Ivan stood on his balcony, gazing at the moon hanging in the starlit sky. She was gone, his little girl was dead. He thought about her smile, her enthusiasm and vigor for life and her lovely singing voice. That was no more. They had killed her, just one innocent little girl who was born to the wrong family.

He felt a crystalline tear slip down his face, as he began to sing

"Fate has been cruel and order unkind

How could they have sent you away?
The blame was my own; the punishment, yours
The harmony's silent today

But into the stillness I'll bring you a song
And I will your company keep
Till your tired eyes and my lullabies
Have carried you softly to sleep

Once did a country who ruled over all
Look out on his kingdom and sigh
He smiled and said, "Surely, there is no country
So large, great and so well beloved as I"

So great was his land and so brilliant his glory
That long was the shadow he cast
Which fell dark upon the young princess he loved
And grew only darker as days and nights passed

Lullay dear princess, goodnight daughter mine
And rest now in moonlight's embrace
Bear up my lullaby, winds of the earth
Through cloud, and through sky, and through space

Carry the peace and the beat of my heart
And carry my sorrow in kind
Ana, I loved you much more than you know
Forgive me for being so blind

Soon did that country take notice that others
Did not give his daughter her due
And neither had he loved her as she deserved
He watched as the people's unhappiness grew

But such is the way of rebellion, it sweetly
Takes hold of the mind of its host
And that foolish country did nothing to stop
The destruction of one who had needed her most

Lullay dear princess, goodnight sister mine
And rest now in moonlight's embrace
Bear up my lullaby, winds of the earth
Through cloud, and through sky, and through space

Carry the peace and the beat of my heart
And carry my sorrow in kind
Ana, I loved you much more than you know
May troubles be far from your mind
And forgive me for being so blind

The years now before us
Fearful and unknown
I never imagined
I'd face them on my own

May these years awaiting
Swiftly pass, I pray
I love you; I miss you
All these miles away

May all your dreams be sweet tonight
Safe upon your bed of moonlight
And know not of sadness, pain, or fear
And when I dream, I'll fly away and meet you there
Sleep..."

He screamed, a guttural cry that was heard throughout Saint-Petersburg. Why couldn't it have been him? She had such a life to live for...

Why..