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Emptiness... He could almost smell it, in the room, in the cool breeze, in his mind. It was in every corner, waiting to destroy him, surrendering him, making him collapse onto his knees. He was trying hard not to let go of that first sob, he felt as if within his life would fade away too. Without him, he was nothing, he was lost in blankness, trapped in his misery.

He looked around the room, the way his robes lay on the floor, the mirror on the window sill, the books flooting open... He perceived that cold spine deep inside his heart; remembering never seeing his mate's handsome, full of laughter face again; remembering seeing him fall.

He turned to the bed, their bed; where they spent the previous day almost aware of the venture. He remembered every conversation, every promise, every expression. He was trying hard not to cry...

"Why did you leave me?" thought he, "after all those promises. How could you betray me?!" He felt animus against him, but deep down he knew it wouldn't last. He would have never left him if he had given the choice... and now... he was gone, lost, in eternity.

he couldn't carry on any longer... His anguish cries broke the desperate silence of the house. The memories fleed down his face inside his tears. He never felt so shiftless. It was killing him, hollow... Pure, huge, sweet black hollow, emptiness...