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| I remember screaming.� I screamed on purpose so that someone would know that I was there.� Then I jumped.� I screamed on the way down; the first thing that went through my mind was fear.� I was fearful that I would die and there would be no saving me, that all of this was for nothing.� I was excited; the exhilaration of the jump was so amazing.� I was also excited about my future.� I felt hope.� Then everything went black. | |||||||||||||||||
| I thought I could hear others talking but I still am not sure if I was dreaming.� I do know I heard Nicholas.� I felt someone pick me up and carry me.� I had no idea where I was going and I panicked; why was Nicholas here?� It was meant for Vlad to find me!� Nicholas is not supposed to be here! | |||||||||||||||||
| "Master," Nicholas said in a frightened voice, "Master!" | |||||||||||||||||
| "I told you to leave me in peace," Vlad replied.� "What could be so important...?" | |||||||||||||||||
| "Annabelle," Nicholas cut him off. | |||||||||||||||||
| The door to Vlad's suit swung open and he took me from Nicholas.� Nicholas was holding onto my body firmly and he rushed.� Vlad took me very daintily and he quickly but easily brought me over to his bed.� The difference between the two was amazing; Nicholas held me as if he were afraid to drop me.� Vlad has such confidence in himself that he held me as to not break me any further. | |||||||||||||||||
| "What have you done?" Vlad whispered in my ear.� He turned to Nicholas, "Fetch me warm water, cotton cloths, and bandages."� Vlad turned his attention back to me, "What have you done?� Why...?" | |||||||||||||||||
| Vlad ran his hands over me.� He stopped at my wrist and held it to feel my pulse.� He rested his hand on my heart.� I know now he was able to hear the faint beats fading fast; there was no need to try and find a pulse.� Nicholas came back into the room.� He rested everything Vlad had asked for at my side and then left again.� Vlad dipped one of the cloths into the warm water and blotted my open wounds.� | |||||||||||||||||
| He sighed and leaned in close.� "You have done this on purpose.� I know what you desire but I cannot give it to you.� It would set free a beast that I have fought to keep dormant for years."� Vlad paused.� He held my wrist again.� "You leave me no choice..." | |||||||||||||||||
| Vlad leaned in and bit me.� It hurt like no pain I ever felt before.� But the pain started to subside and was overtaken by an extreme hunger.� Vlad lifted my head and cradled it in the nook of his elbow.� He brought his wrist to my mouth and let me feed from him.� I looked up to him and he looked down at me.� Passion flowed in us, between us, through us.� I felt his power in me, even stronger than when we kissed.� The feeling of power continued to grow.� Vlad drew his arm away from me and yet the power grew stronger.� It kept growing and growing until everything went black. | |||||||||||||||||
| I awoke and felt different.� I felt so cold and hungry.� A young man was chained to the wall and I went after him immediately.� I bit him and fed; warmth flowed through me and my hunger was quenched.� When I was finished I dropped the young man's lifeless body to the floor.� He looked just as my parents did; puncture wounds on their necks but no blood to be seen. | |||||||||||||||||
| I opened the door to Vlad's suite and stepped into the hallway.� Nicholas and the other Chosen Ones bowed to me and called me, "Mistress."� Vlad took me in his arms.� He looked different that before.� He was Vlad no longer; he was Dracula again.� Everything was perfect. | |||||||||||||||||
| I have reined terror over the world for almost two hundred years.� When I hear the screams of terror from the humans whom I feed on, they usually do not scream, "Annabelle!" alone.� No.� Vampires usually do not keep their life names.� In life, my Dracula was Vlad the Impaler.� He has been made famous through story and myth. �When he kills his victims do not scream, "Vlad!"� They scream, "Dracula!"� As for me, in life I was merely Annabelle.� In death, I am Annabelle the Feared, the Quenchless.� I am Annabelle, Queen of the Vampires. | |||||||||||||||||
| Before I leave you there are a few things you must understand about vampires.� As vampires we only know three things.� We know death as that is where our life really begins.� We know lust, for it keeps us from being bored between massacres.� And, above all, we know blood.� Blood flows within you while you live.� Blood pours from your body when you die.� Blood rises up to bring new life. | |||||||||||||||||
| Your heartbeat is our dinner bell.� | |||||||||||||||||
| Watch your back. | |||||||||||||||||
| It's feeding time. | |||||||||||||||||
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