Hello my dear readers!

Yes yes, this is the last chapter of The Story Continue. I hope you will like this chapter and that I do not deceive you... When I write a last chapter like this, I get to feel weird and I always think people will hate me.

Okay, enough babbling!. :)

For the last time for this story; Enjoy!

Kaya

Chapter 37

Epilogue

Dracula felt warmth surrounding him, peace filling his entire being. Something was not right… He did not want to open his eyes, for fear to find only cold and despair, as he always had. It was when he felt something warm touching his face, then his lips, that he decided to open his lids. What he saw made his heart flutter.

Anne! His Anne was there, gently kissing him. She was dressed in a white gown, her cheeks were red and she was smiling. Reaching up, Dracula touched her cheek. Her skin was warm and he could actually feel her heartbeat when his fingers accidentally brushed against her neck.

-"You are…alive, my love, how can this be?" He asked in a whisper

-"I am alive, and so are you." She smiled. "I heard you, when you thought me dead and dead I was…until your call was heard…"

-"My…my call…?"

-"No more talk." She murmured, lying beside him, placing her head on his chest. "It is tiring to be alive."

No more was said, they only looked into each other's eyes for what felt like forever. Before they fell in a peaceful sleep.

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John, once known as Judas Iscariot, the Impaler, Dracula, was granted a second chance by God himself. No one ever knew for sure how it happened, but all knew why. The once vampire king proved that he could love. When he woke up the first time, helped by Anne's soft kisses, he found himself lying in a large bed in a room filled with sunlight. He was alive, just as Anne said… and human also. For the very first time, he was able to see his reflection in a mirror and he liked what he saw. He always suspected to be quite handsome, but now he knew it and it made Anne laugh.

What was even more wonderful than life itself, was that he was given Anne. She was alive and well. Even the scar on her back had been literally erased. God wanted to give them a second chance and for this, they had to be together. They did not know how many years they were granted. Ten, twenty, one hundred? They did not care really. Dracula…err…John, had been on this Earth long enough to know eternity was not worth it.

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They were now living in the village of Sainte-Luce, close to Rimouski, one of Anne's favorite places in the province of Quebec. They learned to share everything they were, their every thought. Never again did he try to dominate her. He loved her and showed her with many little attentions, one being never trying to make love to her. He would wait until she was ready and want him. John began courting her, as any gentleman should and everyday, she would open a little more to him. The kiss she had given him on his awakening day, had been the last she gave him. Until one day, about six months after their "rebirth", to John's pleasant surprise, Anne finally said to him those three little words that made him realize how worth waiting had been and these words were; I love you.

The End

Yes, this is The End! I hope you enjoyed this new version to my story; The Story Continue. I enjoyed writing it very much and I hope the end is to your liking.

Can you believe I am not a believer? lol But Dracula was…he did not have a choice actually, he was supposed to be there when Jesus was crucified… Okay, enough with that topic.

I would like to thank my reviewers and silent readers, in hope I did not forget anyone. Here they are, in alphabetical order.

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