Story continued from
TOMB OF DRACULA #18.
At his castle, Count
Dracula prepares to feast on the blood of the Werewolf but the beast is able to
fight him off so that the sorceress Topaz can use her powers to force the vampire
away. Dracula gives up and flies off to prey on a less-formidable victim. As
Topaz and Werewolf escape, she describes the power of Dracula as well as an
inner conflict and she is now drained, physically and mentally….
Meanwhile, Frank Drake
and Rachel van Helsing arrive via helicopter, having pursued Dracula from
Paris. But the vampire spies them and, in bat form, attacks Frank so that he
loses control of the copter though he manages to pull out of it at the last
minute….
The next day, Jack
and Topaz manage to open his father’s magically sealed diary and begin reading.
The story begins in 1795 when his ancestor Grigory Russoff discovered his wife
had been killed by Count Dracula. Russoff tracked the vampire to his lair and
dispatched him with a stake to the heart. Searching the castle, Russoff
discovered a woman named Lydia imprisoned by Dracula; he set her free then
discovered she was a werewolf. She bit Russoff and the curse of the werewolf
has descended though Frank’s family ever since….
Rachel and Frank are
attacked by Dracula in mist form at their hotel but Dracula senses that the
Russoff diary which he seeks has been opened; he fears the diary contains the
secret of his death. Back at the castle, Dracula decides to sabotage Frank and
Rachel’s copter but the Werewolf, able to retain Jack’s consciousness via
Topaz’s magic, arrives to confront him. They battle until Dracula spies Topaz
standing nearby holding the diary. Dracula seizes it from her but Rachel
arrives to shoot it out of his hands with a crossbow bolt. Rachel and Frank run
to the copter with the book and take off, Dracula in pursuit. Werewolf and
Topaz just stand and watch….