' i love you.. '
night terrors had become an unfortunate routine . waking up , heart racing , body drenched with sweat . a lithe form clinging to a muscled torso with a grave ferocity . grasping feebly onto shards of reality that seem to slip out from betwixt pallid fingertips . devastating , threatening to tear apart the very fabric of who mina murray ( i am not mirena tepes , i am not mirena tepes , am i mirena tepes ? ) is .
but this night , after a particularly horrifying nightmare , anger is bursting at the seams of the petite woman . rage , doubt , & heartbreak all course through her , causing a usually sweetened tone to be laced with venom & cracks of emotion .
❝ do you love me , vlad ? or do you love the image of the woman i used to be , in another life ? did you ever love me , mina , at all ? ❞
tears feel akin to hellfire’s scorch upon alabaster cheeks . soft palms shove against a toned chest , pushing away from the man she holds so dear . it’s nearly unbearable to gaze upon him ; in contrast to how he is usually the salve that soothes her wounded soul . it takes everything within not to drop to gentle knees before him – instead , digits tug harshly at choppy blonde locks , & words are spoken in a frantic ramble .
❝ every night , every second , i am haunted by her memories . tormented by the vivid flashes of losing you , to the devil’s temptation . night terrors filled with reminder i’ve died – falling down , down , down & i gave myself to you ! feeling the phantom of a pregnancy i never had , the remnants of love for a boy who is long dead ! i was a mother ! or , SHE was , & i’m left here to lose myself in it all ! i have to live with that ! it feels like i’m going crazy , vlad ! ❞
a honeyed timbre whispers a broken plea . such a tone resembles the way mirena once prayed to the holy spirit ; knuckles bony - white from clutching onto a rosary so tight , & seeking forgiveness for any delicate toe out of line , any minuscule act capable of damnation . but somehow , asking this of vlad drains her more than any hours of prayer ever had .
❝ my love , please . put me out of my misery . cure me or kill me . ❞









