Integra walked the hallway alone. It was dark and the kitchen smells floated up into the higher hallways of the manor. The darkness stretched on and Integra found herself looking at more and more of the photographs on the walls. They descended from color to black and white to sepia and photos of family through the ages became less and less clear. Integra stopped at a portrait of her great grandfather and looked at it intensely. A picture next to it held the likeness of various men and a woman that Integra did not recognize. She leaned closer to look at the photo.
A gloved hand appeared from behind her and touched the glass of the photo. Integra jumped and found herself in the arms of the vampire. He smiled and looked back at the photo. His finger moved slightly to reveal the face of a pretty girl.
"Mina Harker…" he whispered and snarled.
"That's great grandpa," Integra said and reached a slender finger up to the photo. She pointed to the oldest man in the photo.
"Abraham," the vampire scoffed and pulled his finger from Mina's face. He had cracked the glass, ever so slightly. It expanded like a spider web and Integra turned on her pet, frowning.
"Don't!" she ordered and all the fiery passion a thirteen year old could muster spouted from her. "Don't break things!" The vampire smirked.
"The woman I loved was stolen from me. That was, in part, because of your Great- grandpa," he told her and reached out, taking her by the sleeve of her shirt with talon like fingers. He looked down at her and Integra stared back up in fear. " I WILL BREAK WHAT I PLEASE," he snarled.
"I can see why Miss Harker didn't want you," the young teen said from between gritted teeth. She looked up into her vampire's eyes. His face changed, only for a millisecond. He tightened his grip on Integra's arm, his nails digging into the soft flesh of her arm. Integra squeaked with pain and he dropped her, looking down on her for a moment before bending down and tending to her arm.
"Apologies, Master," he whispered and he wiped the blood away carefully. "Go, now before Walter sees."
Integra stood up and hurried back down the hall, leaving the vampire to stare at the broken face of his lost love with a pain in his chest.
