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Just before we reached the top, David quickly bent down and grabbed so at his closed fist

I stared at hiha s his fingers throughere, everything we had grown to be had started on ground so shaky, and somehoe’d survived Somehow, the blossom of love we had between us had never died

Ever since I first felt death in my life, all I wanted was to find my place in the world, and when I found it with this man, he was taken away from me so many times--our forever always a question--always only a hope we had for the future But as we stood atop the step, two thrones behind us, hand in hand, eternity was no longer a hope, but a proht to keep

I squeezed his hand and s the cool flower between us; in thiswas acceptable Our future rim to him as he faked the smile his people sahen the crown touched his head, but I knew in my heart that this little bud of life in ether I would be the saviour noould never let anything tear us apart, ever again

He caht, and turned out, in the end, to be a king And I would not lose hi do us part--not even death And from this moment on, I would keep that promise, even if it meant I had to betray him