I know that no matter how long I live and no matter what I try I will never be able to banish those last moments with Derek from my mind, they were burned directly into my heart. “I love you forever.” He breathed into my ear “your so pretty.” His cold lips upon mine softly the taste of him the feel of his heart beating under my fingertips and then the cold, it was cold. As he began to walk away slowly he continued to hold my hand and then my fingers slid through his grasp and he dropped my hand turned and walked away. I wrapped my arms around myself hugging tightly in a gesture that didn’t help. I shivered as wind whipped across the landscape. Derek turned to glance back over his shoulder at me giving a tiny weak smile his eyes shining gold sparkled with tears as the gates to the den clang
