Epilogue

1947

Her face fell as he stood before her, his lips wearing a mocking smile.

"Like I could take back a filthy bloodsucker?" He spat out through clenched teeth.

Tears filled her eyes and the girl reached for him. He wrenched himself out of her grasp.

"Please, you promised me. You told me forever!" She whispered.

The man turned his tousled head of black hair and looked back at the cottage. The girl stepped forward and lay her hands on his arm.

The man whirled around and growled, "Don't touch me!" His brown eyes were full of malice, loathing and pure hatred.

Shock and hurt crossed the girl's face as she wrapped her hands around her waist, as if she was trying to hold herself together. "Please I need you. Don't leave me….." She gasped as a woman stepped out from the cottage behind them, holding two babies. Understanding filled the girl as her heart broke in half.

"You.. you.. promised. It was supposed to be me… we… forever…" She managed to get out between heart-wrenching sobs.

The man looked down at her scornfully. "That promise is gone. I never loved you,"

The girl sank to the soft ground, moaning softly.

"Get out of here." He turned away, walking to toward his house and to his wife.

The girl sat on the ground watching as he embraced his wife; she saw the love and adoration in his sparkling brown eyes as he kissed her softly. The girl broke into vicious sobs as the man walked into the house without glancing back. She rocked herself back and forth as she sat on the soft mossy ground, emotionally and physically trying to hold herself together.

"You promised me forever. We were supposed to get married. You said you loved me," She cried out to the wind. She didn't know how long she sat there, just crying and sobbing her heart out.

"I loved you…I gave my heart to you…what more could I have done for you? " Tears ran down her face, but she ignored them, not even bothering to wipe them from her cheeks. "Please, I'm begging you… come back to me." The girl pleaded.

"What do I have left… I need you…. Please… save me…?" She whispered faintly. But there was no response, only the whisper of the trees answered her plea.