I stayed by his side through everything—supporting his pursuits, witnessing his heartbreaks when Lilith left to be with her true mate, and standing by as his faithful friend. During his relationship with Lilith, I silently endured the agony of unrequited love. I don’t remember when I started developing feelings for him, but I knew they deepened during his darkest times. When Lilith left, he was devastated, and it was then that I finally confessed my feelings. We decided to choose each other as mates, and for a while, it seemed like we had a future together.
Our life together unfolded with the passage of time. We had known each other since we were eighteen, began dating at twenty, married at twenty-six, and welcomed our daughter Lyra into the world when we were twenty-nine. Lyra was just six years old.