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“But, what frightened me most? Never looking upon your face again. Never feeling your mouth moving on mine nor hearing again the sound of your voice whispering my name. All of these things I have memorized of you would be lost to the unknown abyss.”
same. The words I once spoke to you hold true: I will kill any man and turn the whole world to ash for you, my warrior. I fear neither battle nor death, but I fear the day you are not by my side. Never question where my heart lies, because it is forever yours. In this life and the next.”
Somewhere, there must have been others like us, two souls who could never be parted and who found solace in the other.
You and I will never part, my warrior. In this life and the next, we will be just as we have forever been: side by side.
He kissed my forehead, such a simple action, but one that made me feel cherished. Beloved and treasured in a life that called for brutality.
“If they are meant to be together, they will be. You cannot force a man to love another. It is a decision made by the heart and nothing else.”
Eryx brushed his hand against mine. It had become a thing he did before every task that caused trepidation—a reassurance that he was by my side.
My whole world is right here in my hands. Without you, I am nothing.”
If it truly was the end, how did I say goodbye to the man who was the reason for the beating of my heart?
