The hours pass slow and quiet. Everyone in the forest knows what to do, but they are not prepared for the unknown consequences. The sun comes down very slowly. Stefan and Douglas are leading the hunt.
------------"We must win this battle
------------"Yes, we must
------------"Remember Douglas, Dracula loves his brides very much, they represent the future of his evil blood line, if he loses them, he will be more vulnerable.
------------"My blood line died with Aleera. My name will die with me.
------------"Do you think you can kill her?
------------"I don't know Stefan. I know I must.
------------"Douglas…
------------"Sure or not I will. Trust me, I will.
Suddenly, a howl trembles the environment. A second howl sounds more near than the first.
------------"Werewolves
------------"Dracula is a coward!
------------"No, he is smarter.
Marishka, Verona and Aleera are in the top of a tree, in a big branch. The breeze is strong and cold. Finally the sun hides in the horizon.
--------------"Where is the master?
--------------"He must be in the village right now
--------------"What!
--------------"I told you Verona, you see? She is scared and upset for her mommy
---------------"Shut up Marishka!
--------------"Quiet, both of you! Listen to me very carefully Aleera; the master will do everything to keep you safe.
--------------"He does not have the right to resolve my life!
--------------"How dare you! Ingrate!
Aleera change in to her vampire form and fly away from her sisters with an amazing speed. The hunters saw her, and immediately they began to shoot.
--------------"Aleera!
--------------"We must help her; they are going to kill her!
--------------"Come on, we need to distract them
In the village, Vera receives the visit of Dracula.
------------"This is a nice house my dear Vera.
------------"Get out!
------------"Shhh, show more respect and don't use that tone with me. I will try to do this in the way of humans; a bargain
------------"A bargain?
------------"Aleera is mine Vera, she accepted to be my bride for all eternity
------------"She accepted because she had no option!
------------"She had one, die.
------------"You are a…!
------------"Vera, Vera please listen to me. We love her, but she only can live with me
------------"You are wrong, she is not yours. She grew inside me; my face was the first thing she saw the day of her birth. I saw her grow. She is my flesh and blood, she is my life, and since you took her away from me I am broken.
Dracula strangely begins to feel a little remorse.
--------------"Please, have mercy and return me my daughter.
--------------"I can't do that Vera. My plan was to come here and kill you, but I know that Aleera will never forgive me, she still have human feelings; when she loves she does it because she feels it, when she hates is for a reason, and when she cries she does it with her soul. That makes her more beautiful and more special for me. Marishka and Verona are not like her. They are old inside.
-------------"I am incomplete without her
-------------"I will be incomplete without her
-------------"She cannot be for the both of us.
-------------"No, she can't. She is my bride, she belongs to me. These are my terms Vera; I will respect your life because I know you love her and because you brought her in to this world, I owe you that. Forget her, let her be. If you accept your family will be fine.
Vera feels her heart breaking, her hopes are dying. She feels so bad that she falls on her knees before Dracula.
---------------"I don't know how to abandon her; I don't know how to forget her. I can feel her every day; her blood is my blood.
---------------"You'll learn, for your own good and for Aleera's. If you refuse, I will kill you, your husband and all the members of your family in the village, including your friends. Give me an answer Vera.
Vera knows that she does not have alternative; she doesn't want to die but she doesn't want to lose her daughter either. Again, this woman thinks in other way to be with her daughter.
Will Continue……..