Hi! Hmm, someone wouldn't like this chapter, but it was going to happen, you know ... Still the last chapter of the second part of my Vampire Trilogy would be the next. Well, have fun!

Chapter 22

'Between me and you …'

"I thought you would be smart enough to call your husband first," Selina said to Angelica as soon as she noticed Van Helsing.

"What do you mean?"

"Irvin won't be glad if he knows."

"Sel! Gabriel has already helped me before! I trust him."

"Hey, I'm still here!" the hunter smirked staring at women. He hasn't seen Selin for long and just wished to be closer, but she was looking at him as usual with contempt.

"Well, we should save Diana. Angelic, how do you think, can you find her using your blood ties with her?"

"I've tried thousands of times!" the witch wiped tears off. "I know she's close, but I don't feel her anymore … What if she's …?"

"No, of course not!"

Their conversation was broken by the mourning march melody.

"Hallo, Lora!" Selina said into her mobile.

"Sel! We lost Valdemar!"

"What!"

"And Luka with Sylvia! They all have gone!"

"Damn! Damn! Damn! Who!"

"Mirek says it was Maya."

"Certainly! Oh, I understood everything now …"

"What shall we do!"

"Stay where you are! Do nothing, just wait, I'll call you later …"

Sel turned off the call and threw the phone away in fury.

Angelic embraced her:

"Shhh, what's wrong?"

"Maya went too far … I'll kill this bitch!"

"You all say that Maya is the greatest evil on the planet," Gabriel shook head unbelievingly.

"After the Dark Lord of course. Well, let's think logically: Maya captured our older men, she needs to keep them somewhere … somewhere in a save place."

Vampiress collapsed into an armchair while seeking for an answer. Still it was Van Helsing who found the way:

"Somewhere in the dark place, well protected like … fortress."

Selin clicked fingers:

"Certainly! The old Castle! The best place for hiding something! Oh, I know every corridor, every room there. And I know how to settle the situation!"

She picked her phone and found Dracula's number:

"I'll ask Vlad to help, yeah, Maya will have big problems!"

Gabriel didn't like the idea; he withdrew the mobile, dropped it on the floor and pressed it with his foot.

"You bustard! What've you done!" Sel protested staring at the remains of her phone. Angelic hurried to calm them both:

"Stop arguing! Sel, count is still in Washington! He just too busy and by the way – you and your team lost Valdemar, he shouldn't solve your problems! Van Helsing, relax, please, I know you hate the count, but be tolerant, please, or I'll turn you two into toads!"

The hunter and vampiress shook hands. They had to.

"So, where did we stop?"

Sharp peaks of towers were cutting the dark sky, it was even impossible to see anything because of the big heavy clouds, covering the moon. The Castle looked gloomy and mysterious like the ghost house. But it also was protected by hundreds of vampires and werewolves and … humans.

While seeking the way into, Van Helsing couldn't not to look at Selina; her willowy figure and gold of her hair …

"Are you gazing?" she asked smirking at him.

"You're beautiful," he replied thoughtfully. What else could he say? That loves her?

"O.K, Maya used the old location of posts: humans at the gates and main forces inside – very practically." Irvin noticed after good observing the Castle.

"Humans? I won't shoot in them!" Gabriel protested, making others nervous.

"These humans work for us! We use them as cannon fodder! So you can shoot."

"No matter! I won't!"

"Maybe it's not bad idea? They're naïve … What if we use it?" Angelica offered and Kiara nodded:

"Yes! The 'B.o.D.'!"

"What does it mean?"

"'Blood of Donors' … The black lorry which brings humans for some holidays …" Selin answered staring at the Irvin's car.

"Vampires – at the wheel, others – lie and shut up. We're going to visit Maya!"

So … Van Helsing, Kiara and Angelica lied down at the back, Sel put on her dark sunglasses and set on the driver's place, Irvin was near. The car arrived at the giant gates, where not less than fifty human-soldiers were. The car stopped and a pair of soldiers in all black with guns and pistols hurried to the visitors.

"It's a private territory! Move away or I'll shoot!" said one of them. Selin laughed like he said a funny joke:

"Ma'am, I warn you," the soldier repeated less certain.

"How long have you been working here?" she asked, smiling.

"A-a, for one night …"

"One night? I see. How old are you?"

"T-twenty …"

"Good age."

"Hey, move away, please …"

"I have a cargo, which Maya waits, let us in."

"Cargo? What cargo? She didn't say anything about it."

"Irvin, have you heard that?" Sel addressed to Maple:

"So bad," he smirked back.

"May I look at your cargo?" the human asked, unsure if it's right.

"Alright, go on … but it can cause you a kind of … shock…"

The soldiers gave a quick check to their 'cargo' and felt sick.

"What's the matter, boy? Are you afraid of dead guys?"

"Hmm, you may go."

"Thank you, dear."

The car freely moved inside the yard and everyone could finish playing.

"It was easy … What next/"

"Well, we should separate – one group will search in the east wing, the other – in the west. Meet on the roof."

"O.K, Selin, you'll go with Van Helsing, others – with me," Irvin said calmly like it was a very simple task.

"I don't trust him," replied Selina and the hunter said the same, but Irvin's facial expression meant: do what I said.

So Gabriel and Sel went left, killing all enemies on their way.

"It reminds a computer game," woman smirked after a pair of werewolves was defeated.

"You kill them too calmly, don't you think they had small children, who still wait them?" the hunter asked her, staring how enemies were turning back to normal.

"I just kill, Gabriel, nothing else matters. Who are you to tell me off?"

"I'm the one who … really, no matter."

"No! Say what you wanted to!" she blocked the way with herself, looking deeply into his eyes with a speechless question.

"You first. How could you become an assassin?"

"Don't prevaricate."

"I don't. I want to know, really."

"Well," Selin started while they continued walking, "After my turning into a vampire, I awoke here in one of the rooms. You know, I've hurt my head in that railway accident, so imagine how sick I felt. And … I was shocked to understand where I was and who I am now."

"What did you do?"

"I escaped. Jumped out of the window and then was wandering around the city. I wanted to go to the church, but couldn't … Besides, bloodlust was killing me. I … fell on the ground and then saw … an angel."

"Angel?"

"I thought so. It was a girl about ten or eleven, with long golden curls and in a white dress. I remember … her eyes – sparkling blue and her sweet voice …" Selina closed eyes for a moment, smiling to herself and Van Helsing thought how much he loves her, but shook himself as usual.

"Her name was Mira … she was a very ancient vampire, but as some of us was cursed to live in the body of the child with wisdom of a sage. Mira saved me, I started living in her house and learning how not to turn into a bloodthirsty demon. By the way she was the only vampire I know who could enter the church gates."

"Are you serious?"

"Yes, I am, really. Mira said: 'Everyone can reach Heaven, just keep the God in your heart'."

"I agree with her, but why are you speaking about her in past?"

"Because Mira was killed by the priest of the church she visited."

"And you killed him."

"Yes, I did. He was my first victim. Gabriel, it's the worst when you're killed because of just being … not like the others … Well, then I returned back to Victor and became one of his assassins. Do you remember you asked me if I afraid of something? The truth is that I'm afraid to meet Mira and hear that she's upset of me … Silly, don't you think?"

"No! Of course not!" he took her by shoulders gently:

"You're the most amazing woman I've ever met. I …love you …"

Selina blinked at him and then laughed:

"Good joke!"

"I'm absolutely serious. Sel …" he took her by chin, staring into her amber eyes.

"See this?" she showed him her wedding ring. "It means I'm going to get married with Vladislaus."

"He … he lies to you! Since I've met you and by this day I've been thinking about you. You changed my life! I don't know what's good and what's bad anymore! But I know … I love you."

Under some charms of his words Sel lost control. They kissed and then again, first gently and then so wide and passionately. But she pushed him, breathing heavily.

"Sel, I'm sorry."

"The corridor … it divides on two paths. I don't remember this territory. Go right and I'll go left."

"Sel …"

"We should find Diana and our older men … please, go …"

Van Helsing nodded and they walked each road.

'Sel, you lost … how could you! You're engaged with Vladislaus! Oh, damn it!' she thought, climbing up by a ladder. Vampiress found herself on the roof and noticed that the weather becomes better. There was a platform where a huge magical cage situated. In this cage she saw …

"Valdemar!"

Yes, and other older men were here, too.

"Sel, behind you!" he shouted, but too late.

Selina felt a hit and fell on the floor. Maya was standing at her with a heavy silver crosier in her hands.

"I was waiting when I use it. How do you feel now?"

Sel tried to get up, but Fern hit her again and the other hits followed this tine into stomach.

"Weak, miserable creature … You thought you can beat me? I think not."

Selin escaped from another hit and got up ready to fight. She looked awful: dark streams of blood were streaming of her mouth and eyes.

Woman noticed her pistol, she dropped when Maya attacked her, 'Maximum' was lying on the edge of the roof and she hurried to take it, but Maya was older means she was stronger and faster than every turned one. Fern boot the pistol and it fell off, so Selina hadn't any weapon anymore.

"How boring, I thought you're really powerful enemy, you disappointed me," with these words Maya made few flaps of the crosier to see how Sel escapes her attacks. Of course very soon Maya got tired of it and hit her back so badly that vampiress fell and Fern put the boot in her stomach with her stiletto-heeled shoe, trying to cause her more pain and hurt her face.

"Maya stop! Enough! Let her go, or I'll …" Valdemar shouted, trying to break the cage.

"Shut up! See I'm having fun!" she laughed and pierced Selina's neck with her sharp heel. The woman coughed with blood and screamed, feeling how heel turning around in her throat.

"Unpleasant, really? This is for my son!" Maya gave her a slap, grinning devilishly:

"I'm going to kill you, see, you spoiled my dress!" Maya said looking at her white evening dress all in dark blood. Sel raised up hardly standing on her feet, at least a wound in her throat healed up.

She collected all her power in her fist and broke Maya's nose.

"Oh, you bitch!" she screamed and hit Selin again this time more painfully.

But Victor's assassins never gave up and Sel as one of the best got up quickly and stood in the fighting position.

"Come on, dear, attack me!" Maya laughed hysterically, wiping blood off her face.

"Why do you need this, Maya? Tell me."

"These bastards are on my way as you. Dracula should be mine!" she hit Sel again, making opponent to fall and then took her by chin thoughtfully:

"What's so special about you? You're nobody. And he is … a god of night."

Selina scratched her face, enjoying Maya's scream:

"You'll pay for this, bitch!"

She raised her crosier and …