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lonesparkvaguely inspired by this: https://www.facebook.com/kira.magrann.33/posts/10159012315356484
The priestess stands on the wall, and her long hair streams in the wind. The spear-tip glints in the sunlight as she watches her love ride away.
Their dreams and their duty lead them far apart. Yet they meet again, when the High Cleric crowns a queen.
Love can be shown through service, until that, too, is gone. Til all that's left is smoke, and memory, and stone.
Their vows held them separate when they stood side by side. But once there were other promises made...
***
It's their last night together, spent in the bower, bathed in the copper-gold light of early fall.
"I know we won't always have this," Sarai murmurs into her hair, "but I'll never love anyone more than I love you."
"I'll never love anyone else," Opeli responds, curling close to her side, "and if anyone hurts you, I swear I'll destroy them."
The priestess stands on the wall, and her long hair streams in the wind. The spear-tip glints in the sunlight as she watches her love ride away.
Their dreams and their duty lead them far apart. Yet they meet again, when the High Cleric crowns a queen.
Love can be shown through service, until that, too, is gone. Til all that's left is smoke, and memory, and stone.
Their vows held them separate when they stood side by side. But once there were other promises made...
***
It's their last night together, spent in the bower, bathed in the copper-gold light of early fall.
"I know we won't always have this," Sarai murmurs into her hair, "but I'll never love anyone more than I love you."
"I'll never love anyone else," Opeli responds, curling close to her side, "and if anyone hurts you, I swear I'll destroy them."
