The Umbra King (Vincula Realm, #1)

by Jamie Applegate Hunter

Tears slipped from his eyes. “I can’t keep you here in misery. I wouldn’t be able to live with myself.” “No!” she sobbed as she beat her hand against his chest, the other still clutching the book. “You promised. You promised to get down on one knee when I said it. I’m saying it. I love you, and I am begging you not to do this.” He grabbed her hand and brought it to his mouth. “Don’t you see? I have been on my knees from the moment you landed in my throne room.” She shook her head and backed out of his hold, turning to the Angels. “How could you let him do this? How?” she screamed. Her realm was falling apart at the hand of the man she loved, and tomorrow, she wouldn’t even know it. “Do you not love me?” she choked out. “Is that it?” The horror on his face matched her own, and she crumbled from the weight of it. “I love you more than anything, and I always will.” “I will find my way back to you,” she vowed. “We’ll always have the soulscape,” he whispered. “It will only be a dream to you, and you won’t remember me, even there, but I’ll be there waiting.”