"Will it hurt?"
His hands were chilled like the cool night's breeze, but I didn't shiver as they caressed the skin of my face, running over my forehead to the bone structure of my cheeks. I felt the black material of my well worn eye-patch removed gently with the swipe of a hand and slowly opened my eyes.
This would be the last time I would be able to look up at the nights sky, the last time anyone would see the cursed seal that was forever signed into my right cornea.
"I'll make it as gentle as possible..."
"Don't" the words came out without hesitation. "Make it as painful as you can. Carve the pain of my life into my soul."
It must have been the first time I saw his superior exterior broken for even a moment as he looked surprised at my words. He smiled almost gently before kneeling to the ground,
"Yes, My Lord."
I sighed and leaned my head back against the cold cement on my bench and closed my eyes. They say the last thing you do before you die is watch your life flash before your eyes, I had already had a front row tour through my life though. The childhood I hadn't thought to be taken from me, the deal I made with the very demon I was faced with now, enemies, supporters, allies, and life altering events. So many things happened, surely I lived a long life for my age.
Surely Elizabeth must be crying.
I opened my eyes again, only to have my sight engulfed by pale skin and glowing red eyes and then,
Darkness.