She looked so frail, lying there on the bed, without the nerve to get up. It distressed him to see her so strengthless. They had spent almost a few weeks as a married couple, and now they had decided that it was time. She had informed him the night before that she just couldn't hang on any longer. It killed him to hear it, but he couldn't tell her taht she was wrong. Though he knew this day would come, he could never have properly prepared himself to say goodbye because he didn't want to. It hadn't even been a year since their wedding day. The day he declared to her that he would never leave her side, that he would be there to tell her that she would never be alone once and for all and that he would always follow behind her and aid her in creating her empire that would better than her f

