“I cannot promise we will not have war a thousand times over during our lifetime, but I will promise that I will never leave you willingly.” “Can you promise to never leave at all?” He gave her a soft smile. It was all he could really offer, because in the back of his mind, he was imagining that burning battlefield and his corpse among the flames. He held her gaze, and when she started to frown, he kissed her, pulling her against him.