Dracula – 1.04 ‘From Darkness to Light’

They arrive….

Lady Jane’s prediction proved true and she was not unprepared. Three on one. No problem. But, vampires are clever and one evades. Being stood up elicits exasperation which Mr. Grayson fans the next eve with a cat fight that soon ignites a response of quite a different sort.
So well played is she that the Huntress is now defending “The American” to  The Order. Her actions are later so offensive it requires a relationship termination however, tables are turned, and once again this Huntress is in bed with her very own prey.

Grayson conspires with Renfield  to take something precious from the Huntress. Her trust. Vlad’s “children” are arriving and perform as offspring often do by creating mischief.
Alexander continues in his search for UV protection in a syringe with decidedly short lived results.
Later Grayson sacrifices his Knight, Joseph, to capture a Queen and with one bold move two complications are quelled while another pops up in the form of Renfield’s abduction.

Ah! Davenport covered up the whole disgraceful lot by disguising his son’s demise as a heart attack. Well, they were partly correct. Daniel’s heart was the center of his downfall.
Lord Thomas seeks an unsanctioned operation to find the one thing Alexander Grayson loves the most and destroy it. Ms. Clapson accepts for double the fee. My Goodness! These Victorian Ladies are quite dangerous!

Harker is tasked with finding Gen. Colin Shaw. A clandestine late night meeting leads him to a Vera Markham’s doorstep.

Mina is enraptured by wedding plans, yet her curiosity gets the best of her and she is drawn into Resonator testing. The experiment goes awry and results in a protective embrace from Alexander.
The hug elicited a test of sorts of Mina’s own devising upon the unsuspecting newly intended Jonathan and, by the looks of things, he came up lacking. The whole episode has our girl rattled and she clears her head by dissecting the cranium of others. Nothing like a good batch of sheep brains to clear the mind.
But, these things can only hold the aspiring doctor’s attention for so long. Miss Murray discovers Van Helsing’s research. It is all so confusing  when Lucy tries to confess her truth of her affections on top of it all.  Mina’s a sharp girl and soon this puzzle will take shape.