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Prologue
I think now, perhaps I die. My heart is broken, but it is not shattered in a tempest of pain. No, it is bust from joy, filled with love finally returned. Ah, her lips confessed without word or song, our tears intermingled on my awful face made countless vows. Our love spoke in gesture, where it was too afraid to express in melody. Her little Vicomte, so sure of himself, saw her apparent quake of terror transform into dazzling adoration. Her heart was mine; so much as it was his, if not more.
Oh God, she loved me, no matter how horrified she was to admit it. Knowing that fact, having it proven with her lips and sacrifice, my eyes were opened. I was worth something to that angel of perfection, and the thought makes my soul soar higher than any music could ever aspire to reach. She sacrificed for me, repaid me with her love for all I had done for her. But most of all, she gave me courage.
The light-filled world of the Vicomte de Chagny would lose a little bit of its brightness if she were to leave it. I knew she could not bear to live in solitude forever, as I do. So I made a choice for her, her courage gave me the spirit to make her one last sacrifice. I let her go, to live the life she deserved, a life of light and sparkling wonders that I could never afford her. No, I could never make her completely happy.
But even as I curse fate for that which compels this story to end as it does, I thank it. I don't know if I ever would have met little Christine if my life had not been the Hell it was. Loving her, knowing her, has been all the torment and paradise I could have ever earned or wished for. Even though I could not keep her, I don't regret a moment of my life anymore. Because I know she is happy now. I am fulfilled.
Angel….Thank you for existing, even if I only knew you for a small amount of time. Please…. please be happy…. even if my death hurts you. I can no longer watch you from behind your reflection….
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