Dracula's Daughter

chapter 8

I awoke the next day feeling worse than yesterday. "Daddy!" I whined. Dad came in and looked at me. "Hey baby girl." He said sitting down next to me. "How do you feel?" He asked. "Icky." I said. "I'm going to have Carlotta make you some chicken soup. It will help." He said. "No." I whined. "Please baby. It will make you feel better." He coaxes. I roll over and moan. "Daddy. I'm cold." I said. Dad tucked the blankets around my shoulders tighter. He walked over to the fire and got it started again. The warmth radiated across the room. "Vlad?" Mum's melodic voice asks. "In here love." Daddy says. Mum enters and looks at me with soft loving eyes. "How is she?" She asked. "Not any better. I think she's getting worse." Dad said placing a hand on my head. "Should we get a healer?" Mum asked. "Yes, I'd rather know its just an illness and not something deadly. I will not lose my baby girl." Dad said. He layed down next to me and I snuggled up to him. "Mummy. My throat hurts." I say. "Alright honey. I'm going to go get the Healer." She said. Dad stayed next to me rubbing my back. I stood and slipped towards the bathroom. I became sick instantly. Dad came in behind me. "Baby are you alright?" He asked. "Daddy!" I whined slightly embarrassed. "Elise I've dealt with your brother and sisters being sick. No need to be embaressed." He said rubbing my back. He had done that to me my whole life. After my stomach had been emptied he picked me up and put me back in bed. Mum came back with the healer and She instantly began her routine. "Well the good news is its not contagious or deadly, but the bad news is, it is long lasting." She said I groaned. "Is it curable?" Daddy asked. "Thankfully yes, give this to her 2 a day for a week and she'll be better in no time." The healer said handing mum a bottle of medicine. "Thank you." Mum said. The heer nodded and left. "See I told you it would be helpful to know. Plus its not contagious." Dad said. I groaned and rolled over wrapping myself in my blankets. "Mum and dad sat on either side of me. "Relax Ellie, you need to rest." Mum said stroking my hair. "Vlad she's sweating. Her fever spiked." She said to dad. "I'm so cold." I say. "Mum? Dad?" Ingeras's voice asked. Mum got up to see what he needed, she came back withy brother trailing behind her. "Hey small fry. How are you feeling?" He asked. "Horrible." I say simply. "My goodness Ellie its so hot in here." He said. "I'm freezing." I said adjusting my blanket. "Ellie your sweating. It probably because you have 5 blankets on plus the fire going, and you have a fever. You'l pass out from heat exhaustion." He said. "Ingeras. Leave her be. She's very ill." Dad said. "I'm going to go eat breakfast. Feel better okay small fry?" Ingeras spoke so gently. I nodded and he left. I have the best older brother in the world. "You two need to eat." I say to mum and dad. "You are more important than us." Mum said. "I'll be okay. I want to sleep any way." I said. They nodded and kissed my forehead. I then got comfortable in bed and curled into a ball. Wrapping the blankets tighter around me. I grabbed m stuffed bear and relaxed until I fell in to a deep dreamless sleep once again.