Prologue
"Darling, wake up!" A woman whispered in a young woman's ear.
"What? What is it?" The young woman whispered.
"You have to get dressed and HURRY!" The woman demanded.
The young woman quickly got dressed. While the woman checked outside the bedroom to see if it was all clear.
The young woman rushed to the woman saying, "Mother, what is going on?"
The woman remained silent as she ushered her daughter through the winding hallways in the middle of the night.
"Mother, you're frightening me! Please tell me what is going on," begged the young woman.
"Hush my child," the woman said as she turned around. Seeing the tears in her daughter's eyes, she embraced her saying comfortingly and said, "It will be alright my dear."
They continued through the halls, ducking and hiding when they saw military personal walking by, until the reached the secret tunnel.
"Sara?" the young woman asked while her mother pushed her toward Sara and then disappeared.
As they walked quickly through the secret tunnel, the young woman asked, "What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to escort you to the ship," said Sara as she looked for someone.
"What do you mean, ship?" said the scared young woman.
Sara looked around for the one person whom she knew could calm the young woman's nerves. Finally spotting him, she bolted towards him with the young woman in toe.
"Seth!" cried the young woman while running towards his open arms.
Seth held on to the young woman for dear life. He knew what dangers lay ahead if this young woman stayed here at the palace, here on their planet, and here in his arms. Seth didn't want to think about what would happen if she never returned. The heartbreak of their planet losing their princess, heartbreak her parents would suffer, and more importantly, the heartbreak he would suffer of losing the love of his life. He knew they had to send her away, no matter how much it pained him to let her go.
"Come, we need to get you to the ship." Seth said.
"What? What ship? Why am I leaving?" The young woman asked while tears began to form in her eyes while running with Seth to the ship.
Once they reacted the ship Seth turned around to only see the one thing he never wanted to see in his life, tears in his beloved's eyes.
Seth pulled her in to his arms while saying, "Hey. Shhhh. It will be all right. You'll see."
With tears streaming down her face, she burrowed her face into Seth's chest saying, "Please. Please I'm begging you! Don't make me go! Please Seth!"
It broke Seth's heart hearing his beloved cry. With tears in his eyes, Seth tightened his hold on her while bearing his head in her hair and neck. After inhaling her scent one last time, Seth lifted up the young woman's chin so that he may look into her bright emerald eyes one last time. With her face burned to memory, Seth lowered his lips to hers. Their kiss was rough and passionate, for the two had no clue when they would see each other again.
The young woman just stared at her love's eyes, burning the memory of the love she saw in his eyes. "Here. Take my locket," the young woman said while undoing the clasp to hand it over to him. She wanted Seth to always remember her.
"No! I can't take this." Said Seth trying to hand the necklace back to the young woman.
"Yes, you can! It is my most prized possession and I want you to keep it safe. Then you will have something to give me when I return." the young woman said while Seth put on the necklace.
Taking something out of his pocket, Seth gave it to her saying, "Here. I wanted to wait until I received your fathers blessing but I can't wait any longer." Placing the ring on her ring finger of her right hand but seeing the look in the young woman's eyes Seth said, "No. This is not an engagement ring, at least not yet, but this is a promise ring. I promise my life and my love to you forever."
With that vow the young woman and Seth parted ways. Seth watched his beloved leave on the ship, waiting till the day they would be reunited again. Once the ship was out of the atmosphere Seth headed back into the palace to start the day.