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"I am a brother to dragons and a companion to owls. My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat." Job 30:29-30
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Entry #12
The man stared deeply into her blue eyes. They seemed to pierce into his heart, into his soul. He moved a strand of her golden hair from her face and adjusted her head in his arms.
"Do you love me?" she asked weakly.
"Of course I do," the man replied.
"Would you die for me?"
"You know I would."
"Would you kill for me?"
"I already have."
"Would you grant me any wish?"
"I would do anything for you, my love."
The woman blinked slowly. Her skin was already paling. Her eyes were darkening. "Then kill me."
He had known she would ask that. And yet, for some reason, he hesitated. Why? The curse. Her love would fade. Only hatred and darkness would remain. What's the value of a life if only hate consumes it?
And yet he hesitated.
"Promise me something."
"What, my love?"
"Live," she said. "Let my death not be the end for you as well. Find love again. For me."
The man said nothing.
"Promise me."
He nodded. "I promise." He drew his blade. Already her blue eyes were blackened. Her skin was almost white. She closed her eyes and nodded in affirmation.
And yet he hesitated. He didn't know why; he was only delaying the inevitable. He exhaled slowly. A single tear rolled down his dirty cheek. It fell and splashed upon the woman's face. He wiped it away and stared into her eyes. He placed her head gently upon the cold--too cold--floor. He held his breath and then plunged his sword into her stomach. A single breath escaped her lips. "Remember," she said with a sound that was more air than voice. "Your promise."
"I will," the man said.
The woman's eyes fluttered and then closed.
"And as you lay bleeding," the man continued as he leaned down the kiss the woman one final time, "know that now our love can never die."
The man never loved again.
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