Walk Slowly
Vincent walked all night with Catherine in his arms. "We loved" "There is a child" 'Why didn't you tell me, my love?' he supposed she was going to tell him when she sent the message with Skinner.
He climbed up the tower with her cold still body to her balcony and swung open her doors to bring her into the warmth.
He laid her out on the bed and held her hand and stroked her hair and kissed her one last time. He watched the sun rising and wept she would not live to see it. He was so lost in his grief he did not notice her open her eyes. "Vincent" she gasped "How did I…."
"You are a mirage, nothing more, sweet Catherine, at least to him"
The Ghost had armour on "Why can't he see me?"
"Because you have not chosen to live, my heir"
"Who are you? You look like you are from a different century"
"I am Tywin Lannister, your soulmate's ancestor. I always knew that Vincent would be born and here he is grieving over your body and his child. We always showed our true faces to our family, we were half-lions and half human. The Lannister's have continued to keep our legacy alive. Vincent was found by John and Ivy on a winter's evening inside the tunnels to his new home. He travelled through time to find his true soul-mate."
"You, Catherine, I sent him through time for you. Then his adopted father instilled all that fear in him about how he would injure you if the two of you made love. That the other would come out."
"But Vincent believed it" Catherine whispered
"You have to make a conscious choice, milady, Stay and live or go with me and watch over Vincent as he tries to retrieve the child who is part of you both"
"I want to live" Catherine said
"Another thing milady, If you want to be safe and be with Vincent and your child then you must come back to your true family, In 281 AD." Tywin kissed Catherine's forehead and disappeared.
"I must live" Catherine said determined as she floated back to her body.
Catherine opened her eyes for true this time and sat up slowly "Catherine!" Vincent cried out
"Vincent, I'm okay!" He kissed her, fussed over her and then broke down "Can you ever forgive me?" he sobbed "Vincent, there is nothing to forgive, truly, I have always loved you, we have a task to complete. Vincent, we must get our child back. I don't know where to start. They took him, that man and that so-called nurse!" Catherine sobbed in Vincent's arms. Vincent felt helpless because his lady love was upset. "Catherine, I can find him, I have this amazing bond and it is telling me he is alive, Catherine, listen to me, believe in me as you never have before."
"I will get our son back and then we will live, get married, maybe have more"
"You mean it, truly"
"Yes, no more holding back, it nearly cost me the most precious treasure in the world. You!"
They kissed sweetly and reverently swearing to love no others.