Vampires

I'll protect you, Clarissa, I'll save you from all those cruel and evil vampires who would seek to hurt you..." He stroked her hair gently, and she smiled more.

"...Those would would seek to use you for their own ends, to use you to lure poor men to their death, men who only were doing what they thought was right..." Her smile faded, and the insanity in her face became fear as she looked up at him, as his own smile faded and a different look surfaced. He placed both hands on her shoulders and looked at her seriously. "It's a bad thing to do such cruel things to unsuspecting humans, you know. You should know better."

She nodded a little, too frightened to speak now.

"I can make sure you won't do it again... Would you like that, Clarissa?"

Unsure and scared, she nodded slightly. The hunter smiled. "That's good. We'll make sure you don't ever trap anyone again." He moved his hands from her shoulders and stroked her hair again. She smiled a little. He was stroking her hair...he couldn't mean to hurt her. He ran a hand down the side of her cheek lightly, then leaned down and kissed her on the lips briefly before standing again. Then he roughly snapped her neck.

Letting her body fall lifelessly against the bed, he looked away disinterestedly. He had bigger things to worry about now, she was only a petty annoyance. He needed to find that black-haired vampire, needed to understand what he was now... Pulling on the bloodstained shirt that had simply been cast onto the floor, he glanced around himself once more before exiting the room.