While a storm lashed the countryside,
Una Bella Morte stood inside the Kent estate surveying the results of the massacre. "Michael, your aunt was too easy to kill. She wasn't very smart."

In the dead of night, she and Michael had visited his former clan killing everyone except his parents and William.

Laughing delightedly, she was now taking inventory of the estate. "I will take the servants under my protection. We will need them for Castle Dracul."

"Yes, but Lucius is still alive." Michael reminded her. He did not share his mate's celebratory mood.

"Don't worry, Michael. I plan to fix that detail soon."
"We could stay here." He imagined the hall decorated for Christmas free of blood and corpses.

"You don't understand, Michael. Castle Dracul is my legacy."

Suddenly her pupils dilated, reflecting her desire.

"I want you Michael. My blood longs for yours."

"Una Bella, you're insatiable."

Privately, Michael had been wondering where Amanda had disappeared to when the dismembering began, but Una Bella would not let him dwell on anything except her sensuous body. Urging him into action, he took her in his arms, making love to her in Katherine's bed. His aunt's broken body lay forgotten on the floor.

Afterwards, wholly rejuvenated, Una Bella lounged in a bath of mud and blood soothing her luxuriously soft, milky skin. 

"I want a son and daughter with you Michael."
"I want us to have children also, Bella." Rolling over he kissed her as she wrapped her legs around his back pulling him down onto her.
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From the balcony, William had watched  the massacre from his vantage point above the carnage. He reveled in the success of the coup. With Katherine dead, their coven would be rejuvenated and rise again. Dracula's glory would reign in a new era led by Una Bella and Michael.

Wrapped in Katherine's expensive robes, her skin glowing from lovemaking, Una Bella joined William surveying the bloodied hall while Michael slept.

"Come with me William. I would speak with you." William followed her silently without comment. He had not felt this intimidated in years. Her power made him shiver in erotic delight and fear.

When they arrived in a secluded part of the estate, Bella dropped her robes as the thunder cracked and the wind howled.

"You know I am Dracula's daughter." Approaching him, she traced her finger along the side of his face, down his shoulder, lingering over his chest. William shivered with desire, feeling himself grow hard.

"What are you doing Princess Bella?"

"I need a second in command. "William, you will be perfect for what I have in mind."

She sank her fangs deep into his throat as he gasped throwing his head back in exquisite agony.  Placing both her hands on his shoulders, she forced him to his knees into a submissive position.

"Tell me you will obey me." She demanded.

"I am your servant, Mistress." His voice trembled with the fury of passion racing through his veins.

"What will you do for me, William?" Una leaned into him until her body molded to his.

He gasped barely able to speak as lust coursed through his blood. "I will do anything for you, Una Bella."

He wanted to taste her more than he wanted to live. He tried to rise to reach her throat and touch her breasts, but Una denied him kicking him onto his back.

'No. First you will find the witch. Then I will reward you."

Finished with William, Bella returned to the master bedroom seeking out Michael. Thunder rumbled outside as the wind picked up. Power and darkness flowed from Una as if her father's spirit was rising in her. Growing pensive, she turned to Michael.

"I must visit my father's shrine to give thanks.
When he attempted to accompany her, she stopped him. "No, I must go alone."

Una Bella travelled to a familiar site. The crypt where she had been entombed. She found the spiral staircase leading to the a secret passageway only the ancient monks knew about. She knew now, this was her destiny.