Years and years of long waiting; it seemed that the world was refusing to give me the possibility of being a mother. My illusion began to die; but not only for the cruel course of time; a time that was not doing changes in my appearance; but that undoubtedly was changing my dark soul; dark as my life; but with the same human sorrow.

The time continues its course; my belly is still as dead as my humanity. But now I wonder if it is worth to keep the illusion of being a mother. There is no life in our bodies; that's why my sister's children always born dead. Earlier I was longing for the maternity; now I hope that it should never come to my life. The sorrow of seeing the absence of the life in the cocoons was not so hard before; because my master was always finding the way of giving them a breath of life; but that breath was so brief; that the pain was increasing in our family. But my prayer to the night was not listened; and there came the day in which the maternity touched the coldness of my soul. It was then when I realized that he had condemned me more than ever.

The maternity for me is the cruelest of the sorrows; because I will never have the blessing of a beautiful baby in my arms; it is obvious that in the belly of a monster only darkness can grow; and this is precisely the punishment for the reprobates; to lose with the immortality the marvels of the humanity. During the development of my pregnancy, for this way calling it; I visit the ruins of what were my human life; and the grave of my mother; the woman who loved me with all her heart, the woman who never condemned me. The woman with sufficient love in her heart for a daughter condemned for a sinister love. I envy my mother; she is in peace in a better world. Although that from above; she keeps suffering for me. Now I know the deep pain of lost a child; because I have already lost my children before their birth.

My children were born during a night of thunderstorm; it was a long and painful night; but there is no pain crueler than to see a creature that grew inside you to be born without life. Nevertheless I could not cry; I cried too much while they were developing in my belly; knowing that they were dying while the moment of their arrival was closer. Again Dracula tried to give them life; but he failed, as always.

Decades and decades; the time turns in centuries. We keep repeating the same history. The Valerious family hunts us day and night; we conquer them, but it begins to be a new curse. Sometimes I think who wins and who loses in this war; perhaps it would be better to die; the immortality hurts. Little by little I am losing my memories; I do not remember the voice of my mother, the sweet sound of her voice is gone. The pain transforms in anger, my agony transforms in hate. I am now the cruel and miserable monster that my master admires and love. Nothing upsets me; I feel neither sorrow, nor remorse. My conduct has changed because the pain and the powerlessness of changing the misery in which I live lead me to obtain satisfaction with the humanity.

Every time we eliminate a member of the Valerious family my soul rejoices. It is as if the world little by little was smaller; more our property and domain. We are exterminating the Valerious lineage; but now the last princess of the clan has found the way of counter-attacking us. The legendary Van Helsing; again, the Valerious Family surprises us with a new weapon.

Yes, a new weapon, a very powerful weapon. This hunter killed our beautiful Marishka. In that cloudy evening; that evening in which my eyes saw how my sister was transformed in ashes; I felt again the fear that the immortality seemed to have eliminated in me. I could see the same fear in the eyes of Dracula. Verona and I knew perfectly that the past was knocking at the door of our master and that we had to fight to recover the object that finally would give eternal life to our children and guarantee our eternity.

But Anna and the hunter were becoming stronger; thanks to them I saw my sister Verona die in the cliffs. Everything was reducing in only Dracula and me. When that moment finally arrived; the memory of my mother came to my mind; and with her image, some of her words: -"No one is eternal, every curse has an end, is only a matter of time. I saw… I saw it in my dream. Your time will come; your end will mark the end of the darkness. And I… will be there, waiting for you".

Finally; I have Anna Valerious in front of me; weak, pathetic, looking for the way of being saved from my anger. But I am ready to finish with her existence. This is my moment; the moment when my master and I will rule the earth. Our children are alive; our biggest triumph, the end of the human race is near and I almost finish with the last of the Valerious. But there is no way of defeat kindness; the cold of a silver stake has just crossed my soul, my heart. The cruel words of Anna; cruel for me but very good for her; mark the end of my existence.

The pain is immense; the fear indescribable. The water rejoices with my remains, and when I think that I am for seeing the worst of my end; I listen to the most sweet, more tender and beautiful voice. It is the voice of my mother, singing the lullaby that used to take me to the stars when I was a little girl, when I was human. The song of my past that is now a deep pain in my heart:

"Sleep now my baby, my darling, don't cry, here in my arms you have nothing to fear, I am always near. Sleep and remember my lullaby, this song comes from my heart and I sing it to you. Here in my arms you are safe and warm, I am in your dreams and you are in my heart. Sleep now my baby, my darling, don't cry, here in my arms you have nothing to fear, I am always near. Sleep and remember my lullaby, this song comes from my heart and I sing it to you".

In the darkness that surrounds me; I see a brilliant light and a woman who approaches. It's her, is my mother.

-----------------"Finally, I can see my beloved daughter again.

-----------------"Mother.

-----------------"Your pain is gone. Now is time for you to pay.

-----------------"Then, the pain is still in my destiny.

-----------------"When the repentance comes from the heart, the punishment is less painful. God's compassion is big.

-----------------"I already told you, centuries ago. I am a killer, I am a monster. This is the end, I will stay where I belong; in the deep center of hell.

-----------------"You always were a vampire with human soul. The women you used to called sisters were empty.

-----------------"I have blood in my hands; I took thousands of lives.

-----------------"And you will pay for that. But you must keep the hope of being pardon. Make the effort for me. You will hear my voice all the time; I will sing to you, I will wait for you.

The light disappears; Aleera is surrounded by darkness; strangely alone, without the company of her sisters. It was then when Aleera understood that she was in a different place; perhaps in a place less cruel than hell. Having preserved her humanity gave her benefits in the end; Aleera will pay for her crimes, but the hope of the pardon and of seeing her mother again will show her the light in the way.

The End.