When she arrived at Collinwood, it became apparent to Barnabas Collins that she already knew Rachel Drummond, so when her father became a problem, he decided to bite her so he could control her (727). Eventually Rev. Trask discovered the bite marks on his daughter's neck, but did not attribute them to a vampire attack until after Minerva's death. Once he discovered this he put a cross on her door and garlic on her doorway to keep him out, but he did not count on Charity's desire to be away from her father and how much she had adopted Barnabas as both a father figure and ideal lover.