The Wishing Well

Dark Seraphim410

Chapter 3

Integra was driving home. There was nothing but silence since the party.

"It was a fun evening for the most part."

Alucard tried to start a conversion but Integra didn't answer.

"Why are you letting those comments bother you?"

"I'm not. They're not affecting me at all. All of my life, I have given my service to this country and the royal family but now that I have a few wrinkles I'm seen as outdated! I'm an old bag. Now to add further insult, I look older than you so I've been marked as a cougar."

With each passing sentence, Integra placed more pressure on the gas.

"I'm old and useless to them. Everything I've done for their country and I am useless because I have wrinkles. If those women saw half of the things I have seen in my lifetime, they would have killed themselves a long time ago."

Integra had a tear rolled down her face.

"Glad to see that their remarks aren't bothering you."

Integra stayed quieted.

"If age is such a problem, I could always turn you."

Integra slammed on the brakes. Alucard with the force of the stop hit his head against the dashboard.

"Don't you ever ask me that again? I will not be into a monster by a monster!"

Integra looked at Alucard with rage in her eye. Alucard looked back at her with shock expressed on his face and then laughed.

"I won't ask again. My,What passion you have for your humanity?"

Her eye softened as she realized how she was acting.

"I just…I'm s…"

Integra turned away and started driving. They arrived to the mansion. She got out of the car and ran into the mansion. Alucard followed her but she slammed her bedroom door.

Integra stood in front of a mirror. She could hear the insults course through her mind.

"Cougar!"

"Old bag!"

"The iron maiden is beginning to rust!"

Integra looked into the mirror. Her reflection became older and more wrinkles started to form. Her hair turned from golden into a faded gray. Her eye widen in shock of the sight. Then the reflection smiled a wide evil grin back to her.

"You are near death! Don't you feel it?!"

"No…"

Integra put her fist through the mirror. The sound forced Alucard to open the door. He ran to Integra who now the floor was holding her hand.

"Go away!"

Alucard ignored her and walked to her nightstand next to her bed. He took out a first aid kit. He walked and kneeled down in front of her. He took her hand and licked the blood that dripped slowly from her small cuts.

"Words have never left their mark like this on your mind, Integra. There is something more than this night that weights heavy you."

Integra looked at him with a tear in her eye.

"I'm going through menopause. I lost my chance to have children."

"I never knew you wanted children…"

"I never had the opportunity! Between fighting vampires, Iscariot, Millennium and waiting for you, I lost my life! I have nothing but an organization that will come to an end with my death."

Silence filled the air between them. She looked away from him and wiped her eye. Alucard finished with his first aid and got up from the floor. He started to walk away when…

"I'm sorry for earlier…"

He turned back to her.

"I can't turn. I see you and Seras and I am envious but afraid. I am afraid of turning into a monster that has no control over her bloodlust. With my past decisions to murder humans and monsters alike, I am afraid that I'll surpass your cruelty. I just can't."

Alucard reached and helped her to her feet. He touched her face. He moved slowly towards her but he saw the hurt in her eye. He pulled and walked away from her. He closed the door behind him leaving her alone with her angry thoughts.

"Master!"

Seras walked up to him with blood packs in hand.

"How was the party? Did you…"

"The night was a disaster!"

"Oh! I'm sorry."

She handed him one of the blood packs.

"Thank you."

Alucard drank the whole blood pack quickly.

"Wow! You were hungry!"

"How nauseating?! Does this blood taste odd to you?"

Seras drank from hers.

"No, it tastes fine to me."

"I'm going to sleep. I just want this night to be over."

"It's not even midnight yet…"

Alucard walked away and down to his room.

"I'm…"

His eyes became heavy. He fought hard to keep them open but couldn't overcome the sudden tiredness. As he fell back, his coffin opened for him. He collapsed into it. The coffin closed its lid.