Nightbane

“You think I would watch you die, for the sword? Did you think I would make any choice that wasn't you?"

She felt tears stinging her eyes, because he knew her.

He really knew her. He'd been paying attention.

"My entire world was night, and you lit a match. No matter what happens to me in this life, I'll find you in the next one. I'll always find you. What I feel for you can never be extinguished. Like the nighttime sky, it is infinite. You and me ... we're infinite."

"The gods don't listen to people like me, but I would go on my knees and beg them to let me keep you. You were once the bane of my existence… and now, you are the center of it."