Henry Hunter and the Beast of Snagov by John Matthews

Author:John Matthews [John Matthews]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781783700448
Publisher: Templar Publishing
Published: 2014-11-13T05:00:00+00:00

“Who exactly are you?” Henry managed at last.

“Bella Dracul,” she answered without hesitation. “The only daughter of Prince Vlad Dracula.”

I goggled, trying to take this in. I had no doubt she was telling the truth. Meanwhile Henry’s logical mind kicked in.

“I thought vampires couldn’t have children.”

“My father was not always a vampire,” returned Bella.

“But…” I just about found my voice as questions still ran around my head.

“It is a mistake everyone makes. Tourists! Film people! What do they know? Always coming here in search of clues.”

“You mean there was another vampire before Dracula?” I asked.

“Of course. Many more. All of them are gone now. Or else are in hiding, like me.”

Henry was surprisingly quiet, but I had been doing the maths. “If you’re Vlad Dracula’s daughter you must be… over five hundred years old!”

Bella tossed her head. “Don’t you know it’s rude to ask a girl her age?” she said with a smile, then her eyes turned serious. “I was born in 1461, not far from here. My mother was a mortal, like my father at that time. It was only later that he…” She paused, as if she didn’t want to say the words.

“You mean that your father… made you a vampire?” said Henry, breaking the silence.

Bella gave a quick nod, and I thought I detected something like sadness on her pale face. She looked up at the sky again. The first edge of greenish light was creeping above the mountains. “I must be gone from here. It will be dawn soon and that at least is one story that’s true – my kind cannot be out in sunlight. But don’t worry, I do not think those people will be back in a hurry. I will come to you tomorrow night and we will talk some more.”

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