Chapter 25

After Dracula had left Anna in the darkness once again he kept an open eye on the room he had taken her in. Of course only accidentally he had chosen his own room to put her in. During the hour she had wanted to rest he expected her to try another escape. But surprisingly she didn´t.

A wave of guilt rushed through his bones at the thought that she was probably crying now from the dream. But she just had to let her see Gabriel one last time.

The darkness around her was important for the next game. He smiled to himself. That would be an amusing one.

The hour seemed to last a whole day. Not the slightest sound could be heard from the inside of his room and slowly he started to worry about Anna. He materilized into his chamber and found her sleeping on his bed. How beautiful his princess looked. Nobody would expect the stregth she carried deep inside her body.

Sitting down at the edge of the bed he ran his fingers through her dark locks. He had to think about Aleera and Marishka then. Their hair felt as rough as grass compared to the silk-like locks of Anna. Still it was his advantage that he could see clearly in the darkness. And he would of course use this advantage.

As he looked down at the sleeping princess he noticed her awaking. Quickly he sat a bit further away from her.

Anna still couldn´t see a thing around her. She sat up right on the bed. Something cool, like a breeze made the skin on her neck crawl. That was right when Dracula leant forward and whispered in her ear: "It´s time."

She jumped a bit at the sudden heard voice. But somehoe she had expected him to give her no more second to rest than necessary.

It seemed to her as if her eyes were still closed, so dark it was. "What stupid game will it be this time, Dracula?" She tried to sound annoyed.

"The most entertaining we´ve ever played", the vampire chuckled. "Here are the rules: I´m going to test your senses. You can´t see and you won´t be able to touch anything." Ropes appeared in the air like magic and bound her hands together on her back.

Then he continued with his rules: "Right in front of you I will transform into several creatures and give you clues in your mind. If you guess right the game will just go on but if you guess wrong... you have to kiss me."

"What! I will never kiss you, Count! I said I would play the game but I won´t do that. If you want you can transform into a spider and crawl over me but not that!"

Anna´s protests amused him even more. "Why a spider? Are you afraid of these cute little things?"

The princess just spat back: "Spiders are not cute! But I have to say that they´re much like you: ugly, disgusting and much too hard to kill!" This comparison made Dracula burst into laughter. Wiping his eyes he replied: "I see you´re well prepared for our game. So I´ll let the fun begin!"

With that he transformed into the first creature. A quite wild one, and he made sure it was hard to guess!