Revenge for the Wright Family
The Tale of the Vampire BrideThis flow traces how the deaths of Glynis’s family produce a long-term vow of revenge, partly postponed by survival and finally renewed after Vlad’s defeat.
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The Family Is Targeted

A Betrayal Arranged
Agents at Work
Sir Stephen and the Baroness help direct the Wright family toward Vlad, treating them as useful pieces in a larger plan.
A Private Cost
Their social calculations conceal the mortal lives that will be lost when the plan reaches the castle.
Murder and Captivity

Loss Becomes Personal
Edric and May Die
Vlad kills Glynis’s father and the brides kill May, leaving Glynis to wake in a changed world without them.
Antoinetta Remains Captive
Glynis’s mother survives temporarily as Vlad’s prisoner, extending the family’s suffering rather than ending it.
A Revenge Vow

Anger Finds a Target
Sir Stephen’s Betrayal
Glynis learns that Sir Stephen helped bring her family to Vlad and vows to kill him.
Revenge Deferred
She postpones the act while Andrew’s safety depends on her apparent cooperation.
The Baroness Is Exposed

The Conspiracy Named
Glynis Learns More
Vlad identifies the Baroness as the person who encouraged him to pursue Glynis and helped draw the family in.
Anger Enlarges
The target of revenge widens from Sir Stephen to the social network that helped destroy the Wrights.
Revenge Remains Ahead

Freedom Before Retribution
Vlad Is Defeated
Glynis leaves the castle after taking Vlad’s power, but has not yet confronted Sir Stephen or the Baroness.
A New Purpose
She plans to use the freedom she gained to pursue revenge without mistaking victory over Vlad for justice for her family.
Before the journey to the castle
June 1819
After Glynis’s first feeding
Late April 1820
5 May 1820