Chapter Twenty Nine

So Now What?

Vlad and Adze stalked through the woods.

"Whoa, this place is creepy, Vlad!" Adze whined, clinging to her Husband.

Vlad suppressed the anger that was building up inside him.

"Adze, it was you who wanted to come in the damn first place!" His fangs began to drop as he spoke.

Adze looked around, the trees were dark, the path was muddy and overcast, and the strange voices she heard were enough to put her off any tea. She tried to grab Vlad's hand, but he cruelly pushed her away, making his point clear, he didn't think this was a good idea, Adze knew that.

"Vlad, please, I just wanted to see if Erin was okay-" She once again tried to grab his hand, only to be once again rejected. "-I just didn't want her to be alone."

Vlad let out a roar, followed by a hiss. "Adze, you shouldn't care about her! She has nothing to do with you, or me, anymore. I wouldn't care if we came across her rotting corpse in the woods, to be honest, I hate her with a passion so strong-" His fangs dropped again. "-It physically hurts!"

Adze backed away from him, intimidated. "Vlad, I don't want her to get hurt, because-" She paused, licking her lips. "-Because I'm your Wife, I know you, you say you don't care, when, really, maybe deep, deep down, you will always have a thing for Erin.." She darn't look at him in the eyes, she couldn't.

Vlad stopped, dead. "How dare you!-" His eyes blackened. "-How could you say that, Adze?!" His whole body had frozen, like a photograph.

Adze was at a loss of what to do. "Vlad, please-" She ignored the tears that were welling inside her. "-Please, Vlad, I just want to help her, she's a good person, and I know how much she means to you, or at least how much she meant to you a while back, I just don't want her to die because of us, I would never forgive myself, and you wouldn't." Tears were dripping down her cheeks now.

Vlad's eyes became their normal colour, and his fangs disappeared. He looked at Adze, and half smiled. "Adze, my Princess, I love you, so much. Erin made her choice, she has Bertrand now, I don't want to be with her, ever again, I love you.-" He dropped his guard and Adze snuggled against him. "-You have a kind dead heart, Adze..-" He half laughed at how corny he was sounding. "-So lets go and see if she's okay, anything for you, I would take a stake in the heart for you. I love you." He hugged her closer to him, and kissed the top of her head.

Adze smiled. "I love you too, Vlad." They linked hands, and began once again walking through the woods, content with one another's company, drinking in their alone time.

After a while, they came to a clearing, Vlad shuddered as he recognised the place, where he had laughed at and left Erin, all alone, with Jasper, a killer. Still, he didn't care, she had made her coffin, and she would have to lay in it for all eternity.

"This is the place-" Vlad shuddered. "-She's not here.." Try as he might, he couldn't quite hide the disappointment and upset that made his voice hoarse.

Adze began to cry, big, heavy tears spilled down her cheeks. Vlad stared at her, confused and concerned.

"Hey, shush, it's okay, you'll see.." He cuddled her close again, she reached up and kissed his lips, forcing them open a fraction.

"I love you, Vladimir Dracula, forever." Adze peeked up from her lashes, batting them a number of times, Vlad was literally lost in their beauty.

Vlad laughed, a gruff, yet comforting sound to Adze's ears."I love you too, Adze, forever and always."

They laughed again, and lost themselves in the moments that followed.