Gabriel kissed her back as best he could so he didn't squash Alba between them. After a minute, he pulled away. "Anything?"

"Yeah. I definitely like you. A LOT. You?"

"Same."

Anna smiled and sat down next to him. "So what now?"

"How would you like to go on a date?"

"Now?"

Gabriel chuckled. "No. Saturday night."

"Oh. I'd love to. But what about Alba?"

"She's a sweetheart. She won't be a bother. Just bring her with us."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure. I'd be happy to have her with us on a date."

"Alright." She said then looked at the time. "OH!"

"What?"

She looked at him and took Alba. "It's late. I have to go. See you tomorrow?" She asked getting up.

"Of course." He said and walked her to the door.

Anna turned around and pecked his lips. "What time?"

"I'm not sure. I'll come over as soon as I get up and dressed for the day."

"Ok." She said with a smile and went over and inside the manor.

As Anna walked into the den with a huge smile on her face, Boris looked up. "What's with that smile, Anna?"

Anna snapped out of her daydream and looked at her father. "What?"

"I said, what's with that smile? I haven't seen you smile like that since... well, you know who proposed."

"Lets just say, Gabriel is about to become a BIG part of our lives. Mine and Alba's especially."

"Oh?" He questioned raising an eyebrow.

Anna giggled. "He's gonna be the adoptive father of Alba. That and we're together."

"Together? But you just met him a few hours ago."

"So? You're the one that was arranging me with you know who and we were together before WE even knew we were together. My unhappiness is YOUR fault. Now Gabriel is going to fix that and he's already started. We're going on a date Saturday night and he wants Alba to come with us."

Boris sighed. "Alright. I guess it's ok with me as long as he makes you happy. That's all I ever wanted for you. Happiness."

"Thank you, Papa. Love you."

"Love you too, Hunny. Nite."

"Good nite, Papa." She said heading up to her room.

The next day, Gabriel spent his time with Anna and Alba. Everything was going great. Now it's that night and Anna had just fed Alba and put her in her cradle. Alba moved a little at the change from mother's arms to a cradle mattress. Anna smiled and kissed her forehead. "Good nite, Beautiful." She whispered and quickly changed into a nightgown. She got in bed and fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow. And her last thought was of the sexy, handsome man next door.

It's now 3:00 a.m. and there's a crash in the balcony window of Anna's room. Anna stirs, but does not wake. A minute later, there's a wailing cry coming from the cradle. Anna wakes and looks over to see one of Dracula's brides trying to steal her daughter. "Marishka!"

Marishka turned around and smirked. "Well, well, well... look who's awake. I guess I'll just kill her instead." She said and turned to kill the most innocent, vulnerable thing available. Alba.

However, Anna grabbed a knife from under her pillow and threw it at Marishka's back. Marisha backed into a corner screaming in pain. Anna jumped up, grabbed Alba from her cradle blanket and all, and rushed down and out the manor. She ran to Gabriel's and knocked furiously. Thirty seconds later, the door opened and Gabriel looked at her in worry seeing the scared look on her face. "What's wrong, Anna?"

Anna had tears running down her cheeks at this point. "We were attacked." She croaked.

Gabriel didn't hesitate to let her in and she quickly sat on the sofa in the den trying to calm a still crying Alba. Gabriel walked over to her and sat down next to her. "Tell me what happened?"

Anna cuddled into his side and sniffled, stopping her tears as best she could. "I just fed and put Alba to bed at midnight. I changed and crawled into bed myself. I fell asleep thinking of you. It's three a.m. and the next thing I know, Alba's screaming her head off scared to death. I woke up and found Dracula's youngest bride Marishka trying to steal her. I always sleep with my dagger under my pillow and so I grabbed it and threw it at Marishka's back. It got her just far enough away from Alba and the pain kept her distracted just long enough for me to jump up, grab Alba, and run here. It was the safest place I could think of."

Gabriel pulled her to him and kissed her temple. "You did the right thing. But I'm afraid it's just too dangerous to keep Alba in Transylvania. The best place for her to be right now is where I came from. Vatican City, Rome. The church will be the safest place for her right now until we can rid of Dracula."

"But she can't grow up without me."

"She won't. But that means you must stay there with her. I'll come back and help your parents rid of the vampires. But you need to stay with your daughter. In Rome."

"When do we leave?" She asked without hesitation.

"Immediately." He said and ran to the room to shake his friend awake. "CARL!"

Carl groaned and woke up. "What? What's going on?"

"We need to get Anna and the baby to THE church in Rome."

"Why?"

"They were attacked. And the sooner you get your butt out of bed, the sooner we can skedaddle."

Carl groaned again and got up. "Fine." He quickly dressed and they got Anna who was holding a now sleeping Alba in her arms and left straight for Rome.