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Repsaj swayed occasionally while he approached his bed. He winced. *I was sick for a few days. Maybe it was from Noskooc's stew.* Repsaj began to wince another time. His entire body ached.
After falling on the bed, Repsaj viewed King Kooh and Ailicec approaching one side of it. A smile appeared. *My wife. My brother* Repsaj thought. He saw concern in King Kooh's eyes. He frowned after he saw Ailicec's tears.
''Perhaps we will eventually be with one another in spirit,'' Repsaj said to Ailicec. He kissed her. Repsaj faced King Kooh. ''Please protect her.'' Repsaj viewed tears forming in his eyes. He smiled again after King Kooh nodded.
Repsaj closed his eye and never opened it. A few minutes went by before his spirit floated above his body. Repsaj frowned again after he saw his still form. His eye widened as soon as he viewed the empty area by his bed.
*Ailicec? Brother?* Repsaj floated out of the bedroom and into the hall. He viewed Noskooc cooking in a chamber. His smile came back at a snail's pace. *I won't eat Noskooc's stew now.*
After floating into King Kooh's chamber, Repsaj viewed Ailicec with his brother. His eye widened as King Kooh held a hissing cobra near a sobbing Ailicec. He scowled. *You never heard my last words?* Repsaj thought. He floated to Ailicec. *I'll protect you.*
Repsaj gasped after the cobra bit Ailicec's arm. His lower lip trembled as tears ran down his face. Repsaj shook his head in disbelief the minute she closed her eyes. He viewed Ailicec's still form falling and contacting the floor.
Ailicec's spirit materialized near Repsaj before he gasped again. She smiled. ''My wish was to be with you in spirit. That was why I instructed King Kooh to end my life.'' Ailicec was sheepish. ''I didn't wish to hold the snake.''
Repsaj saw tears in King Kooh's eyes again. ''Brother…'' He turned to Ailicec. Frowning again, he embraced the woman he loved.
King Kooh focused on the spirits. He smiled and nodded at the same time. He viewed them vanishing.
The End