Dracula
The Blonde Vampire Bride
Leader of the three brides
The boldest of the three vampire women who haunt Castle Dracula, and the one who leans over Jonathan's throat before the Count stops her.
The Blonde Vampire Bride is the leader of the three women who live in Castle Dracula. She appears about twenty-four, with voluminous platinum hair, glowing ruby eyes and sharp fangs. She and her sisters appear in a forbidden parlor, stepping out of moonbeams, and they speak in a seductive, mocking whisper.
She is cruel and always hungry, yet she is afraid of Dracula. She is the best known of the three brides, and she stands in for all of them. Her sisters are the same kind of threat: beautiful, patient and dangerous to a young man who walks where he should not.
“He is young and strong... there are kisses for us all.”
In the story
Contains spoilers.
Jonathan disobeys Dracula's warning and falls into a trance in the parlor. The Blonde Bride bends over his throat to bite, but Dracula bursts in and throws her across the room, saying Jonathan belongs to him and that she will have him when he is done. He tosses the brides a squirming sack to quiet them.
Later at Borgo Pass, the three brides appear out of the blizzard and call Mina sister, telling her she is of their blood. They cannot cross the circle of Communion wafers Van Helsing has drawn. At dawn, he enters Castle Dracula's crypt and destroys all three.
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