Craving Temptation: Love Of A Vampire

Some brave soul has decided to have the nerve and kick my front door open. By the familiarity of his voice and the very fact that he seeks Anastasia, I do have a fairly good idea whom this might be. In fact his dear father once did the very same thing, only that time he kick the door down. Seems son is not as strong as what dead old father was.

It does not take the mastermind very long to find me and my beloved eagerly waiting for him to make his presence known. He has no idea that Anastasia is a vampire nor does he know that she is aware that I am. Not a very clever Vampire Hunter in deed, but he is foolishly brave still.

The moment he sees Anastasia firmly snuggled in my arms, all his millions of delicious bloodcells start to race through his little heart.

"Let go of Anastasia!"

"Where is your manners Mr Hunter? Do you not greet your hosts."

I chuckle to myself for a moment.

"Well you do not know how to knock, I must be foolish to believe that you can greet."

"I am not here for entertainment Mr Belmont, I am here for the girl."

"Well my dear Zachariah, the lady is not here against her will. I shall say it is rude to come take my guests away."

He all but grows more angry in his stance. It does seem that we are going to have a little problem with this one.

"Sebastian we both know you do not have such things as guests."

"Then do enlighten me, what is it that Anastasia is doing here?"

"I do not feel we need to scare the woman to death."

I look over to my dear beloved and see the cheeky smile that is playing at the corners of her mouth.

"My beloved, I do believe this gentlemen wish not to scare you. Are you scared of me?"

Sneaky little devil she is, she chooses to play along.

"Now Zachariah, why will I be scared of Sebastian?"

"Believe me Anastasia you do not wish to know."

"Please humor me for a second."

"Please come with me Anastasia before it is too late."

My laughter vibrates through the hallways at his words. Oh if the silly Vampire Hunter only knew.

"Mr Hunter, I do believe that you are overstaying your welcome. Please shall you leave."

"I am not leaving without the girl."

Then Anastasia jumps from the chair races towards him. I do not quite know what her intention is, but if I was Zachariah, I will be the one that starts running.

"Zachariah", her voice is firm and loud. "How dare you come here and demand for me to come with you. You have no right to do such a thing."

This only but gives Zachariah the advantage that he needs, for he grabs Anastasia by the wrist and starts dragging her to the door. In an instant, with one flash through the air, I leap to where they are heading for the door. My voice thunders through the roof as I come to stand in front of them.

"Let her go! You shall not lay your filthy paws on my beloved."

I bare my fangs and growl at him. I see my beloved wishes to do the same, but I shake my head for her not to do so.

"She is not yours Sebastian."

"You shall not come into my home and demand what is mine."

Anastasia manages to free her hand.

I grab the Vampire Hunter by his oversized shirt. In seconds he is dangling from the floor, but the clever bugger that he is, manages to reach for his favorite toy from behind his back. In one, two, three, he flies through the air, landing squarely across the dining room table.

I show Anastasia to the side and slowly make my way towards him. My eyes has gone their true blood red colour and my claws are now ready to attack. With my fangs completely exposed, I tower him in my full vampire form.

"You shall leave now and I shall spare your miserable life."

He jumps up in an instant, the damn bastard was waiting for me. He comes storming at me with a dagger in hand, aiming for the very thing that he know shall kill me. But I am one quicker than him as I slide to the left. Then he spins around immediately and comes back at me.

For one brief moment I take my eyes from him, a numbing pain shoots through me, as he stabs me in the arm.

"My god you can't even aim."

"That was just a test round Sebastian."

"In that case, give me all that you got."

He comes stomping at me from right ahead and goes to aim for my chest. But once again I am the faster as I spin around him. Frustration is rampant in his eyes when he faces me again. Then the bastard launches the dagger at me. While my focus is as stopping it, he runs up to me with another. Within seconds in one impressive sneaky attempt, he has me pinned to the floor.

"Is this your best Mr Hunter."

"I am only getting started Mr Belmont."

From behind him I see Anastasia come towards him. The fear is filling her eyes as what tears would normally be. I only but shake my head for her to back off, this little Vampire Hunter has not idea who he is up against.

With as light as a feather, I push him off me. As he rolls to the side, he manages to grab his dagger and dab me in the shoulder. I cannot but laugh at him, even though I know he was very close.

"You need to work on your aim Mr Hunter."

"It is only but a matter of time Mr Belmont."

"You shall wear out even long before me."

"Well I am not leaving without the girl."

"Then my Zachariah, you are going to wait as long as your pitiful life lasts."

Then I hear Anastasia speak, with my focus on her, the Vampire Hunter has me off my feet. He has managed to overpower me and wrapped a silver chain around my neck. Now I am utterly powerless and only but a ball of clay in his hands. He raises his hands in the air, clenching his dagger firm, then as if in slow motion, I see him bringing it down to my chest.

Anastasia's voice echoes throughout the mansion, to every crook and crevice, as she yells for him to stop.

"I will come with you Zachariah, just leave Sebastian alone."

"My beloved Anastasia, no."

"I will be fine Sebastian, you know I can look after myself."

"But you are not train..."

"I promise you I will be fine."

I see she has a mischievous smile on her face. My little vampire is up to no good, but I do need to make something clear to her. With not even having to think too hard, she nods at me. The pesky Vampire Hunter frees me from his grip, then goes to join Anastasia by her side.

"Told you I am not leaving without the girl Mr Belmont."

"Be careful what you wish for Mr Hunter."

"And what is that supposed to mean?"

"Oh you shall soon find out."

I walk on over to my beloved and give her the softest of kisses on her lips.

"I shall see you soon my beloved."

Before they exist through the broken door, the Vampire Hunter turns to laugh at me.

"Do not count on that Mr Belmont."

...Anastasia...

For a moment there I was sure Zachariah was going to drive that dagger through Sebastian's chest. I do not fully understand how vampires die, but I believe that is the way that they can be killed. In fact, that I can be killed. Is that what Zachariah will do to me, when he's finds out that I am too the same evil he think Sebastian is.

"Zachariah why did you do that?"

"The man is a monster Anastasia and I can't believe that you are not even scared after all of that."

"Sebastian is not a monster and there is no way you shall keep me from him."

"Then I shall be doing this every night then."

I do understand that we are friends, but the way that Zachariah is behaving is a bit more than extreme. I do understand that he cares for me, but this is a bit beyond caring he should be. We did have a brief relationship, but we both realized it was a mistake, and that we never could be more than just friends. But something is off with him.

"Zachariah what is going on here?"

"I don't want you with that man Anastasia."

"Why not?"

"He is dangerous. Promise me you will stay away from him."

"Why?"

"I saw what happened there. Does it not bother you?"

"No, so what if the man is a vampire."

Zachariah stops in his tracks to turn and look at me. The shock is burning rampant like a fire in his eyes.

"Did you know he was a vampire before tonight?"

"Yes Zachariah, I have known Sebastian for several days now."

"Has this goddam monster drank from you?"

"Sebastian has not done anything I did not allow him to do."

"Anastasia, you have no idea how dangerous this is. You are playing with with fire by keeping company with his kind."

Zachariah pulls me to sit next to him on a nearby bench. It is cold and there is a small drizzle of rain, all I want to do is get back to Sebastian. Can Zachariah just get his rambling over with so I can get back home.

"Anastasia, you know how much I care about you."

"Yes Zachariah, we are friends. I understand you are worried."

"No Anastasia, you don't understand."

"Then make me understand."

He goes quiet for a few moments. His head is just a blur of mumbled up words, I cannot even listen to what he is thinking. Then he goes to speak again.

"I love you Anastasia."

"Yes and I love you too Zachariah."

"No Anastasia, I love you, not as a friend. I love you."

I go dead quiet for I do not know what to say, I knew he cared about me but never once did I expect this. Why has he not told me this before? We have been friends for years and never had he once give me an indication that he felt more. This does pose a big problem now for me. He will keep coming for me as long as he knows I am with Sebastian. But shall he stop when he knows the truth?

"Zachariah you can't keep coming for me."

"If you are going to keep going back there, then I will."

"So if I turn around now and go there?"

"I will follow you."

"And tomorrow?"

"I will follow you."

"Every day for the rest of your life?"

"I will follow you."

This breaks my heart so much, yes I have my soul and I feel pain, this is a pain I am definitely feeling. But I knew there would be risks when I decided to choose this life. I would have to say goodbye to friends and places, break hearts and leave people behind. Never though did I think it would be so soon.

"Zachariah, I am staying with Sebastian."

"What you mean staying with him?"

"I live with him, in his house, in his room."

"Not from tonight anymore."

I think this is by far going to be the hardest part. I don't think after this we will be sitting around the same table anymore.

"Zachariah, I am Sebastian's beloved."

"What do you mean by beloved."

I close my eyes for a moment and with one big breath in, I open my mouth, but so slowly and fraction by fraction, I bare my razor sharp fangs.

"Oh god no Anastasia."