A few weeks later, Anna went downstairs only to get a drink of water. The days before she had locked herself in her room and refused to come out. She would go back she had a drink. It was a dizzy sensation that swept over her made her stop in the doorway. A woman wearing simple clothes, coincidently the woman who had cared for Anna and her brother when their parents were away often, watched her as she stood still, her eyes closed and a hand on her head.
"Miss Anna, are you feeling all right?"
Anna opened her eyes at the woman, her dizziness fading. "I am fine, Rachel, do not worry about me." This was a lie, and the aging woman knew this. Now nearing fifty years old, she knew nearly everything about the twenty three year old princess, including all about the battle of emotions raging in her heart at the present day.
Anna drank her water and then started to return to her room. But an itch in her chest made her cough again and again, until she was short of breath. Rachel came up beside her and rubbed her back to try and ease the coughs but it was to no avail. Anna found it impossible to cease the coughs, and thus making it near impossible to breathe. After a few moments of battling with her body, Anna gave into the struggle and let the darkness take her. Rachel could do nothing as the young woman she loved like a daughter collapsed in exhaustion.
I know that this is a short one but I couldn't really add the next chapter on to it without making it too long. I don't own Anna, or Gabriel or any of the other Van Helsing characters that make later appearances. However I do own Rachel. Send feedback to