I woke with a start, and started swearing extremely. I knew from the taste of the air that someone else was near, at the edge of my property. Still praising in the most ungentlemanly like language I got up, and started donning some armour I had made. The construction of these plates were complex, containing traces of hundreds of monster deterrents, such as salt, garlic, silver, gold and a myriad of others. All of them forged into a metal like substance that covered my whole body, minus of course, the face.
Stepping out of my house, wielding two swords forged in similar manners, I started patrolling the perimeter, but still going about my normal tasks. What I smelled was vamp like, and knowing them, they wouldn't be out till night time. As day turned to dusk, I started increasing my vigil. Before the night was over, I spotted the beast. It was a female, of incredibly beautiful proportions. She was struck in a daylight trap, an area I had prepared to shine perpetual daylight in a square, alternating on and off every two nights. She had been lured in last night, and this night she could not move. Slowly I made my way over to her cage, and sat close by, examining her.
We stared at each other for near half an hour before she broke the silence.
"So what now hmmmm? Going to slay me? Enslave me?" She asked, obviously annoyed by her predicament.
I ignored her, and switched the trap into permanent daylight mode, keeping her trapped. I brought her, wordlessly, a thick set of blankets to keep some light away, and some animals for her to feed off. For the next few days I kept asking her the same questions:
"How many people have you drunk to death?"
"How many have you killed?"
"How many have you turned?"