Within the mind of Jacqueline

Her heart broke with every memory that came within her mind. She clung to D'Artagnan in desperation not for her safety but for her sanity. She needed to know someone was left that truly cared for her not for whom she pretended to be.

She allowed the tear to flow from her eyes as she lay motionless in the arms of her love. He had captured her heart with the kindness in his soul.

She feels the great pain of the senseless deaths of the father and brother but she does not hide from the pain she embraces it.

She remembers the words her spoken to her after the mother died when she asked her father if it would ever stop hurting. "Our hearts break harder when the love given is so great." She never understood his words until that moment. She would never stop loving them they would be a part of her forever their love would give her the strength to carry on.

She grasped the cross that her brother had brought back to her and swore that she would find out about her past. Though she was the last of her family she knew she would never be alone she still had a family not of blood but of honor. Her heart would never become empty because of the love shown to her.

The tears may flow and the pain may feel great but she will carry on in the name of love and family. She looked up at her love his eyes moist from the pain she had to endure.