As his hands released from her throat, her feet collided with the ground and next her knees. She grabbed at her throat, gasping and gulping down the fresh air as if she had just come up from under the water. Her skin burned from the pressure he had placed upon her throat. She couldn't hear anything over the sound of her own gasping, as her breathing began to regulate she looked up through blurry. Anna quickly brought her hand up, wiping the tears out of her eyes and saw the two of them fighting. "Lucio, be careful! Something isn't right with him!" She yelled to the now fighting duo. 

Anna watched from the ground as the two exchanged words, and then they ran towards each other. She brought her hands up to her mouth when Lucio flew into the tree. She was sure he was dead at the moment, thinking his back cracked. A few more tears started to escape her eyes, anxiety, and fear running through her body at highspeed. She was shaking as well, but this wasn't noticed. Her eyes and mind to preoccupied with the two men fighting. "Lucio!" She screamed out, began to stand up. Not knowing what she could do, she looked around trying to find something to grab to maybe hit Alphonse with as his back was turned to her when he had Lucio pinned againist the tree. Alas, nothing was near her.

In the midst of her looking for an object, the fight continued and when her eyes scanned back they were on the ground. At this point Lucio was holding a wooden stake into Alphonse's chest. Then just one more push, and he went limp. She brought her hands back up to her mouth, "Oh my god...you killed him.." She whispered, and began to walk over. Her mouth was open, no words coming out only tears flowing down her cheeks, her body shaking. Anna slowly approached the body - and looked from it to Lucio. She said nothing, but walked towards Lucio and wrapped her arms around him. Shaking as she shoved her face into his chest. "Thank you so much Lucio..." She stood there for a moment, her breathing began to relax. She eventually released herself from him, and then looked back at Alphonse. Bending down to see the once aspiring lover face to face. Blinking a few times, and keeping her eyes plastered to Alphonse's dead grayed corpse, one word uttered out of her mouth, "Vampire..."

She stood back up, and looked at Lucio, "They're real...aren't they...his face changed, and I saw his fangs. He smelled the napkin with my blood on it, and told me he could hear my heart beating.." She wiped the newborn tears that escaped the edges of her eyes. "I've never seen someone turn gray after they die...and you stabbed him where his heart is at..." She breathed in deeply, "I'm not a fool....it's easy to add all of this together...He wanted to kill me". She looked up towards the night sky, and placed her hands on her throat rubbing it lightly and took in a deep breath. "Thank you again, Lucio...you saved my life, even if it meant he had to lose his..."