In a residence that stood near a big castle, in a room that looked like it could easily contain twenty people and still have a room for many more, filled with white furniture that had gold and violet decorations, five women, wearing different colored nightgowns were sitting on the edges of a king sized, wooden bed in white color that had sheets with the same violet color as the furniture decorations and the room's walls.
On the left side of the bed, a few steps away from it was a balcony with a glass door where another beautiful mature woman, wearing a short and sexy nightgown in blood red color, was standing, looking towards a big red moon hanging in the sky whose light is illuminating her gorgeous body, while every second, she is sinking deeper in her thoughts.
On the other side, in the more shadowy part of that room is a white table with three chairs on which sit other three women, wearing aristocratic pieces of dresses while silently drinking red liquid from their cups.
Inside the room, in front of the door are standing other women, more correctly three head maids of Clan Dark, Báthory, and Phoenix.
Their uniforms are made from three pieces of clothing. A short black skirt, pair of black gloves, and a shirt with black color and golden details, representing Clan Dark, the same but red uniform with black decorations and black gloves, representing Clan Báthory, and the same but white uniform with purple details and same colored purple gloves, representing Clan Phoenix. Their faces look lifeless as if they miss someone.
Behind the three girls sitting on the chairs are standing another three maids. Their uniforms look the same only the color combinations are different. The colors are green, yellow, and blue. They are the personal maids of Evie, Alice, and Sophie, the other three wives of Christopher.
The next day, after the ball in the Vampire King's castle where Christopher was missing, Alice, Evie, and Sophie came to Rose's home, asking about Christopher's missing presence.
He didn't show up on the ball as he promised them and he wasn't even answering their calls and messages.
When they last saw each other in that dark abandoned warehouse in NYC, Christopher gave them his phone number so they could call, chat, or make a video call with him, but every attempt the three were making was sabotaged by someone, so they came for questions to the culprits who can be responsible for their failing attempts, his other wives, only to find out what tragedy happened to their husband.
"What's the plan for tomorrow Mother? We can't just go and fight the entire Werewolf army. It's just a suicide... and you are still poisoned... Even if your health is getting better, you are not at your peak," Rose spoke from the bed, looking at her mother whose expression was hidden due to her red hair but her aura was felt by everyone.
Aura that contained only hatred, worry, and disappointment.
"I know my daughter, but I'm not a coward who will run away from a conflict like that and you know it... Vicki is your sister and Isobel is my lifelong friend. I'm not going to abandon them just because my body is in a bad condition." Elizabeth spoke with determination filling her voice.
"I know and I didn't mean it that way. I'm not going to abandon Clan Phoenix too... but still, we are just a few... and they are thousands." Rose replayed.
"Maybe we are just a few but I don't think the Werewolf king would send his strongest elities to fight in this meaningless 'war'. Nothing personal Vicki." Celeste spoke up to which Vicki nodded with a slight smile.
"I know... but why me? Why did that pest choose... me? Doesn't he have a harem of Werewolf women containing at least twenty members all over his father's kingdom?! " Vicki shouted in disgust and anger was visible on her face mixed with frustration and hatred shared by Elizabeth who was looking at her with understanding eyes.
"I don't know... Maybe he wants something new? " Sophie suddenly joined the conversation from behind the table as she took a sip from her cup filled with blood.
At that time when the three heard what happened to their husband, they were all gathered in a library.
After a few minutes, the library looked like a lighting tornado flew through the room.
Everything was destroyed and the entire room had mixed energy clouds inside itself as three holes were made in the ceiling, revealing a cloudless blue sky filled with stars.
The same thing that happened with Rose and the other girls in that dark alley when Christopher disappeared happened there too, the only change was in the powers that were used. A mix of Water, Air, and Earth energies was present all around the library.
Yes, they are elemental Vampires too.
"Maybe... but how come those women still like him? " Claudia started thinking but not for too long.
"They don't like him... It's the fear of death that still holds them there, in that fucking hole called the Werewolf kingdom." Elizabeth responded to Claudia's question and turned herself to face the room with glowing blood-red eyes, filled with hatred.
Then, she wanted to continue, but "*Cough," a strand of blood started coming from Elizabeth's mouth and a few drops of her precious blood fell on her opened palm.
"MOTHER! " Rose screamed and wanted to get up but Elizabeth pointed the palm of her hand at her daughter, showing a stopping sign.
"I'm okay daughter... It's nothing," Elizabeth regained her posture and leaned a little against the balcony door, resting her body a little.
"It's not the same case as with Christopher," she continued explaining.
"In Christopher's case, he showed all of us what the true meaning of love and family is, even if just for a few days."
"Even if he didn't know me, he saved me from the grasp of the Second Inquisition when they went after me. Saved my dear Rose from the hands of that pest Lazarus and gladly accepted the feelings of you six girls."
"Something that can be too much for another man who doesn't have a condition to satisfy all of you. And honestly, we are crazy... For someone, one crazy woman is enough to drive them crazy too, but he took all six of you without complaining, he was even glad you took him, Vicki."
"He is kind and when it comes to his family and love, he is even more possessive than I am, mainly because of his dragon bloodline I think."
Hearing Elizabeth's words, all the girls nodded because it was true, ignoring the fact that she called them crazy. It was an absolute truth after all. They never saw Christopher being mean to them or something. Quite the opposite actually.
In Vicki's mind, memories of her and Christopher's dance in their mansion's garden on Earth started showing, driving her to the edge of crying.
In Rose's mind, his lifeless body was enveloped in purple flames, and later fight against Lazarus could be seen and in Claudia's mind, a memory of how Christopher closed himself in the barrier when he killed the last hunter on the field near Phoenix's residence and got cursed was shown.
Evie's, Alice's, and Sophie's minds were occupied by memories of what happened in that abandoned warehouse and how Christopher gently accepted them.
Isobel, Elizabeth, and Celeste shared the same memory of the attack on the Phoenix residence and how Christopher fought to protect them all.
All of them wanted to help him and protect him in return but before they could do that, he died.
Rose, Vicki, and Claudia together with Evie, Sophie, and Alice because he was their husband but the Countesses felt something different.
A sudden pulse in their hearts that said 'Do it' without understanding why each time they thought about him.
But what Christopher did do? The first time, he closed himself in a barrier that prevented anyone from reaching him. He simply didn't want his wives and new family to get hurt.
Second, he rather died than call his wives to help him, simply because he cared for them too much.
"All of you have your own moment where you see the kind, gentle, or overprotective side of your husband, son-in-law, master, or friend."
"While the Werewolf king's son is the exact opposite of Christopher. He is using fear to subdue his wives so they will stay with him forever." Elizabeth continued with glowing blood-red eyes as the gentle, little sad atmosphere turned into a deadly one.
"That's why we need to get rid of these worms. Worms who don't deserve to live and who shouldn't have been even born from the start." Elizabeth smashed her fist against a nearby wall, forming a crack in the shape of a spider web.
"So what's the plan mother? " Rose asked her question again, but this time, a determination could be seen in her eyes and heard in her tone of voice.
"I don't know..." Elizabeth responded slightly depressed as she formed a throne with her ice powers and sat on it, looking tired.
"The king would not help? " Sophie asked as she took a sip from her cup.
"That old bag of bones? No, he is not even interested in this war... He is probably fucking one of his wives right now or even all of them, not giving a damn." Elizabeth responded with anger.
"I wish Christopher was here..." Vicki spoke with a sad voice as she buried her head into one of her bedroom's violet pillows.
"Fuck!!! " Elizabeth slammed her hand again, now against her throne handle, breaking it slightly.
"Something new about Christopher my daughter? " she sighed with a sad red glow in her eyes as she rested her head on her hand with a sad expression.
These past few days, the interest she had in Christopher hurt her like a broken heart because of his missing presence.
"No... I mean, I didn't find anything useful we don't already know about. It's like, this never happened before! HAAAAAH! " Rose spoke as she messed her hair in frustration.
With a deep breath, she continued.
"The only information I found were those I already read thousands of times over, from a history book I borrowed from your mom... I can even speak them now without seeing that book," Rose sighed sadly and spoke.
"The host who is fully merged with The Darkness and dies is sent back to the entity but those who are not fully merged die but if the Darkness wish so, they could be sent to a home planet of the entity, Aragos."
"I don't know why tho. But on the last page was something written in ancient Latin..."
"What it was? " Elizabeth raised her head and looked at her daughter with a slight hope.
"Something about a really old artifact."
"The full saying was 'Let the Eye guide you'..."
"What did you say? " Elizabeth opened her eyes wide at her daughter, recalling something from her past, together with Celeste and Isobel.
"What? Let the Eye guide you? "
"Girls... I think I have a way for Christopher to come back," Elizabeth spoke as Celeste and Isobel understood the message while everyone else looked at Elizabeth with hope.
"But how? " Vicki pulled her head away from her pillow and asked the million-dollar question with a crying face.
"Fuck! If there was a way to contact him, I would kill for it..." Elizabeth mumbled and touched her forehead lightly. She looked pretty depressed.
'With him around, we can turn the pace of this shitty war with ease. His entire existence is a drastic abomination that doesn't make sense...'
'Hah! But where is he when I need him the most? In my entire existence, no one was ever able to piss me off so easily and quickly but when he was here,... I felt alive again somehow... until everything crumbled apart and he left without a trace! ' she thought, angry.
"Well... maybe I have a solution for our little problem because there might be a way," Alice suddenly spoke up as everyone's gazes fell on her.
"What are you talking about? " Elizabeth opened her eyes a little more with a small sign of hope.
"One time, my father went too far using his teleporting devices in search for our Clan's lost ancestor and he accidentally teleported himself to a dimension from where he couldn't go back."
"At that time, I was just six years old and my mother was praying and crying every night for him. Then, a friend of hers came to our house one day and when my mother spoke to her about this, the woman smiled and gave her a contact for an isolated vampire with an interesting set of powers."
"I don't know how, but after a few attempts, he managed to locate my father and brought him back from that dimension, literally pulling him through a portal..." Alice ended her explanation and adjusted her glasses.
"I don't know if my mother still has the contact info tho, but we can try it."
All the girls, even the maids were looking at Alice like she was some kind of miracle sent by heavens.
"But I must warn you, it's not cheap," Alice said.
"How much? " Elizabeth asked.
"Hah... ten billion dollars," Alice spoke as everyone opened their eyes even wider.
"Did you say ten billion? " Rose spoke first.
"Yes..."
"How could your mother afford it? At that time, I remember she only had about two hundred thousand dollars. How come she gained ten billion in the blink of an eye."
"She asked the king for help of course. Actually, last weekend, she returned the last million she borrowed from him." Alice replayed.
"Isobel, Celeste... how much do you have? " Elizabeth asked with red glowing eyes.
"One and a half," Isobel replayed.
"One," Celeste spoke.
"I have around two," Elizabeth replayed.
"We will help," Alice, Sophie, and Evie spoke in unison.
"My parents can give two," Evie laughed sadistically.
"And our can give one," Sophie spoke.
"My too," Alice joined.
"So we have eight," Elizabeth spoke and got up from her throne.
Suddenly, cold air started leaving her body as the nightgown on her body froze and turned into a long red dress with openings on each side of her legs, showing her tighs slightly.
"Alice, try to get that contact from your mother."
Alice nodded, took the last sip from her cup, and got up from her chair.
"I'll try," she said and left with her maid.
"Celeste, Isobel, go and bring your money here. Take your maids to help. Rose, take Vicki, Claudia, and our maids and bring our money here too."
"Roger that," all five responded in unison with excited smiles on their faces and got up from the bed.
"Sophie and Evie, contact this witch." Elizabeth threw a card at them and Evie caught it.
"Tell her I need her capabilities here and now. Don't speak anything else."
"Okay," Evie spoke and burst with Sophie out of the bedroom towards the closest phone in the residence.
"What about you Elizabeth? " Isobel asked.
"I'll go talk with Vlad," Elizabeth smiled sadistically, turned, and disappeared from the room through the balcony, jumping into the Redwilnet's night streets.
"What a reckless woman," smiled Isobel and got up to work with the other girls.
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