Verona and her sisters had succesfully driven their children into attack on the mortal village. Screams plagued the air where their children fed. From high up Verona could see that Marishka was wasting no time in locating herself a meal and had already sank her teeth into a young woman. But from her vantage point Verona could also see Aleera. She was merely sitting on a rooftop, watching the horror unfold before her eyes. She had never been one to feel guilt over what she did but for some reason over the past few days she had become remorseful over ones she had murdered. To begin with she and Marishka had also felt the same way, but there was nothing they could do to stop the blood hunger ,they had to feed.
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Aleera sat as if in a trance watching her children feed. She watched them slowly pick off people that got close enough and sink in their fangs and penetrate the human's neck. She sighed, it was not that she didn't want her children to live, but watching them feed brought back painful memories. She tried to put them at the back of her mind but the more she pushed them down, the more they resurfaced. Suddenly Aleera felt a pair of deep emerald eyes watch her from the sky. Verona was watching her intently, Aleera hissed, she hated being the little sister! Verona was the oldest and by far the strongest and wisest. Which made her second in command to Dracula. When they went to hunt without their master she had full control of who they ate and how much they ate before they had had their fill. But it did get very annoying, if you were to try to stand up to Verona the master always took her side as she had been with him the longest and had him on a string. Though she didn't flaunt having such control over such a powerful man as many women would, she was cool and reserved which gave her the reputation of being cold. Marishka however, was the polar opposite to Verona. Being the middle sister she really had only command over Aleera and for that she needed both the count's and Verona's permission so there wasn't much point. She also waved it in Aleera's face sometimes that she was more important than Aleera was. According to her older sisters she had only been sired for a bit of fun, to replace the other two when they were running errands for the master and that the master hadn't the feelings he had for the other two with her. Verona had always tried to stay off the subject but when Aleera really got on her nerves it was something to use against her, and she couldn't do anything about it because anything that went to the master had to pass through Verona's ears first! She was powerless to everything and possible of nothing. The three brides together were strong because of their differences, but Aleera knew full well that it would sooner or later be their undoing...
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Dracula eyed Van Helsing and realised he was alone, relaxing slightly, he jumped from the bacony with ease, landing on the ground on his feet without a sound. But he still had no idea how Gabriel got in there. The dwergi were guarding every entrance to the castle and all the doors were bolted shut. His brides and children had flown out the window and as skilled as Gabriel was he was sure that he hadn't quite mastered flying yet. Well, he reminded himself, it no longer mattered.
"You are too late Gabriel! My children live!!" he spat. But Van Helsing merely lifted his hat slightly to show his face more, and grinned, causing Dracula a slight unease. But he brushed it off immediately, why was he so afraid? Gabriel had no power over him or his children! He could do nothing.
"You may think that theyr'e safe what with them now being alive. But they aren't safely cooped up in here are they?" Dracula's face fell and he began to panic. In desparation he read Van Helsing's mind and found out why he was so smug. The friar and Anna were both waiting at the village to set of the light machine. It would kill all his children. NO! He screamed to himself. He easily picked up Van Helsing and chucked him aside to avoid any interuptions in his journey. He had to get down there and warn Verona fast!