My mind is failing me. Why am I here in this dark place? I remember a sound of shattering. Am I dead? If I were dead wouldn’t I have been drawn up into the Soulstream by now? How would I write these words? How am I writing these words?

I’m trying to remember something – anything. I remember E! Is that my name? Is that her name? Her – I remember her. Dark brown eyes and a soft voice. All that mattered in life. Drink and live forever. Why didn’t she drink?

The plan was perfect. The spell was set. Death would not be an end, but a transition. Was it fear that stopped you? Was it pride that drove me forward?

Together forever, even in death. A binding in blood. Dark and clotting. The taste of a bitter elixir on my tongue. What have I done?

Getting harder to think. Alone. All wrong. Foolish. Foolish. Won’t be long now. Kill me. Release me.

Forgive me