Short Story: Eyes

kinda depressing...but o well...any comments=please give

Eyes

She had fallen into his trap. And now she was his prisoner.
The vampire grinned at his success. He had been hungry as of late; fresh blood would satisfy his cravings for a time. Glancing at the prone form in the corner, he sighed impatiently. She was still unconscious. He preferred his victims awake; their fear was so delicious, and their blood would run fast.
His plan had been wonderful, or at least he thought so. The news that a foreign princess from a small country was coming to visit his city had reached him with time to spare. He gathered as much information as he could about the girl, learning that she loved to wander with few guards. It was a simple thing, after she arrived, to watch for her as she explored the forest and wait for her to wander off alone and get lost. It was inevitable, and as she wandered he watched from a distance until a favorable chance came. Knocking her out, he carried her back to his small hut in the forest.
Movement in the corner caught his eye, and he glanced over to see the girl stir. He grinned again. “Wake up, princess dear.” She did not stir from her corner. “Come now. Stand up. At least look at me when I speak to you.” A moment later, the girl stood slowly.
She was not very tall. Her silky red locks, which had come loose from their style from earlier, hung to her waist. Her dress, though finer than any peasant’s garb, was plain compared to the queen of this land. She stood with her head bowed and arms hanging at her sides.
“Well? Won’t you even speak?”
“What do you think to gain from this venture?” she said in a soft voice.
“Gain? I think to gain a meal, of course! I was so bored, though, that I had to find someone interesting to capture.” She did not speak. “What, not afraid at all? What a brave girl, you don’t even react to being kidnapped. Well, what will make you afraid?” Again, she refrained from speaking. “Oh, you’re no fun. I guess I’ll just eat you now…” He closed his eyes for a moment, feeling his fangs draw to a point. His eyes shot open, and he looked at the girl with eyes glazed red. He grinned, showing his fangs, and stalked to her. Reaching for her neck, he pinned her to the wall, seeing her face for the first time.
She was beautiful, more beautiful than any person he had seen in his entire life. Her skin was unflawed and pale. Her small nose turned up slightly at the end. There was a slight blush in her cheeks, so slight it was almost unseen. Long lashes fanned over her lowered eyes. All this beauty surprised the vampire; it seemed almost unearthly, inhuman, unnatural.
“What a beautiful princess…almost a shame to kill you. And yet…” He chuckled under his breath. “But before I kill you, at least look at me. You haven’t seen me at all. Please.”
She raised her head slightly and opened her eyes fully, looking straight at him. This move was so sudden, it startled the vampire. But what startled him more were her eyes.
They were midnight blue, and when her eyes locked with his, they drew him in. They held no emotion, no fear or hate. Nothing. They were like twin pools, never-ending, drawing him in to drown him. Her eyes focused on him, and he could not escape. He was frozen in that gaze.
She blinked, and the spell was broken. He backed away from her, and she slipped to the floor. And yet he could feel that gaze on him. It was watching him still. “Stop looking at me!” He yelled to the girl who had huddled in the corner again. She did not move. “Stop! Stop staring at me!!” He grabbed her wrist and shook her violently. “Do you hear me? Stop staring at me!!!” He slapped her hard across the mouth, and her head snapped back. Blood dripped from the corner of her mouth and a mark stood out on her cheek. She looked up at him with those emotionless eyes, and he screamed, “Stop!! I’ll kill you!!”
He pushed her away and took up a wooden pole standing against the wall. He swung the pole at the girl over and over, beating her over the back. The pole broke, and he threw the pieces at her. “Get out of my head!!!” He threw a clay pot at her, and it shattered against her head. Taking up a small shelf, he broke it over her, beating her with the pieces.
Continuing in this crazed manner, he beat her to death, and kept on beating the corpse until his exhaustion set in and he collapsed against a wall.
“Get out of my head…” he sobbed weakly. He rubbed his eyes, trying to escape the haunting eyes that watched him. “No…leave me alone…go away…” He rubbed his eyes harder. The image yet stood before him, mocking him with its persistent gaze. A sudden surge of energy passed through him. He screamed and scratched at his eyes violently, blinding himself.
And yet the girl’s haunting eyes stared at him. “Why won’t you leave me in peace? I killed you…now go away…” He sobbed, crawling around blindly, cutting his hands and knees on broken pottery and splintered wood. His hand found the long end of the broken pole. The end was quite sharp, and he sobbed loudly. Standing, he took the sharp end and aimed it at his heart. He took a breath, then fell upon the pole. Even as the wood pierced his heart, the midnight blue eyes watched him in his mind as his body crumbled into ash.