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5. Showing his real face

"What? You saw him naked?", Simone asked, nearly screaming the words at Lily. "Half-naked", she corrected her. "How does he look?"

"Gorgeous. Not an inch of his chest is wasted on fat. Those muscles... you should have seen him..." Lily sighed. But Simone just shook her head: "Many women are like you. Dracula has impressed many women and then raped them!" Now Lily looked shocked. "No. No, I don´t believe you! Noone would do that! Even he wouldn´t!" Simone looked at the clock that hung over the table in the kitchen. "Come with me! I have to show you something!"

They walked out of the kitchen and went down the stairs. It took a few seconds until Lily realized that they were going to Dracula´s room. "What do we want here? Do you want to ask him if he´ll rape us?" - "I don´t have to ask him. I´m sure about that!", Simone whispered back and hided behind a stone pillar.

Lily did the same. The only stared at the door until fearful cries could be heard from the inside...

"No! Please let me go! I don´t wanna do that! HELP!"

"Will you be quit now!"

"No, please let me go! ...ahh, no, you´re hurting me! Stop it!"

"Shut up! ...And stop weeping! It´s not my fault that you are here!"

"Please, stop it..."

"I told you to shut up!"

Then they heared that the she was beaten. She winced in pain. Lily covered her mouth with her hand. That was too much for her. The door opened and a woman with a sheet wrapped around her body was pushed outside. Crying she fell to the floor. Her body was shaking violently.

Another woman picked the her up from the ground, laid one arm around her shoulders and helped her to climb the stairs.

Simone turned back to Lily. She has a look that said "See?" on her face. Lily shook her head. She couldn´t believe that Dracula was able to do that. "If you want him not to do that to you," said Simone, "do never anything wrong. It´s only one of the softest punishments."

"And... what about his bride?", Lily asked with a shaking voice. "Not one. He has two brides. I don´t know how often they have to stand this!"

It was unbelievable for Lily. It couldn´t be true. "Come! We have some work to do", said Simone to make her think about something else.

Lily held this for a good idea. She grew up without violence, what made her attitude towards it. It was hard for her to believe that Dracula had such a bad site. She took a broom and began to clean the hallway wich connected the kitchen with the bride´s chambers. Suddenly she heared footsteps from the stairs coming closer to her. She looked up only for a moment to see that it was Dracula. Then she looked back at the floor she was cleaning and hoped that he would walk past her. But as he had climbed the last stair he stopped directly in front of her. She tried to ignore him and keep on concentrating on her work but he placed his fingers under her chin and made her look at him.

"There´s no need to be afraid", he said quitly as he noticed the fear in her eyes. Suddenly he came that close that his lips brushed against hers. She shivered.

"Why so scared? I don´t want to harm you... now." She gasped. Lily knew that he wanted it. He wanted her.

"Someday I´ll have the honour of taking you..." Those eyes were hypnotic. And they made her trust him. But somehow she could escape his spell. She pulled away.

"Lily, can you come here please?", Simone called out of the kitchen. Dracula began to smile. "Lily. How cute. The name fits you perfectly... But tell me one thing... is the innocence that surrounds you pure enough to make you a virgin?"

Lily took one more step backwards. "This was a yes. See? I can understand you without words. Your mind is wide open. I can read every thought of yours. And sense every feeling..."

Now she found her voice again: "Why can´t you just leave me be? The respect you show towards women is like nothing. We don´t exist that you can use us!"

"And the respect you show towards me is the same. We should learn to respect each other, don´t you think so, too?", he asked teasingly. "You don´t know how much I hate you!", she spat. "And you don´t know how beautiful you are when you are angry. I know you better than you think, little Lily. I will take your innocence away..."

That was enough. Lily was about to slap him. And she would have made it if he hadn´t caught her hand right in time. "Tsk, Tsk, ...a servant is not allowed to beat her master. There´s no use in trying. I´m much stronger than you are, Liliana." That Dracula knew her true name scared her. She would have said something in return if she had known his true name. And as if he had read her thoughts he said: "By the way, my name is Vladislaus." He gave her one last evil smile and walked on.

Now she was that angry that she would have broken the broom if Simone hadn´t come to her now. "Why do you take so long? Do you want me to clean the kitchen on my own?"

But Lily prefered not to tell her about Dracula. So she went into the kitchen and hoped that there would be much work that would keep her busy for a long time. She didn´t want to waste a thought on the one who destroyed her family and her life.


And I have to apologize again for everyone I did upset with this chapter (You know who you are). But I have to thankmy reviewers:

HughJackmanFan: Thanks for the review! And don´t beat me that I have to say this now but I didn´t understand what you meant... I´m so sorry! -begins to cry-Can you forgive me? Please keep on reading;)

Lucky: Thanks a lot! I´m glad you like it!

Remember: I agree with you! Drac must lookgorgeous, there´s no other way! Thanks that you like it! By the way... I love him, too. But I bet you already noticed:D

Angel of Freedom: Last but not least thanks to you, too! I hope you keep on reading!

And now the same as always: At least three reviews and I´ll try not to take so long again. But I can´t promise. And now REVIEW!