"Your eyes shine like stars, your smile is brighter than the sun, and you are beautiful my love."

He knelt to the ground and pulled a ring from his pocket. The blue stone shone in the dim moonlight, it was absolutely gorgeous but I was more hung up on his words.

"You described many ways I am pretty on the outside but what about on the inside?"

"My love you are just as beautiful on the inside as you are outside. You are kind, sweet, and caring."

"What if I told you I killed a man?"

"Well did you?"

"Yes."

He seemed shocked and slowly raised himself to standing "You can just say no if you don't want to marry me."

"I'm not lying. You remember your father right? How your mom told you he'd been hit?"

"Yes?"

"He wasn't hit. I killed him."

He staggered a few steps back "What do you mean?"

"I had to kill him and now that you know I must kill you too."

I raised my knife.