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                                                                  ⌗ 𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴

             ❖ The moon hung heavy overhead, the stars shining

                  endlessly. The white of her hair glowing as she

                 shifted to lean against the man beside her. Silence

                  hanging heavy in the air, though, it wasn't of the

                  uncomfortable sort. It was a calm sort of quiet.

                  The fire crackled and reflected nicely in her eyes

                  then,, out of nowhere, she finally spoke. Her

                  voice carrying a melancholic tone that often

                  appeared whenever she spoke. It was only more

                  prominent this time. Her eyes closing as she sat

                  up straight now. The warmth vanishing from

                  his side. "You,, too, will betray me one day.

                  Will you not?" She questioned, staring onward

                  not quite at him- but not quite through him

                  either. The air around the two grew a little cold

                  even despite the fire just a few feet away. He

                  shook his head though, fully believing himself.

                  The answer didn't seem to appease her. Not

                  truly. Her eyebrows furrowing as she glared

                  faintly. Humans were notorious for their lies.

                  She knew this well, far too well, promises of

                   the past were often broken by such traitorous

                  creatures. Ones too careless with their own

                   mortality. Despite these doubts, she hissed a

                  bitter “𝘛𝘤𝘩, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.” and moved closer to the fire.

                  The truth of the matter was, she couldn't have

                  believed his words even if she wanted to. Not

                  fully, not yet, it had only been about a year

                   that she had been traveling with him. She

                  had gotten quite comfortable in his presence

                  but it didn't erase her doubts. It, actually, only

                  made them all the more prominent. It was

                  𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 she wanted to trust him, that she

                  couldn't. Her past proved as much. The love

                  of those around her being viewed as a form

                  of betrayal in her own eyes. Broken promises

                  littering her every memory, one in particular

                  being rather prominent. It was likely the most

                  painful of them, especially given her. . .

                  𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. Something she deemed to be more

                  of a curse than any sort of blessing. Eternity.

                  The fire crackled onwards, into the night, the

                  shadows stretching and dancing around her.

                  The smoke barreling up like some sort of beacon.

                  She didn't sleep that night, that was common.

                  Her eyes shifting from the fire, to him, watching

                  over him as he slept. Determined to keep him

                  safe throughout the night, if nothing else.

                                                                  ⌗ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦

             ❖ Days later, she was sitting up on the roof of a

                  building, overlooking the area below and keeping

                  watch as he worked quietly below her. Only

                  dropping down whenever he finally called out

                  to her. Her expression as bitter as it always was.

                  “𝘛𝘤𝘩, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺

                  𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦?” She

                 muttered half under her breath and half aloud.

                  He only laughed in response and gave a half

                  joking reply. He meant it, of course, but didn't

                  know just what it meant to her. Not entirely

                  anyway. How could he? She was so tight lipped

                  about her past and how hurt she actually was.

                  “𝘏𝘢𝘩𝘢! 𝘚𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦

                  𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝙄 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙚, 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?” His smile was sweet.

                  The way his hair blew in the wind as he said it.

                  She felt like time, which had always been frozen

                  to her, finally began to move again. She finally

                  let herself believe what he was saying now.

                  He wouldn't betray her. He wouldn't leave her.

                  She wouldn't be alone if she stayed with him.

                  “𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩! 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘠𝘰𝘶

                  𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵. . .𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?” There it was again. The tone

                  she often seemed to hold. This time, however

                  it was different. He remained certain of his

                  prior words. His hand extending and making

                  a "pinkie promise" of sorts. It was cheesy, but

                  it seemed to get his point across if nothing

                  else. The look on her face mixed between

                  judgemental and looking as though she were

                  about to make fun of him. She didn't though

                  instead she only let her expression relax and

                  gave a faint nod to follow his actions. A quiet

                  smile appearing on her face for once. She

                  had gotten the confirmation she needed.

                  𝘓𝘪𝘢𝘳. . .

                                                                  ⌗ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙡

             ❖ The day had started like any other. The two

                  had been out traveling together, heading to

                  one of the neighboring regions. The sky was

                  nice, sunny, she was looking at one of the items

                  he had cooked. Maybe that was why she didn't

                  notice them being followed. The "strangers"

                  seeming to attack by surprise,, but they were

                  weak . . . the fight was easy.. for her. She had

                  thought it would be just as easy for him, he

                  was so strong- so why. Whenever she turned

                  to look at him, to continue their journey, why

                  was he bleeding. Why was there so much blood?

                  Her body had recognized the feeling before

                  her mind could actually understand what she

                  was seeing. Dread. If she were truly alive, then

                  perhaps she could've felt her blood run cold.

                  Maybe she'd have been able to feel her stomach

                  churn with regret. How hadn't she noticed?

                  He was right there. 𝙃𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧.

                  She didn't see the blood? She didn't see him

                  get hurt? Why did he not call out to her?

                  Her mind suddenly felt like a tornado. Panic

                  rushing through her as she desperately reached

                  out towards him. Her eyebrows furrowing as

                  she was consumed by a mixture of despair

                  and sheer rage. “𝘏𝘦𝘩,, 𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥

                  𝘩𝘶𝘩?” His voice shattered the silence that

                  had grown heavy in the air. It wasn't as enjoyable

                  as it had been before. Her anger filled eyes

                  looking in to his. “𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵!? 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘵!! 𝘠𝘰𝘶. . .

                   𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙

                  𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙒𝙊𝙐𝙇𝘿𝙉'𝙏 𝘽𝙀𝙏𝙍𝘼𝙔 𝙈𝙀!!”

                  Her voice yelled out almost as loud as thunder

                  itself. He was fighting the darkness threatening

                  to consume his vision, if only for a bit longer.

                  Her embracing him only served as an attempt

                  to prolong the inevitable. He was trying to stay,

                  whispering quiet apologies as she sobbed

                  and screamed at him. Her rage nearly unmatched

                  “𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺. . . 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴

                  . . . . 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶. . . 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳

                  𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 . . . 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. .

                   𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺. . ” His hand rested above her heart

                  to try and signal that's where he would be once

                  he abandoned her. The words fell on nearly

                  dead ears though. Only serving to further fuel

                  her sorrow and rage. Her hug growing tighter

                  as the warmth left his body almost completely

                  now. She didn't have a heart to keep him in.

                   She was created, not born, it's why she had

                  no luxury of death. Her screams of sorrow

                  only grew louder as he finally drew his last

                  breath. He lied to her. He lied and betrayed

                  her.

                  “𝙉𝙤. . . 𝙉𝙊!!! 𝙔𝙤𝙪. . . 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙧!!”

                  It was the only thing she could say now.

                  Her sobs echoing as she clung to his cold

                  body. The power and anger in her voice were

                  nothing in the face of a humans mortality.

                  She couldn't bring him back and it infuriated her.

                “𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘪𝘵. . .𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦. .𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰. .

                 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥. .” her voice was nothing but a

                 quiet plea as the sky began to grow dark. Another

                 night would fall. . .but this one would be spent

                                               𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚.