Deep and Lovely Dark – Chapter 9

Vlad stormed into his house and called out to Rachel and Lisa. It took a few minutes but they both ran down the stairs looking concerned. “What! What happened!” Said Rachel. “Are you both ok?” Asked Vlad desperately. “Yeah fine, why what’s going on?” Asked Lisa. Vlad gave a sigh of relief and walked into the kitchen when he collapsed onto a chair. Rachel walked behind Vlad and put her hands on his shoulders. She looked up at Lisa and said “Will you go upstairs and run a bath for Vlad please?” Lisa nodded and ran upstairs. Rachel sat across from Vlad and said “Vlad what happened?” Vlad gave a deep sigh and said “Eckhart called me at work! I had to make sure you were safe!” Rachel looked confused and said “We haven’t had any trouble all day! Why would he call you and then not do anything?” “He’s taunting me. Trying to make me paranoid.” Rachel took Vlad’s hand and said “we’re gonna figure out a way out of this! Together!” Vlad looked at her with an unconvinced look. “I love you Vlad, I am in love with you and I promise when you fight I fight beside you!” Said Rachel with a determined tone.

“This is not your fight!” Said Vlad. “I wont let you get hurt in a battle that has nothing to do with you!”

“Eckhart will try to hurt you by getting to me! Like it or not, this is as much my fight as yours and I have a right to try and deal with it!”

“That’s how it starts! That’s how it always starts. People get to close to me, they feel that they need to prove something to me! Then I see myself standing over their grave! It would have been better if you never met me!”

Vlad’s sadness turned to shock as Rachel slapped him across the face. An angry expression on her face.

“You ever say that again and I’ll maim you! Do you understand me! Vlad was too shocked to speak but nodded lightly. “These last few weeks have been the best of my life. My life has been in danger but I never felt safer. We’ll stop Eckhart, and after that you wont be able to spend the rest of your life with me but I wanna spend the rest of mine with you!”

“I don’t want anything to happen to you!” Said Vlad fighting tears, something that hadn’t happened in centuries. “Then don’t let anything happen to me!” Said Rachel. “Because sending me away is not an option”.

At that point Lisa re entered the room to announce that Vlad’s bath was run. Rachel took Vlad by the hand and guided him to the bathroom where she stripped him down and helped him into the bath. She gave him a smile and left the bathroom.

Rachel went back to the kitchen and found Lisa stood by the sink. “So is master gonna fuck me like his bitch tonight!” She said with a sly smile.

Suddenly Lisa was grabbed by the throat and pushed against the wall.