“You promised not to do this. When we were on that damn balcony, you promised that you’d stay no matter what. You promised you’d never abandon me again.” I pulled away from him, tears in both our eyes. “You ask too much of me, and I don’t know if I can give it.” Samkiel didn’t back down. “So removing your actual soul is alright, but this? Marriage? Is it too much for you?”

