when the 700 year old vampire finds his human mate after 172 years grieving her last life so he lets her live in the abandoned cottage on his estate so he can always close by waiting for the day she can be his again and when that day comes he leads her into his castle... and promise to protect her as he failed in the other lifetime and she’ll offers the tired, nearly mad immortal man a smile and swear she loves him and could never be afraid of him then he’ll leads her into a dark room, staying behind... their eyes meeting. "Then for that I am enternally sorry “ just as he locks the door, trapping her inside.