly, staring at Selina as her friend gone mad.

"I don't know, Angel! I don't know anything! I'm so depressed because of those attempts on Valdemar's life! And I worry about Diana. Take care of her, O.K.?"

Selin settled on the windowsill and changed look to fly.

"Forgive me, darling, I worry, too."

Vampiress smiled to her and flew into the night.

"Morgan, Julius!"

Two monster-like vampires sneaked into the room and fell on their knees in a bow.

"What news, boys?" – asked Maya in her usual imperious manner.

"Demons are in euphoria, they're predicting that the ancient power came into the world! But they can mistake …"

Vampiress gave them a sign to leave and set at the desk with her head rested on her arms.

"Ancient power …hmm, how interesting … What do you think, Terri?"

"I think that's nonsense."

"Do you know how strong the ancient power is? She can destroy the whole world."

"Wait a minute … if it's really so powerful, the Council …"

"Yeah, the Council has always liquidated everything it couldn't control. Still I can …" – she smiled evilly, forming plan in her pretty head.

Selin was flying above the lights of San-Francisco without any aims. She just wished to set free from the feeling of anxiety about Diana and, unwillingly, about Van Helsing she left alone in the circle of unknown enemies. Besides sometimes she felt small pricks in her abdomen, but that was the last thing she cared. First of all she needed to do the thing she always did when Victor was alive – to stand beside Valdemar's chair on his first Council meeting.