Dracula's Bloodline Box Set: Books 1 - 5 by Ana Calin
Author:Ana Calin [Calin, Ana & Calin, Ana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Dracula, Vlad Dracula, paranormal romance, paranormal romance books, vampire novels, vampire books
Publisher: Ana Calin
Published: 2019-08-17T22:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER VI
Rux
âTHE LADY OF THE DARK Veil was a woman of many secrets. Her power over silver was one of them,â Otilia begins. âLegend says the silver book the Lady used to summon the demon still lies inside the altar at the monastery. The very letters inside of it are sewn of silver, which was the first reason why Dracula couldnât approach it. The second was that the book was already ancient in the Middle Ages, and it was written in an ancient language. Not even the monks knew the language in order to decipher it.â
I glance at Vlad, and the expression on his face tells me that itâs true.
âIt is said it was the language of demons,â Otilia continues in an ominous tone, even the room seemingly darkening as she speaks. âAnd Ruxandra had spent her entire childhood learning itâfrom the gypsies who served on her noble familyâs grounds. It was one of her greatest secrets. The orally transmitted gypsy lore says that she used her knowledge of black magic in order to make Dracula fall in love with her, but that remains only a possibility.â
I glance at Vlad, but heâs looking down. I get the feeling he suspected that much.
âIs it true she invoked the demon in order to help him beat the Turks?â I push when Otilia remains with her eyes fixed on one spot, seeming hypnotized by the story unfolding in her mind.
She snorts.
âI donât think so. The woman had interest in black magic, while Vlad Dracula was all about Christianity and God. That was the reason the Order of the Dragon, of which he was an important member, sent him against the Ottoman armiesâto cleanse Europe of paganism.
âBut the Lady of the Dark Veil was all about herself. Vlad had spent many months away at war and, in his absence, danger began to close in on her. The Turks had already begun to corrupt the boyars, who turned against the part of Vladâs family that had stayed in WallachiaâRuxandra, mainly. She turned to her skills of black magic mainly because she needed to protect herself. But the demon corrupted her to do more than that, to do evil.
âThe problem is that demons, especially ancient ones, arenât easily fooled. Lady Ruxandra was no more than a human, her twenty years in this world meaning nothing compared to the demonâs millennia. Demons like him donât strike easy deals with humans.â
She pauses again, eyes wide, showing that sheâs deeply immersed in the story. I glance at Vlad, but heâs still looking down at his own huge hands. All this must be painful to him....
âAnd?â I push. âWhat deal did they strike?â
âNo one knows exactly,â Otilia continues, entranced by her own story. âI, personally, do suspect the child she had after that night was part of the deal. It was the demonâs gate into the worldâbecoming flesh and blood.â
The words run like cold snakes over my body, making me shudder, as if my bones want to shake off my flesh.
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