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A special covered wagon is rigged and Ellie is carefully transported down to Doctor Jarad’s place. More specifically, to his mother’s cottage, just behind his house.
Even at 85 his mother is very spry, mainly thanks to Ellie. She has no problem taking care of a Bride… as long as it’s Ellie. This way Ellie will also be out of the line of sight. The villagers have been forbidden to approach her and Doc Reiche sleeps in a coffin in the cottage basement. To make certain the interdiction is obeyed, her bodyguard mutants have turned door guard once more. They are to keep anyone not on the accepted list from the house and from bothering the house… the villagers might be less than impressed with having the Bride in the village and have a shot at doing something about it… the Count is taking no chances. His fledgling minion is fed with medical blood while in the village.

Away from the Count and the castle and under the expert care of Mrs Dorrie Jarad, Doc Rieche and Doc Jarad, Ellie begins to rally. The Count monitors her continuously through Lyla but Ellie doesn’t mind. She quite surprised that he would care enough to do so, all things considered.

Ellie is thrilled to hear her grandmother is coming. While she’s better, she is still very sick and very, very weak.

Liza arrives two weeks later and strides straight passed the door mutants as if they aren’t there. She is not intimidated by Doc Rieche or pretty much anything else… up to and including the Count. After she he checked on her granddaughter and made sure all is well only then does she consent to see the Count. He’s a little awed by the formidable old woman. What a Bride SHE would have made in her younger years. She does quite approve of Dorrie though and she finds Lyla adorable.

Together she and the team nurse Ellie through the rest of her pregnancy, resulting in healthy Dampier twins, a boy and a girl. Ellie is still very weak though and Doc Rieche would like to take her out the area entirely.

Although he still can’t approach his weakened wife. Their grandmother does bring her young grandchildren to their father. Count does hold his children and marks them before Eliza can intervene. They will be as responsive to his will as their mother is.