Frank Drake, Dracula's last mortal scion, has been forced to kill his girlfriend who was turned into a vampire by his ancestor. Longing for release, he prepares to hurl himself into the Thames when he's stopped by a strange woman, and her large mute companion. Rachel Van Helsing and Taj Nital hunt vampires, and word of Frank's inheritance of Castle Dracula struck them with a fear that some things are better left undisturbed.

For now Dracula once more stalks the world. Enslaving Drake's one-time friend, Cliff Graves, he gains a mortal servant to do his will in daylight. And his first order of business is to find the woman who purchased Castle Dracula from Frank Drake.