Shay finds Hope singing while he is hunting for the gang that hurt the Finnegans. The song is from The Witcher 3: The Wolven Storm. Hope you enjoy it.
Shay was jumping across the rooftops of New York. He was doing this because he was trying to kill every single threat to Finnegans: The elderly couple who took him in and nursed him back to health after his fall at the Homestead. Stopping suddenly, Shay heard a familiar sound but he couldn't remember where he had heard it before. It came from a far distance: A female singing a sad song and the sound of the piano coming with it
These scars long have yearned for your tender caress
To bind our fortunes, damn what the stars own
Rend my heart open, then your love profess
A winding, weaving fate to which we both atone
The singer had a very soft and sweet tone of voice, the piano making the audience feel the sadness of the song. Shay could not resist his curiosity as the wind keep sending the music to his ears, 'That can be wait for a while," he thought to himself as he took off towards the direction the music came from.
You flee my dream come the morning
Your scent - berries tart, lilac sweet
To dream of raven locks entwisted, stormy
Of violet eyes, glistening as you weep
The music became clearer as he approached a manor with a large garden and heavy guards belonging to the French army. He just wants to take a look at the talented singer and continue his business. So Shay jumped over the fence and hid in the bushes from the patrols.
The wolf I will follow into the storm
To find your heart, its passion displaced
By ire ever growing, hardening into stone
Amidst the cold to you in a heated embrace
He sees a group of soldiers close their eyes, enjoying the music as well. They didn't even notice that someone had infiltrated the manor. They just ignored the world around them and only paid attention to the unknown singer.
You flee my dream come the morning
Your scent - berries tart, lilac sweet
To dream of raven locks entwisted, stormy
Of violet eyes, glistening as you weep
Shay looked up and sees only a single room is lit. Clearly the singer is staying there and singing such a beautiful song. He began to climb up the wall as the urge to know the identity of this singer became even stronger.
I know not if fate would have us live as one
Or if by love's blind chance we've been bound
The wish I whispered, when it all began
Did it forge a love you might never have found?
Reaching the room's window, Shay looked into it and saw that the mystery singer was in the room playing the piano and singing the song. She has her back toward the window so he couldn't get a look at her face, her hair is same shade as Hope's and she is wearing some simple nightgown but from the view he was looking from, the back of the singer reminded Shay of Hope.
Hope….the woman he loved.
The single candle on the table beside the piano had lightened the room with its warm honey light. Shay went still and heard that she was trying hard to keep her sobs under control.
You flee my dream come the morning
Your scent - berries tart, lilac sweet
To dream of raven locks entwisted, stormy
Of violet eyes, glistening as you weep
The song came to a stop but the piano continued to play for few more minutes until it also came to an end. Unable to keep the sobs back, Shay saw the singer began to cry as she stopped playing the piano. He wanted to go in there to comfort her. He shook the idea out his mind as he reminded himself that he isn't welcome here. Just he was about to leave, he hear the singer spoke.
"Shay, I miss you…"
Said person nearly lose his grip as he heard his name was being mention by the mystery singer. His eyes widen as he sees the singer turns her head to take the candle from where it belong and leaving the room. He heart beats loudly in his chest as he sees who the mystery singer is.
Hope.
Shay never thought she has such a lovely voice and in the years he knew her, he never thought that she can sing and play the piano. His heart clenched in pain as he sees the tears falling from her eyes and in that moment, he wants to get into the room and wipe the tears from her face but he knows he could not do this no matter no much he wanted to.
His world fallen into the dark as she left the room and the room fell into darkness just like his world.