Chapter 34

Now it was Dracula who had that look on his face. "Why would you...", he stammered but didn´t get anything more out. Why would Anna want somebody killed? And that out of her village.

But she stood her ground and replied calmly: "It´s a man and he deserves a painful death more than life"

Still he didn´t understand. Anna rolled her eyes. "This man", she said, "killed the sister I would actually have when she was still a baby. I was too scared to tell anyone because I was the only one who saw it and only five years old. On top of that he has raped several women, including my mother."

Dracula felt sorry for Anna that she had to see her own sister die and felt encouraged to fulfill her wish. "Alright", he said and materialized into a pub in her village.

Immediately the princess pointed at a man sitting at the bar. Before he could stop her she walked over to the man, whispered something in his ear Dracula didn´t understand and pulled him at his collar towards the door.

She pushed the door open quite roughly and pushed him outside. Pulling out her sword she held the tip of it close to his chest.

"Anna, let me-", Dracula began but was cut of by her. "No, let me! You can give him the final!"

She didn´t realize in what danger she could be so the vampire put a light spell on the man, so he wouldn´t run away and call for help.

He almost let out a sigh of relief but then there was something that shocked him deeply. Anna lifted her sword and cut his left hand off. It was too late to stop her now. Dracula had to let her seek revenge on this man and let her cut his right hand off too. "That was for killing my sister!", she cried as he whimpered from the pain.

Then she lifted her sword once more and guided the blade right between the man´s legs. She twisted the sword and added: "And this was for raping, you pervert!"

Anna pulled the sword out, ready for another strike but Dracula stopped her from going any further and sank his fangs into his throat. He drank the blood until nothing was left over in the man before throwing the dead body aside.

Once more the eyes of the princess filled with tears. The memory of her family and the thought of what a killer she had turned into.

She realized that she would never make her family proud. Dracula reached out to wipe her tears away but she just slapped his hand away.

"You need to calm down. You saw that I was feeling sceptic about your wish but you wanted to... This is too much for you", he said and laid a cool hand on her shoulder. Anna shrugged him off.

"You can´t understand what I´m feeling right now! So don´t try to tell me what I can bear and what not!", she said, her stubborn side showing again.

She threw the sword to the ground and told him she knew what to wish next. "I love the sea... Please, take me to the sea. I´ve never been there before."

Anna closed her eyes as she felt the furry arms of his hellbeast form wrap around her shoulder and waist and lift her up bridal style.

The cool air blew through her hair mercilessly. She didn´t dare to look at him. Too much she was scared of this demon appearance, a thing she didn´t really like to confess. Anna decided to think about a way to untangle her hair afterwards. This was the only way for her to forget her situation at the moment.

It didn´t take long and he sat her down on the grass. Finally the princess opened her eyes.

The sight in front of her looked even more beautiful than she had imagined. It was close to evening and the water below the cliff, they were sitting on, made small waves and the sound of splashing water that she loved so much.

"I´m coming here often, just to think and to enjoy the sight", Dracula told her. "The sea reminds me a lot of you: Wild and untamed, but still gentle and beautiful."

Anna smiled a little at that and even found herself blushing. She was already sure of what she would wish for next.