I returned to the world of the living,
but there were still no signs of life in Robert’s still body. I was sure he was
dead, lost to me in the realm and in life.
I began to mourn once again.
“Don’t worry sweetie…he won’t be dead for
long!” Elaina’s voice was saying.
I hadn’t seen her there in the chair when
I returned. She surprised me. “What?”
I asked to be sure of what she said.
She jumped out of the chair in one swift,
impossible motion. “You didn’t think I’d
let you have him, did you? No, he’d be better served as a vampire.”
“You actually turned him!”
“Of course! He does love me after all. I could use him in his new form. Dead…he’d be useless to everyone…except you
of course!”
“How could you do that? It’s not what he wanted!”
“He’s the one that signed the request
form. Now he’s all mine…”
Elaina continued, “You didn’t think I’d
figure out what you were up to? I admit.
it was very clever…taking him to the one place I couldn’t go and making him
fall in love with you!”
“Oh…don’t think I didn’t hear him calling
your name at night while he slept. Of
course I knew what was going on…Janet may have wanted him dead, but there was
no way I was giving you what you wanted.”
Her words made me snap. Without even considering the fact that it may
not work, I reached out and slapped her across the face as hard as I
could. To my surprise, my strike connected.
Elaina was as shocked as I was. “I never
wanted him dead!” I screamed.
“How dare you!” Elaina said, furious and afraid of the idea
that I was able to physically assault her.
“I never wanted him dead,” I repeated to
reemphasize my point to her and to myself as I turned away to hide my
shame.
“Well it doesn’t matter does it you crazy
witch! He’s dead to you! He can never go to the realm again…I took his
soul.”
Elaina began to laugh. “I’ve won!
You never should have taken me on…I was destined to get him in the end.”
It was my turn to smile. I had one thing on my side that she didn’t
know about and I just remembered it.
I laughed out loud with the arrogance of
someone who knew they had outsmarted everyone else.
“What do you have to laugh about? It’s over!
Just admit it! You gave it a good
try, but it’s over now! Just leave!”
“Oh…it’s not over!”
“Whatever!” Elaina said walking past me toward the
door. “I’ll see you in a few days when
your beloved wakes up hating your very existence!”
“Elaina!”
I taunted her with my voice as she tried to leave.
“What?!”
She half yelled and half asked as she spun around to face me.
I responded by raising my hand high over
my head; holding my newly created elixir tight.
This was my last chance; the last
opportunity I had to be rid of Elaina once and for all.
To her dismay, I slammed the bottle down
hard at her feet.
“What did you do? What was that?!” Elaina asked.
Nothing happened right away. Then warm blood suddenly
began to flow into Elaina’s face; giving
her flesh the healthy tint of the living.
“What’s happening? What the hell did you do?” She asked; obviously feeling the effects of
the elixir. It was working just the way
I wanted it to.
“You’re being cured sweetie…” I said in a
sickingly
sweet voice that I knew would drive her crazy.
Elaina didn’t immediately know what I
meant. “Cured? What do you mean cured?” She asked as if she’d never heard the word
before.
“Cured as in no longer a vampire…as in
once again human,” I was happy to define
for her.
I gave Elaina the time she needed to
understand what it all implied.
Finally she got it. Her face went blank when she realized that
she was no longer immortal…that she could actually be hurt and killed just like
any other human.
“You spectral witch!” She screamed as she attacked me full on;
taking me by surprise. I expected a
reaction, but not this one.
Fueled by anger and perhaps hate; Elaina
was able to slam me all the way down to the ground.
She slapped and kicked and pulled to no
avail. I couldn’t feel a thing.
She was basically fighting herself and
wearing herself out. All I had to do was
hold her back…she did the rest.
She grabbed at me and at times was able
to hold me into position. I allowed myself to disappear to the realm
momentarily and was out of her grasp when I returned.
Fighting full force in a human body not
nourished by human food did Elaina in.
She became confused and weak. She
swung a few times at the air as I stood behind her safely out of her reach.
“Oh no,” she said suddenly. “I think I’m going to be sick,” she
said.
“That’s what a belly full of blood does
to a human body,” I said softly behind her.
While Elaina worked hard to steady
herself…I called the police. A car
arrived within minutes once they knew that they were being called to the home
of a fellow cop.
I guided a stunned, emaciated version of
Elaina into a chair as the cop entered the house. To my relief, the cop was a fairy whose
magical powers allowed her to see me clearly.
“What am I arresting her for?” The cop
asked hesitating before doing anything.
I knew that a charge of attempted murder
would never stick, because of the request form, so I
didn’t mention Robert. Instead, I said
the only thing I could think of…
“Ask Janet Pok,
but you can start with trespassing,” I said walking away. After all, this was still my house and I
never invited Elaina in.
Without anything real to arrest her on,
the cop decided to take Elaina in for questioning.
I was confident that once Janet and
Elaina were questioned; there would be plenty to keep them in jail.
A big problem was solved. Elaina couldn’t do much damage now that she
was human. All that was left to do now
was wait for Robert to wake up.
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