The Reckoning II

The Dark One stood, speechless by the thoughts of his Mistress His eyes glinted silver, `I fear that I have led you to distress.` `Remembering your past is a way to embrace your future - the missing piece.` 'I realize that, M'Lord and there has been a reckoning, a peace.' 'What I am saying is that we are stuck on this Wheel of Life.' 'Always the same, but in this process, our girls have known intense strife.' 'Three times with our deaths, what happiness have they missed?' `What can we do?`  Not wasting a moment, she simply said 'This.' Taking hands full of nails, she embedded them in his chest Pulling one hand free, she swiped her own neck, looking at the family crest Another swipe, at his throat this time and watched his soul fly free 'One must take the other in love, this is how it is to be.' 'If I am wrong, we shall see each other as we live our next life.' 'I think of our girls as I do this, giving them one less painful life.' She swooned toward the balcony and the endless drop to the keep `Come to me, Atlantean Goddess, damned you are not, join me in deep sleep.` Swooning again, she turned to the spirit that hovered above and smiled 'We have been damned since the beginning, but our lives end with this mile.' `I love them as you do, My Goddess, Love For Eternity.` `Our early deaths, before they were born is the key.` 'If I am right, we will meet as strangers and find our love for each.' 'I think and smile of our lives when we were happy, I remember the beach.' I love you they both said as she again laid and died on his chest Love for Eternity, will forever be etched in their hearts, and the family crest.The last of the series and damn if this wasn't the hardest to write. Written April 11th, 2002 © on Apr 11 2002 01:44 PM PST   0 • 18 • 10