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~ Prologue ~

"I will forever protect you …"

Those sweet words might as well have been from a bygone age, and yet they were uttered so gently by him most recently.

As I gaze up into his golden august eyes I doubt the sincerity of his intentions. Who were those words of? No, not of a lover, nor of a father, nor of a brother. And why do I doubt them? Because.

But we are too far ahead of ourselves. Let me take you back a couple years so that you may catch up.