He stared at the book in his hands, thinking of what it might contain. All of his own true loves life stories was contained in those pages- his loves, his losses, his adventures, his achievement and his failures. Nobody had ever heard the whole thing, nobody knew every detail, except its owner and now, him. How could he have been trusted with such a thing? He must really love me he thought, smiling slightly, as he began the descent into its story, the words flowing around him like a symphony. He cried, he laughed, he smiled, he frowned, but he read on, no matter how much it hurt to hear of his loves other relationships and the horrible things that had befallen the man of his dreams over his long existence. How could anyone have survived such a long and hard life? Yet despite everything, he soon came to the end of the tale, but he knew that it was only the beginning of another as he saw the last few lines:
You are my light within the darkness, Alexander and I am sorry for any pain I may have caused you, yet I know that this is not the end and I don't want it to be- never shall we be apart again.
Underneath, lay a simple ring of silver that told a thousand words.