A Love Returned

Chapter 10

Ingrid was woken by a loud knock at the door, she shook Will awake and got out of bed, waking up Wolfie.

"What is it?" Will moaned, half asleep.

"It's Uncle Count!" Wolfie shouted happily, probably waking up everyone else.

"And Ms McAuly, so be nice," Ingrid said as she walked down the stairs and opened the door.

"Ingrid, that's good, I got the right address!" The Count said gladly.

Ingrid smiled, "Where's Ms McAuly?"

"In the car, she hasn't quite gotten used to the whole vampire thing yet."

"Uncle Count!" Wolfie ran and gave him a hug.

"Wolfie! It's good that you're back, I was getting jealous of your mother."

This made Wolfie jump up and down, very happy.

"Umm, get her and come in then," Ingrid said, "I'll get the others."

The Count walked back down to the street, helping the headmistress out of the car.

Ingrid sped back with Vlad and Erin, Artur was in his crib.

Vlad rubbed his eyes, he hasn't gotten much sleep with Artur crying every hour, "Oh, hey dad."

"Vladdy! You look like a dying mongoose!"

He ruffled his hair, "Thanks..."

Ms McAuly stepped inside, "Hello Ingrid, Vlad."

She was introduced to Will and reacquainted with Wolfie, then they sat down in the living room.

Artur started crying.

"You're kidding me!" Vlad complained, but he'd promised to give Erin a break, so he sped upstairs.

"You have a child?" Ms McAuly asked, in quite a rude tone.

"Yes," Erin said, "Do I need your permission?"

"Oh... no. I just thought, never mind."

"Well this is a happy family!" The Count quickly interrupted.

"So, the vampires?" Ingrid asked.

Will appeared in the room, holding a plate of warm blood. The vampire equipment to tea.

"Hmm, Thankyou," Ingrid took one, so did the Count but Ms McAuly refused. There was a hot chocolate for Wolfie.

"Well..." The Count said in between sips, "One hundred, exactly. They just bit every last breather in that school. It's a blood bath. Some are half fangs, some are rotting on the ground. I hope huge authorities don't visit the place, they'll think it's World War Three."

"Gruesome," Will said, "Disgusting actually."

"We're never going back there," Ingrid said sternly.

"We could clean it up!" Erin exclaimed, "Using speed and all."

"No. It's way too dangerous now," Vlad sped back in, the Count had also been telling him telepathically.

"But our plans..." Erin whispered.

"I'm sorry, but we can't take the risk."

She stared at her lap and twiddled her thumbs in silence.

"Anything happen while I was gone?" The Count asked.

Will looked at Ingrid, but she shook her head. Now wasn't the time to tell them.