Endless love
Her gaze glazed into emptiness, he passed his hand over them, closing them eternally.
His heartbeat was out of rhythm, and a knot formed in his throat. The rain intensified around him, and he saw the water turning red with his mother's blood. With trembling hands he held the inert body in his arms, and the promise he had just made echoed in his mind.
"I cannot see her married to my best friend.... Not when she holds, like a hostage, my heart," he whispered into the thick, dark night.
He could never break his promise.