The Red Bride

Chapter 6: Flashbacks

"Please don't kill me. Please.", the lady muttered with a soft crying voice. She has been stabbed by a man she doesn't recognize.

"I never wanted to do this to you,but your lover, the king, he killed my father.",he cried.

"He killed my poor father for stealing a loaf of bread, we don't have food to eat. I thought he is a great king, but he is an animal! A person with no humanity!",he stabbed the lady again this time in her chest.

"Please! If he will find out who did this to me, he will kill you!", blood flowed from her back and in her chest, pouring for her mouth.

"He will never find out! I will kill you!"

"Vladimir!!!!!", and those were her last words.

Lenilla is a simple lady in her town, but her simplicity became the reason why Vladimir, the 19 year old king fell in love with her. Their love story is admired my everyone, a love story which they consider as a fairy tale, but after the incident it became a tragedy. They say their story is better than with that of Romeo and Juliet, more realistic than the story of Pyramus and Thesbe but it had a different ending. An ending that gave birth to the most horrifying story ever brought to human literature.

Two days after the incident the king came home with the heads of his last victims but he was shocked for when he approached the portals of his kingdom, he saw black smokes from all the houses including his palace.

"Hiah! Move fast my horse!",he said in a loud voice.

When he reached the doorstep of his palace, he ran to the hall and saw his bride to be, cold and lifeless.

"Who did this to her!", he said in a very angry voice, he held the body of his Lenilla and cried out her name.

"Lenilla!", he said crying. He cried in pain and in vain. He cried as if he lost everything he had. He confronted the guard. He withdrew his sword and pointed it to the sword of the guard.

"Who did this! Why did you this happen to her!", he never let the guard spoke, he thrust the sword deep into his throat and he fell down. He went straight to the kitchen and saw the ladies in waiting preparing food.

"Master...", he didn't let the maidens spoke. He thrusted his sword deep into their stomach and left them all bloody. He killed everyone in the palace and even cursed God for his sufferings.

"I have worked for you, I have worked in your name but you have forsaken me! You punished me for nothing! If you are real bring her back! Bring back the only lady who reminded me of my humanity! Bring her back!", but there was nothing, he looked at the body of his love but Lenilla is still lifeless.

"Do you want to bring her back?", a voice suddenly spoke in the midst of his agony.

"Who are you? Come here and I will kill you!",he walked slowly and got his sword. A man in red and black coat appeared. The man that showed in front of him is unfamiliar but he didn't care. He thrusted the sword in his stomach but the man laughed very loud.

"Who are you?" ,Vlad asked.

"Why don't you ask your God?", and then he laughed again.

"You are....", Vlad wasn't able to finish his words because the creature laughed at him so loud.

"Your God can never bring your Lenilla back, she is long gone, but I in the other hand can bring her back."