-1I Fell From the Stars
She was beautiful. A dark lily, captured by a selfish king. Our souls met for the very first time, uniting, binding, never letting us go. I never regretted that moment, not the punishment that hung over our heads, not the end we would receive or the moments we shared.
The dark eyes that looked at me with love and desire.
The soft feeling of her hair between my fingers.
A King's Mistress to the World. Anck-su-namun to me. When we were together the world was beautiful, the night was our defender, and we owned everything in it. It was hard to keep our love from the sights of the king, but we worked every so diligently for our love.
Our Love.
It chained us.
Imprisoned us.
Blinded us.
But most of all, our desires made us reckless. We captured every moment, not remembering that around the corner, someone might be waiting.
Waiting to reveal us.
To destroy us.
For we would be destroyed, not because we were caught, but because our love would be torn apart.
Torn apart by a King's greed.
The Court is a place of wonders the people say. A kingdom of gold, perfection, and wonders. Underneath all that it is a pit of vipers.
Each trying to make their way up the pyramid.
To gain favour.
If it meant at the cost of lives, then they would do it.
And we were betrayed.
By ourselves.
By our need for each other.
In the end it is up to Anck-su-namun, to save our love. I have no strength left to do it by myself. The rocks fall, and the American's wife comes forward to save him. I look to her, my beautiful flower, my dark secret, my Anck-su-namun. I beg her to save me. I see her eyes are terrified, but is it for me or herself. From here I can not tell. I cling to the hope she will step forward.
And she does.
Our love might survive time yet.
Might survive the fall from the stars.