Victor’s featured softened. He placed a hand on my shoulder as though we were old friends. He spoke softly as though he cared for me. “I do not deny that you will see horrors this night. You may wish you’d taken your life instead of this deal to save your loved ones. You may wish to take it even if you return. Some things, once seen, can never be unseen. You will know there are terrible creatures in your world and the shadows will haunt you all the days of your life.” He sighed and his thumb began to caress the pulse at my neck. “You have courage, young Mary. You have reason, intelligence. You
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Dracula, in my mythology, started out as an abused child. Now, though he’s still a villain in many ways, he champions abused children.
He’s currently trying to stop an evil witch who killed all the children in a nearby village. Victor Dracula needs someone to let him in to Frankenstein’s castle where the witch is held up.
Victor finds himself admiring the young Mary Shelley and regrets what he must do to her. He just doesn’t regret it enough to spare her.
