"Upon reading the message, Vlad's wife became so frightened that she flung herself off the castle's tower and into the stream below the castle, preferring death to Turkish captivity." I dislike the part that she "became so frightened." Frightened of what? To answer my own question, probably frightened of what the Turks would do to her after what their husband did to them. But more broadly, frightened that she would become a dangerous liability to him and/or let him down and humiliate him by allowing herself to be captured by his vengeful enemies. 04:07, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
