Well I am back again! Hurah! Also Ron's Sexy Girly 750, thank you soo much! Never really looked at it as a talent, just something I have been doing since the age of four. Glad you are enjoying my story weaving. Believer29, isn't his attiude the best part of him? LOL. Thank you for the comment! I really do appercate it! Still no ownership of Van Helsing here!

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Silk caressed her cheek. Atrum was laying on her stomach in a bed of black silk. Looking at her ungloved hands, she saw the Celtic knot triangle she hid from the world. The mark of her servitude. Hoping the last few hours had only been a dream, she closed her eyes again. Then she felt a nail rake across her back.

"So I see my future bride is awake," Dracula laughed. "Who knew when I tasted your blood you would black out on me. I want you awake when you become mine forever."

"Forget it," she said as she turned onto her back in the bed. Sitting up she glared at him. "I belong to no one!"

"Not even your precious Gabriel?" Dracula laughed, mocking her.

"Not even him," she sneered. "That is a long forgotten past. Once I send you back to hell I plan to take part in my own death."

"Death?" Dracula laughed. "My dear, what I offer you is better then any death you can imagine! After all I am already dead."

"Not dead enough for me," she muttered.

"Do you think he is going to save you?"

"Who says I need saving?" she smirked. Jumping off the bed, she was glad Dracula had only removed her cloak and gloves. The Celtic knot triangles started to glow gold, as she summoned her power. She trusted her left palm outward, and a fireball proceeded to fly from her open palm. Dracula was hit in the gut with the fireball, as she ran out the door.

"CARL!" she shouted, hoping against hope he would hear and answer her. Hearing a high pitched squeal coming from below, she heading down to the dungeons. Grabbing a discarded broom, and blasting the Dwergi out of her way she entered the dungeons.

"Atrum! Help me please!" Carl screamed from where he was chained to the wall.

"Wait, I get to wake up next to Dracula in a bed of silk, and all you get is chained to the wall," she complained. "Where is the fairness in that!"

"Can we discuss this later!" he squeaked. After another sigh, she blasted the chains off. Carl rubbed his wrist as she yanked him out the dungeon. "Where are we going?"

"Out the window," she replied calmly. Pushing him out the window, she followed and leapt on the broom, and flew down to the falling and screaming Carl. Grabbing him, and swinging him onto the back of the broom.

"You could have killed me!" he gasped.

"I'll take that as a thank you," she laughed, as the flew away. They heard a roar and Dracula flew out after them, but the sun was on their side. The sun started to slowly rise as Dracula flew back in to avoid the pure light. Atrum's skin started to crawl as the sun's ray caressed her skin. Flying as quickly as she could towards Van Helsing, she crashed down into the trees.

"You're trying to kill us!" Carl screamed, as he brushed the snow off himself.

"Shut up," Atrum shrieked threw her gritted teeth. "Next time I'll live you to the vampires!"

"Atrum!" Van Helsing called out as he ran to where he saw them crash land. "You guys okay?"

"We're fine," Atrum muttered as she ducked behind a tree to hide from the sun.

"You may be fine but I almost got bitten!" Carl cried.

"How are we suppose to destroy Dracula?" Van Helsing sighed. "After all I don't see a werewolf around here?"

"Wolfsbane," Atrum replied. "A bite of a wolf killed him, so now he has the venom of werewolf in him, and besides silver, which won't kill Dracula, Wolfsbane is the only know way to kill a werewolf."

"Where are we going to find Wolfsbane here?" Carl shouted. "If you haven't noticed we are surrounded by snow!"

"The village has a collection of every known herb to man, and some unknowns, including the Wolfsbane," she replied. "Van Helsing, can I borrow your coat?"

"Um sure," he replied as he handed it to her. Atrum reemerged, with the top of the coat covering her head.

"Let's head back to the village," Atrum suggested.

"Right let's go," Carl said and started walking. Van Helsing grabbed her by the arm.

"We need to talk," he whispered, then nodded towards Carl. "Alone."

"I can't do this Alexandros," she replied then walked away.

"You knew," he gasped.

"I always knew," Atrum replied, as she held back her tears. Then she ran past Carl towards the village.

"What was that about?" Carl asked.

"I think she just ended our relationship," he replied, still stunned.

"What relationship?" Carl asked, very confused.

"The one that started before my service to God."

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Still have a few more chapters left, bad part is I have an idea for a squeal already, LOL! Bad multitasking mind! Reviews pls! Till next time!