Final Request

Fulfilled

"I do not think me leaving would be a good idea, Clara, you are hungry and the thirst of a newborn vampire is not to be taken lightly. You need me to help you-"

"Help? I do not need your help!" She cut him off "I don't need anything from you! I hate you. I cannot believe you would do this. After everything I told you!" Her eyes flashed and her new fangs descended in anger.

But the man in front of her did not flinch. He didn't react in any way nor did his face betray any emotion. His eyes however had taken on that familiar stare of cold indifference. The caring almost loving entity from just a little while ago was gone and had been replaced with its darker, callous twin.

And Clara noticed the change immediately.

"I believe you said I could kill you and that is what I did." Was his cool reply as he straightened his posture.

"Yes, I said 'kill me' Bite me and drain me dry not bite me and turn me into...into this!" She gestured to herself dramatically.

"I think you would agree that for all intents and purposes you are dead Miss Sauniére. But if you truly wish to argue semantics. Then suffice it to say that despite our moment together, I decided that dying would be far too good for you. And after all, you have done to me over the centuries I saw fit to give you a fate far worse than death. At least in your eyes."

"But I ...you...I thought you understood. You said -."

"Oh, Clara!" Dracula angrily interrupted "I have said a lot of things to a lot of women over the centuries in order to get what I want. You were foolish to give yourself so freely. Just as countless others have done before you."

Clara's mouth widened in horror. She honestly could not believe the words that were coming out of his mouth.

"You knew perfectly well who and what I was before inviting me into your bed. So do not blame me for taking advantage." Dracula stated as he crossed his arms over his chest.

"Yes, I knew." Clara said feeling utterly defeated. "And I cannot believe that for a single moment I allowed myself to believe that you could be anything but what you are."

"Madam I warn you. My patience is not infinite now come with me and feed before you make yourself ill."

"As if I care at all about your patience, what about mine? What on earth could have ever made you think that this was a good idea? Creating a vampire that would hate your guts. You complete fool."

"Do not forget to whom you speak." He replied sternly.

"Oh, I know exactly to whom I speak. I speak to the man...no I speak to the selfish, arrogant, heartless thing with nothing inside but the black emptiness of its sad, pitiful existence. Now for the last time GET OUT!"

That final declaration was the last straw for him and in a moment of unchecked rage, Dracula lunged at her throat and pinned her to the wall. His long sharp fingernails cut into her neck causing the woman in his clutches to cry out helplessly in pain.

"Make no mistake my little bride, I am not to be trifled with. No matter how it happened or how you feel about it you are a vampire and you will not speak to me in such a manner." He dragged a finger over the scars on her neck "These marks make you mine, do you understand MINE! I am your master. YOU BELONG TO ME!" He shouted as she tightened his grip, his eyes glowing with fiery rage.

How dare she speak to him as though he were no more than a peasant. He had given her the greatest gift he could bestow and deep down he thought she would be happy after everything that had transpired between them.

He had not just had sex with this woman. He had made love to her. The desperate, passionate love that he had not experienced for longer than he could remember. The emotions she had stirred within him were so sudden and unexpected that he didn't know how to process them. Nothing could have prepared him for the turn of events that would unfold after he stepped over her threshold.