Valeska Straud

Human form

Dark form

Nicolette Straud (adopted)

Marius Straud

**Valeska Straud** is the mate of Vladislaus Straud. She currently lives in the Forgotten Hollow.

## Biography

### Prior to the series

Summer lived with a few friends in Willow Creek before she met Paolo Rocca. The two started dating and Summer became pregnant.

### Season 1

Summer attended the wedding of Eva Capricciosa and Joaquin Le Chien, during which she and Paolo snuck off to have sex. They later moved into a house in Windenburg together.

### Season 5

Summer continues to recover after being controled by Wolfgang. One night, however, she is dragged from her bed by Vladislaus Straud, who has enthralls her and has sex with her. Summer does not remember it in the morning and goes on living her happy family life. A few nights later, Vladislaus summons her to his castle and they have sex again. He promises her that he won't rip her from her happy life, as they will have forever together. Summer, however, does not remember this, per Vladislaus commands, and returns home before anyone realizes she is missing.

Summer was present during the tripple-wedding between Jules and Cassandra Thomson, Mortimer and Salim Goth, and Zayne Knowles and Bella Goth-Knowles.

### Season 6

As both Cory and Scarlett's birthdays are coming up, Summer and Paolo want to try and have another child. So far, their attempts have been unsuccessful, but Summer insists that they keep trying. Secretly this is because every time they have sex she then dreams of herself as a vampire - and she strangely finds that she likes that. Summer is present when Scarlett ages up into a child - and shocked when she is gone without a trace the next day.

### Season 7

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* Mourning the loss of Scarlett, Summer and Paolo start to try and have another child. They are unsuccessful.
* On the way home from work one day, Summer meets Vladislaus Straud. She finds him odd.
* Summer is unaware that Vladislaus enthralls her, brings her to his castle and has sex with her, commanding her to carry his son before he turns her.
* Summer discovers that she is pregnant.

### Season 8

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* Summer gives birth to a son named Marius.
* Vladislaus appears one night and brings her and Marius to his castle. There he turns Summer into a vampire.
* Vladislaus uses his powers as both Summer's master and mate to lock away Summer's memories of being a human. Summer then believes that she is an ancient vampire named Valeska Straud.

### Season 9

Valeska goes to Windenburg to feed. She enters a house and finds a human, who - before she bites him - says "Summer, what...". She ignores this comment.

Thanks to her mating bond with Vladislaus, Valeska feels the need to be a stay-at-home mother and takes care of the children, while also - like Vladislaus - hoping for a third child. She is sad that Nicolette claims that she is not her mother - because in Valeska's head, she is. She is not involved in the Black Night Attacks.

## Sex partners

### Paolo Rocca

Paolo and Summer started dating before the series started. They moved to Windenburg together with their son and later got married out by the old lighthouse in Brindleton Bay. At the same time, Summer started feeling sick often. Paolo eventually called on a doctor, Izaiah Singer, who deduced that she was being controlled by an incubus. After this problem was dealt with, Summer looked forward to recovering along with Paolo.

## Gallery

Summer recovering from Wolfgang Munch's energy drainSummer prior to her vampire transformation