NIKOLAI'S P.O.V
I sat on the edge of the bed as I fixed the duvet around Iris. I had expected this. All of it. But I had underestimated how much it would break me seeing her so broken. I had not realized how nuch she meant to me and how her tears seemed to rain down on me.
I held her hand, tiny as ever and warm. A single tear was still running down below her left eyelid, and I reached out to wipe it away.
Ever since I was diagnosed close to six years ago, and they told me how I couldn't be cured of the heart disease, I simply gave up.
My life wasn't some fairy tale that I had fallen too in love with to let go of. I hadn't even bothered taking those medications seriously until a few months ago.
I closed my eyes and gave a small sigh, my heart feeling too heavy. This wasn't how I inte
