Sorry about the long wait. As you may or may not know, I lost my USB; which contained ALL of my stuff for this story!... But it's OK! I found it. It's been through the washing, but everything is still there

Hope you enjoy it! It's a pretty short chapter, but there's longer ones coming!

(Hearland4life)

Chapter 6

As soon as Erin and Vlad exited the throne room Vlad dropped the act and returned to his normal self.

"Are you sure there is no more?" Vlad asked urgently.

Erin looked at Vlad's worried face, "No, I watered it down last night. Even then there was only enough for 2 hours."

Vlad blinked in thought, subconsciously undoing his top button. Surely he could just say that he had only bitten her this morning and her breather scent hadn't completely worn off… But then how would he explain the breathing and the heartbeat?

That was when he heard Miss McCauley.

"Vladimir!" She was coming straight towards them, "Vla-…" She paused, "What are you wearing?!"

"Oh," Vlad looked at his cape and robe. Thank goodness he had refused to wear his crown, "Ahhh… we're having a fancy dress party… A family get-together… sort of… Thing…"

Miss McCauley looked slightly perplexed, but accepted the given answer,

"Well, there are two people wanting to see you and your father outside… Mina and Jonno?"

Erin saw Vlad look to the ceiling as he rolled his eyes and bit his lip. What were they doing here now?

"They said it was urgent… maybe I should talk to your father-"

"Ah- no, he's a little busy at the moment… I um, I can deal with it."

Miss McCauley raised her eyebrows,

"I think it's probably best if I speak to your fa-"

Vlad grabbed her arm as she began to walk past them towards the door,

"No."

"Vladimir…" her voice was becoming stern.

Erin interrupted,

"Ahh, Miss McCauley, what Vlad is trying to say is that Mina and Jonno want to talk to him anyway, and Mr Count is quite busy at the moment…"

Vlad looked at Erin, silently thanking her for explaining.

"Well… Ok then… shall I invite them in?"

"No, we'll go to them." They couldn't have two slayers in the building while there were so many vampires around, added to the fact that they were beginning peace negotiations with the Slayers Guild.

Miss McCauley turned and headed back towards her office.

(Heartland4life)

Stay tuned for the next enthralling instalment! :P Which will be much, much, MUCH, quicker this time, I promise!