I see myself running towards you in the black, moonless night. My dark hair blowing in the wind as I run. How long I've waited to find you and fulfill my promise. You're still just as I remember. Long dark brown hair, tall, godlike figure, brown eyes filled with courage and warmth, except the warmth is gone and the courage is now bloodlust. Those brown eyes that I have love so, now rimmed in red around the pupils. Your tanned skin is now death white and ice cold to the touch. There is no love in your smile and your laugh, which I so rarely heard, now sends cold chills throughout my body. I grip the stake so hard in my hand and look at you, drink in your picture before I fulfill my promise. But then you spoke.
"Why have you come for me, Roza?"
The nickname that you called me brings the tears to my eyes. "To save you." And then I wake up. Has all this been a dream? I look around and next to me is you, sleeping soundly and peacefully. You stir in your sleep and then turn to face me, opening your eyes. Those dark brown eyes are back to normal, not the evil ones I saw in my dream.
"What's wrong, Rose?" You ask.
I shake my head and lay back down, knowing that this one is a dream and when I wake up, this will disappear, but I don't wake up. I stay sleeping. "I'm dreaming. You're a strigoi."
You smile, its warmth instantly making me forget my worries. You take my hand in yours and place it over your heart. I feel a beat. "I'm not dead." You say and then I wake from the dream.
I'm bound by love, but sworn to kill. Sworn to kill you because of a promise you begged me to make. How could you forget that? My heart shattered. My world shattered. You will lose what you value most. It wasn't my life. It wasn't even your life. What you value most…it was your soul. As I look up at you, remember all the good times we had. "I will always love you." And then I plunge the stake into your chest. "That's what I was supposed to say…" You say before falling. I have done my deed…you are dead and I can go back to my normal life, but you send me my stake back.
"We'll be seeing each other soon."
I'm bound by love, but sworn to kill…sworn to kill you. I will always love you…would you have said I love you too?