Chapter 11: Break Apart

Four days had passed and nothing had changed, it seemed to have gotten worse. Dracula and Nshina were standing in the hallway having another argument. William, Marishka, Aleera and Verona were standing away from them, they had learnt that it was best to stay away from them,

"YOU DO NOT TRUST US ANYMORE! YOU ONLY SPEND YOUR TIME WITH HIM! WE ARE MEANT TO BE YOUR FAMILY NSHINA! DO WE NOT COUNT ANYMORE?!"

Dracula screamed at her. Nshina laughed and looked into his eyes,

"I trust Van Helsing more than you because he UNDERSTANDS ME! You don't seem to EVER want to listen to what I have to say but he does! That is the difference between the two of you!"

Verona looked at Aleera and shook her head. Van Helsing seemed to be a hot topic for them to argue about recently, Aleera looked at Marishka who had her head in her hands and was looking down on them. Dracula drew himself up to his full height and looked down on Nshina,

"I want to listen! You just never let me!"

Nshina glared at him,

"I do let you! I even give you opportunities to listen to me but you never seem to notice them! You are too busy worrying about everyone else apart from me!"

Dracula just threw his hands up into the air and walked away from Nshina; she growled at him and turned around. They heard a knock at the door, seeing as Nshina was the closest she opened it. Standing on the doorstep was Van Helsing and Carl,

"If you shouted a little louder I'm sure England might hear you,"

Nshina managed to smile and walked out of the door with them, all Dracula saw when he turned around was some flowing red material then the wood of the door as Nshina slammed it. Dracula picked up one of the long tables and threw it at the wall, Nshina could annoy him so much, to the point of him just wanting her gone but he could never hate her. They had been through so much together that it made it impossible, but sometimes he wished he did hate her. It would make things a lot easier. Dracula looked up and saw that his brides were standing above him hand in hand while William was looking down smirking. Dracula had noticed that William did that a lot recently and it really started to grate on him,

"Master, do you want us to go after Nshina?"

Aleera asked, she and Verona were always the ones going after her nowadays. Dracula waved his hand in acceptance and watched as they flew off. Marishka materialized down beside him and rested her head on his shoulder, her giant amber eyes gazing up into his ice blue eyes,

"Do not worry Master, Aleera and Verona will calm her down and bring her back to us, you will see,"

Dracula looked down at her and started to stroke her hair,

"Yes my dear, they will,"

William walked down the stairs to join them; Marishka watched him walk down and smiled when he reached them,

"Are you alright dear?"

William smiled at the both of them,

"I am fine Marishka,"

He hated acting like this. He knew now that he wanted Marishka to himself, and he thought that she wanted him too. It was how she acted around him and the things she said. He started to wonder how he could get Marishka away from her Master; he knew that as soon as their family started to break down she wouldn't want to stay around for long. Aleera and Verona flew in through the window, but Nshina did not follow. Dracula watched them land and sighed sadly,

"She would not come?"

Aleera looked down but Verona kept her gaze on him,

"Master I am sorry, we did try but all she would say to us was that they are doing important work and needed to finish it,"

Aleera looked over at Marishka and expected her to say something, but she didn't. That shocked Aleera,

"But she did say she will be home before the sun rises,"

Verona carried on, William smiled. This was his chance to plant more hatred about Nshina,

"Yes, but she said that last time, but she spent all day and night with him,"

Marishka looked up and hit his arm lightly,

"William please, don't say things like that,"

He looked hurt and lowered his head,

"I have just remembered there was a villager who said that they had some information for me, I wont be long,"

Marishka nodded and watched him change into a werewolf and bound off.

Nshina was sitting on a table in the house that Van Helsing, Carl and a few others shared while they were staying in Transylvania. Van Helsing walked up behind her and made a little cough, to make his presence known to her. She turned around to look at him,

"You don't have to do that; I know when someone enters the room,"

Van Helsing smiled,

"I'm sorry Queen Nshina,"

He bowed down mockingly to her and she laughed,

"Oh shut up you, what is it you came to tell me?"

Van Helsing stopped smiling and walked up to her side,

"My Lady we have had word that William has left the castle, he is heading for a house not far away from here, I think we should monitor him, just to make sure,"

Nshina slid off the table, but the material that went across her back stayed on the table. A sudden gust of wind flew around the room and picked up the thin pieces of material of her dress, her wind whipped her hair around her head; Van Helsing couldn't help but smile. Nothing had changed, his feelings were the same but he couldn't show them. He had to stay strong,

"Yes, we should! I want to expose him once and for all,"

As they started to walk out of the room they bumped into Carl and another man,

"Where are you going Van Helsing?"

Carl asked him, Van Helsing looked down at Nshina and she looked up at him then looked at Carl,

"We are going to watch William: you are welcome to join us if you wish,"

Nshina said looking at them, but Carl shook his head,

"We are sorry but we can't we have some business to attend too,"

Van Helsing sighed and laughed. He walked off with Nshina following behind them; she took his hand and materialized the both of them outside the house,

"We should just watch, when we see something going on I will get Master and my sisters,"

Van Helsing nodded and they sat outside a window watching them. William was inside talking with a cloaked man, he handed the cloaked man a bag of coins and he handed William a box full of the vials. Van Helsing nodded at Nshina and she took off. When she landed at the castle Dracula, Aleera, Verona and Marishka were sitting on the stairs talking,

"Nshina! I knew you would come around,"

But Nshina but shook her head,

"There is no time for talking; I need to show you all something, now!"

They took her hands and she materialized them all back to where Van Helsing was,

"Please don't start to argue, just listen to what they are saying,"

Nshina looked at Van Helsing who had opened a window; from inside they could hear William talking,

"Are you sure this will work?"

The other man nodded,

"I am sure; this is the strongest I have ever made it. It should take effect on them within two hours, are you sure you want to do this? From what you have told me the young one reacts violently when she has consumed great amounts, this one vial is worth 8 normal ones, you have a batch of 30 there. You do know that this could kill Nshina?"

William nodded and smiled,

"I am sure, I want her out of the picture, and then I can start to break up the rest of them,"

Dracula lost his temper at that point. He roared and crashed into the room, William and the man both jumped back and looked at each other, looking equally stunned,

"Master... I… Um…"

Nshina jumped through the window behind him and smiled sweetly,

"I told you I would expose you my dear,"

William snarled at her then saw Marishka standing behind Dracula,

"Marishka, my dear… you have to understand,"

But she shook her head, disbelief on her face,

"You were going to kill Nshina, YOU WERE GOING TO KILL MY BEST FRIEND AND YOU WANT ME TO UNDERSTAND!!"

William looked down, he couldn't say anything. Dracula looked at him, pure hatred pouring out of him,

"I trusted you! I stuck up for you when Nshina was trying to tell me! Trying to make me understand who you really were! And this is the thanks I get! You plotting to break up my family and kill one of us?!"

Aleera and Verona appeared behind the two men and grabbed there arms,

"You are going to die! I don't care how slowly or painful it is!"

Verona whispered in Williams's ear. Nshina looked around and smiled at Van Helsing,

"We did it,"

Van Helsing looked at her and smiled back

"Yes we did my dear,"

Dracula turned around to look at Nshina,

"My dear, I am so sorry. I should have belie…"

Nshina held up a finger to him,

"I don't care. Literally. I suppose you thought he could be trusted, I just saw through his lies,"

Dracula laughed and looked at Marishka who was standing next to him; she was looking at the floor, trying to avoid Nshina's eyes. Nshina put a hand under her chin and lifted her head up,

"Marishka it's alright, I know you were the ones who trusted him the most, I understand the position you were put in,"

Marishka sighed,

"But it was still wrong of me sister; I should have believed you over him! Family comes before friends,"

Nshina laughed and took her hand away from Marishka's face,

"Well I can't complain there,"

Verona smiled at Aleera and she smiled back. Dracula looked at them,

"We should get William back to the castle; he needs to be taught a lesson,"

Van Helsing pulled Nshina aside,

"I should be going now, I will leave you too it,"

Nshina smiled and hugged him,

"Thank you for helping us,"

Van Helsing closed his eyes and breathed in her scent one last time,

"It was no trouble,"

The vampires flew out of the house with William in their arms. Van Helsing watched her fly away,

"William and I are nothing alike, yes I did love a bride but I could let her go. He made the mistake of splitting them up, I feel no sorrow for him, and he is getting what he deserves,"

He turned around and walked back to his house, Carl was waiting outside, he had seen it all,

"Cheer up Van Helsing, it might never happen,"

Van Helsing just laughed,

"Oh but it will to dear William,"