*Warning-Story contains sexual content, language and graphic images of violence.
Dracula's daughter Una Bella Morte is alive and well in modern Italy, but her father's legacy has been nearly been eradicated by the remaining coven's abandonment of I...
"William looked at Michael in earnest. It's your mortal blood that calls you to your true mate. That's why you rejected Amanda. She has Jin Blood in her. Instinctively, your blood knew she was unnatural. An aberration, a Frankenstein."
Michael looked at William with unmasked surprise. "I always believed my human blood made me inferior."
"Blood is blood, it can be transmuted with the right sire." But what can't be transmuted is something that wasn't human to begin with, something like Amanda."
Michael remembered the sexual thrill of excitement Amanda could stir in him in the beginning of their engagement.
"Uncle William, what do you think I should do?"
"If I were you I would go to the old world families to search for a mate. Our blood line is weak and diluted." William glanced back towards the estate, "Or corrupted." He cursed softly in the old language. "Go to Strauss-berg and find the Wein Family. Tell them who you are, that you're my nephew. Ask for Alexander."
"I shall. Thank you Uncle."
"Don't thank me, I should have done more to stop Katherine before she became so powerful. She has infected and weakened the entire coven."
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The next morning Michael drove to the Wein Family Estate, bordering a branch of the Danube River.
Although he didn't know what to expect, he was thrown when a cultured white haired gentleman, looking like Amadeus Wolfgang Mozart, answered the door to the chateaux. If this small, diminutive creature was vampire royalty, than he was Tarzan Lord of the Jungle.
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Alexander Wein took one look at Michael's suit and wrote him off as a salesman.
"If you are here to sell me some insurance, or a cable tv subscription, you're wasting your time."
"I'm sorry?" Michael was put off by the salesman assumption.
"You're not here selling anything?"
"No, I'm William Grant's nephew. He sent me here to talk to you." Michael lowered his voice. "About the family bloodline."
Alexander became less guarded as his interest in Michael grew. "If you are truly as you say, then come, join me in the library."
There was a crackling fire in the room with ancient books lining the walls. Although there was no other source of heat in the room Michael noticed Alexander gave no sign of being cold. With his half human blood Michael shivered moving closer to the fire.
Looking at the Alexander, Michael sensed how ancient he was and decided to get straight to the point of his visit. "Alexander my coven has been polluted by corruption. I need to find a pure blooded mate to revitalize the family line."
Alexander studied him for a minute before answering. "Tell me something. When you find a mate who will start a new coven with you, what do you plan to do afterwards?"
"You mean, will I overthrow the Lady Anne, and kill her and all of her followers?"
Alexander took a sip of some very dark red wine and inclined his head. " Would you?"
Michael answered honestly. "Yes, it's a day I've dreamed of every night."
His host nodded and then abruptly stood up. "Follow me. I have something to show you."
He went to the bookcase and pressed a panel causing the wall to slide back revealing a spiral staircase winding down into the darkness."
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