She pressed her cool hand to his now beating heart. “I am not permitted to this…” Her hand went to his head, to erase all memories of her.

But he took her hand and pressed it to his heart again. “My heart burns again thanks to you. Permit me to cherish all memories of you deep within, my lady.”

She looked at him uncertainly but all of that melted under his intense passionate fiery gaze. The honesty and longing she saw there made her commit absolute faith into him.

“I shall take you at your word, warrior.” She said, grateful her voice did not crack in a sob.

No more dreams of him. No longer would she feel his warm embrace, or gaze in his intense eyes. No more encouraging fulfilling words.

For his return to life meant he was no longer haunting her. By saving him she severed au dedans the thread of fate they shared.

She attempted to speak again, but was rendered speechless by his sad smile, the same one he wore when he died. When she found her words again, she said firmly. “You must tell no one. No one must know of what I have…what we…have done here.” Her lips covered his as she began to disappear back into her realm of origin.

His eyes were the last to disappear, their odd color of red and gold shimmering in her view under a sheen of tears.

His last words echoed across time snd space where they final reached her, their final promise ringing endlessly in her ears.

“My lady…Thank you. For nothing.”