A Heart Closed to Love
he screamed.
Hopelessness washed over me as I watched the tip of the blade get closer and closer. I squeezed my eyes shut, but the pain that I expected to feel never came.
I opened my eyes, only to see James shielding me. The knife had pierced his heart through his back, and blood leaked endlessly from his lips.
"I'm… filled with so much regret… Katherine. If I had… cherished you… perhaps we… could have grown old… together…"
He reached out a hand, wanting to caress my cheek, but in the end, it fell bonelessly to his side before it reached me.