Giving In
Chapter 2
Dracula had a feeling of unease stirring in the pit of his stomach and he hurried to castle Frankenstein to check on his children one from each of his brides.
He dropped gracefully out of the sky transforming into his humanoid form he spotted his daughters running to him and they looked worried. "Father, you must save her," shouted Marina hysterically sounding so much like her mother Aleera it was scary…really scary. "Save whom Marina," he asked confused. "Ciara" shouted the three in unison clutching each other in fear. Dracula saw a beautiful figure throw herself out one of the side windows and without thinking he morphed into his Hellbeast form and caught her in mid-air.
She opened her eyes to see what had saved her from her imminent doom and found herself face-to-face with a vampire her eyes rolled back in her head and she fainted.
Dracula landed with his usual grace and looked up at the shattered window of the castle and saw a huge grey werewolf snarl at him for depriving him of his prey. He grabbed one of his daughters' hands and hoisted the girl he had rescued over one shoulder saying, "we are going home and you are going to tell me everything". The four vampires linked hands and Dracula materialized them into his private sitting room in castle Dracula.
He lay the unconscious beauty down on one of the soft chaises brushing a wisp of chocolate brown hair off of her beautiful face before abruptly turning to face his children who were sitting on another couch. "Explain," he said briskly but not harshly. Nora spoke first "we were in the castle playing hide and find when we met Ciara…" she started "we accidentally scared her and made her fall down," said Ariana sheepishly "she asked our names and told us hers and then we played hide and find again with her this time" said Marina "and then there was a werewolf" said Ariana "and she saved us and told us to head for the village because she would distract the werewolf and then come and find us when she was safe" finished Nora with a yawn. "go to bed my darlings Ciara will probably not wake until tomorrow she has had a trying night and must be exhausted" he said "we want to stay here with Ciara" said Ariana giving him those puppy eyes of Marishka's that he could never resist as the others nodded in agreement. "Very well" he said giving in to the inevitable. They snuggled around the girl and fell into slumber. He closed the heavy curtains of the room to block out the approaching sunlight and then sat down to watch his daughters and the newcomer. It was surprising to see that they trusted her so easily. 'She is very beautiful though perhaps…well that is to consider after meeting her I suppose' thought Dracula before slipping into a light sleep himself.
Sorry this chapter is so short but the question is do you like it? Send a review constructive criticism is always appreciated. Unless of course you are going to advise me to get a beta reader, I know I have some issues with run-on sentences and such but I just don't trust beta readers after a bad experience with one no offence to anyone out there who does beta for someone. Pls. Review!