A/N: Sorry about the delay everything went a bit crazy. My house burnt down and everything went to shit. There is nothing explicit but their is indication to consensual sex in this chapter.
Arthur, the knights and Merlin rode their horses through the woods, they arrived in the valley of the fallen kings, they were on their way back after a patrol. Rose was eager to get back Camelot and get packed up for her trip to Ealdor the next day to see Mordred and Kara. Rose was distracted by a spooky feeling from being there, she looked around and noticed their location in the valley of the fallen kings. She felt her magic tingle under her skin.
She looked to Merlin and they shared a look before he was approached Arthur with his horse. Rose joined him so they were either side of Arthur's horse.
"You can't be serious" said Rose.
"What else do you have in mind?" asked Arthur sounding amused.
"Anything, nothing good ever happens in the valley of the kings" said Merlin.
"No one in their right mind would go in here" said Rose. She heard Percival chuckle behind her. She looked to Arthur and saw he was smirking.
"Exactly" said Percival.
"This route is a secret" said Arthur. She sighed. No matter how many times, Rose and Merlin were right about something they would still not listen to them when they talked about the dangers of things. The word troll came to mind. She was distracted from her thoughts by mercenaries charging down the hill.
"Big secret then!" said Rose and Merlin. Arthur took of his cloak and Rose took of hers.
"No need to get cocky" snapped Arthur.
He was dragged from his horse by the nearest Mercenary, Rose got off her horse and waited for an attack, but no attack came. Well not her, they were fighting everyone else but not her. Nobody was taking her on. She looked around to see who needed help. She heard a gasp and spun around to see Merlin on the ground, his eyes were shut, her heart dropped to her stomach. She ran over to him and she knelt over him. Her heart thumping in her chest she put two fingers on his neck and felt the pulse beat under her fingers.
"Merlin, can you hear me, open your eyes" said Rose, Merlin groaned, and she shook him gently he opened his eyes, she stroked the hair off his face and stared into his eyes, he looked at her and slowly shook his head.
Arthur turned around and came running over and together both Arthur and Rose got him up and carried him between them into the trees away from the battle. They went around the trees and laid Merlin down on the ground, so they were hidden by tree roots.
"They need to work through their anger" said Merlin quietly.
"They just did" muttered Arthur.
"On you" muttered Rose. Merlin chuckled quietly and then winced. She could tell that he was in a lot of pain she concentrated on staying hidden ready for a fight.
They waited a bit longer before they moved again. Arthur helped Merlin walk as Rose covered them with their sword. Eventually the sun was beginning to set.
"A night's rest and you'll be polishing my armour; it could do with a scrub" said Arthur they found some logs. Rose helped Arthur ease Merlin to the floor to sit against a log he was wincing and wheezing. He was struggling to breathe and that was obvious. Arthur pulled Merlin's coat back the maze had hit his shoulder and chest it was a nasty red and purple. Rose took off her cloak ripped it at the bottom of the cloak.
"Keep still Merlin this won't be pleasant" said Rose he nodded, and she wrapped the cloak strips around his shoulder and his chest to stem the bleeding "Arthur cover his mouth".
Arthur did so and Rose straightened a rib that was poking out nastily. He let out a nasty grunt and a muffled yell. She put the jacket back over his chest. Arthur let go and sat back, Rose stroked Merlin's hair to comfort him. He sat too stiffly he looked uncomfortable.
"I've seen worse I have definitely seen worse" said Arthur.
"On a dead man" said Merlin laughing and then wincing again.
"You're not going to die Merlin" said Rose squeezing his good shoulder.
"Don't be such a coward" said Arthur. Rose rolled her eyes at that statement but knew it was his way of attempting to keep up the banter and the walls up. He did not want to show Merlin how scared he was.
"If I do die, will you call me a hero" asked Merlin.
"Probably" said Arthur.
"But whilst he's still alive he's a coward" said Rose,
Merlin shifted around and put his head on Rose's shoulder.
"That how these things work I am afraid, you get the glory after your dead" said Arthur.
"Well...unless you're the king" said Merlin and Rose at the same time. Arthur looked at them in a strange way.
"It's weird when you two do that, it's got to have some advantages" said Arthur.
"You have a good servant" said Merlin he smiled and then winced and wheezed again. Rose moved so she propped him up against her, so he was upright.
"You're right. I do. A servant who is extremely brave. And incredibly loyal, to be honest. Not at all cowardly" said Arthur sounding heartfelt and worried for the first time ever.
All three of them looked at each other with a meaningful look.
"Thank you, both of you for saving my life" said Merlin.
"You'd do the same for me" said Arthur.
"We should get some rest" said Rose. They moved into a clearing and laid Merlin down on the ground on his back. Arthur propped himself against a tree and Rose laid herself down between the two of them. Merlin fell asleep instantly looking worn out and tired. She turned to face Arthur he looked at her with interest.
"This is Morgana's doing" said Arthur.
"What makes you say that?" asked Rose.
"The Mercenaries wouldn't touch you, you attempted to challenge one and he freaked out, Its either you have magically gained a few feet in height or they have all been threatened not harm me" said Arthur. Arthur laughed before sighing with frustration. They both rolled over and attempting fall asleep.
Rose woke up the next morning to twigs snapping around her. She looked to Arthur who had just woken up as well. They got up and looked at Merlin who was awake and wincing in pain. She attempted to look at the wound, but Arthur stopped her looking serious.
"We don't have time; I wish I could say we can sit here and rest but another five minutes we'll be mercenary mincemeat" said Arthur he bent down and pulled Merlin over his shoulder.
"Arthur leave me" said Merlin.
"Now's not the time for jokes" said Arthur turning so they were facing the right direction.
"Please leave me" said Merlin.
"Sure, whatever you say, come its this way" said Rose.
They all walked in the direction of Camelot; Rose was covering them while Arthur carried Merlin. She watched Merlin as he was wincing in pain every so often, once they get him Gaius, he would be fine. They got to a gorge area and a man was at the other side with a sword. Arthur lowered Merlin of his back; Rose helped to get him to the floor without hitting his head.
"Cover Merlin" said Arthur. Rose didn't need telling twice she got her sword out and stood over Merlin, Arthur started to fight the first person, a second person ran past Rose and Merlin, he ignored them his target being Arthur. He dispatched the two men before a whole group of them started to run towards Arthur he readied himself for the fight.
"Gewican ge stanas!" said Merlin under his breath.
A rumble came from above she looked up and saw the rocks begin to fall between Arthur and the men that were going to attack him. However, it also meant Rose and Merlin were separated from Arthur. He noticed this and attempted to run towards them, but the rock fall stopped him the wind that was caused by the rock fall blew leaves. Rose got down and covered Merlin's eyes and covered his head to stop him getting hurt.
"MERLIN! ROSE!" shouted Arthur.
Rose looked and saw the Mercenaries were surrounding them, she looked down to see Merlin had passed out. She straightened up and put her arms out, readying her magic. However, she was stopped when Agravaine came to the front. She surrendered and put her hands up. Two of the mercenaries picked up Merlin roughly, she moved forward but two got either side of Rose and held her back.
"Be gentle with him!" said Rose with a stern voice. They ignored her and they were both moved forward.
They were taken up the hill to where she saw Morgana at the top, the closer they got to the top Morgana got angrier and Agravaine looked more and more nervous as they got closer and closer to her. They dropped Merlin on to the floor, Rose struggled against the men holding her.
"I lose how many men, and you bring me how many men" said Morgana, glaring at the men that were holding Rose. They let go quickly and she moved closer to Merlin "you bring me a common servant and you bring me my ward after I told you to spare her".
She approached Rose and cupped her cheek.
"Arthur was just in our grasp; she was attempting to stop us capturing Merlin, we had to restrain her" said Agravaine. Morgana let go of Rose and rounded on Agravaine. Rose took her chance she knelt over Merlin and checked his pulse.
"Is that supposed to make me feel better, I don't care if she runs you through with a sword if I tell you all spare her, you spare her" said Morgana angrily.
"The rock fall was hardly our fault, I must show my presence in Camelot, the old physician already suspects me" said Agravaine.
"Stop smirking at the wrong time and then he wouldn't suspect you" said Rose she looked up to Morgana "sorry but why don't you use me as the traitor again". Agravaine rolled his eyes and moved closer to Merlin.
"I don't want you involved in case you end up like me, Oh, Gaius is shrewd, you should take care. After all, if your true nature's revealed, I really don't know what use I'll have for you" said Morgana. Agravaine looked angrily at Merlin. He got his sword out.
"I will dispatch this servant, move out the way Rose!" said Agravaine.
Rose shook her head and changed her stance, so she was stood between Merlin and Agravaine. Readying her magic again.
"You will do no such thing" said Morgana stepping forward she looked down on him "Arthur is strangely fond of the boy; he could come in usual". She then took Rose's hand and they walked into the hovel as Merlin was carried in by the mercenaries. He was tied up, so his hands were above his head dangling from the ceiling. Morgana dismissed the mercenaries and Agravaine. They both stood by the hanging Merlin.
"What are you going to do to him" asked Rose standing between the dark and the light of her destiny this was insane.
"I won't kill him, I promise, I'll use him as a way to get to Arthur" said Morgana reassuringly, even though she knew of Morgana's hate for Merlin, she actually felt like she was telling the truth. She moved away from him bringing Rose with her, "keep an eye on him and I'll get some water to wake him".
"Don't be too long" said Rose.
She sat down by the fire while Morgana left the hovel and it felt like in no time at all she was back with a bucket of water. She obviously didn't want Rose alone with him for too long in case she decided to escape with him.
"What am I going to do with you, according to Arthur you've obviously been taken by the mercenaries, are you completely on my side, if I let you stay here with Merlin maybe pretend to be my hostage as well, will you promise to not reveal my plans," said Morgana.
"I will not reveal your plans under one condition, Merlin gets healed and doesn't die in result of your plan" said Rose she looked across to him "please don't kill him, you know he's my best friend". Morgana looked at her for a few minutes with interest before nodding Rose smiled and took her hands "with the whole hostage thing its pointless, he saw you defending me to Annis and her knights".
"Let's wake him up then" said Morgana.
She picked up the bucket again and tossed the water on him. He awoke gasping attempting to stand "good morning".
"Is it" said Merlin looking at her directly in the eye.
"Don't be like that, we have a lot of catching up to do, After all, I haven't seen you since you and Gaius condemned my sister to a slow and painful death, thwarted my plans to take over Camelot, and forced me to live in a hovel" said Morgana her voice sounding matter of fact.
"Couldn't do me a favour, could you? Let Arthur know he still thinks of me of an underachiever, but I'm quite proud of those accomplishments, I can die happy" said Merlin.
"You're not going to die; I'm not going to make it that easy" said Morgana.
Rose rolled her eyes why did they both have to be so dramatic. They were both meant to be the most magical beings in the world and yet they both act like a couple of grumpy teenagers.
"Do you both have to be dramatic" asked Rose coming over and standing between Merlin and Morgana.
"Rose, what are you doing here" said Merlin looking at her with a serious look. He looked scared and really confused, he was wincing every so often. She hoped he would be healed soon.
"You know how it is, your both just great company" said Rose sarcastically he stared at her, "The Mercenaries decided to kidnap me as well which is annoying as I was meant to be going to Ealdor today, don't worry though Morgana gave them a telling off, so I am here for the time being because I refuse to leave you". She then concentrated on Merlin and said into his head "I will not let her hurt you".
Morgana walked away and went to the fire to poke it; Rose left the hovel to go get some firewood and go hunting for dinner for the three of them. She didn't go too far away from the hovel in case someone found her. As she walked, she thought about it, as the link between the dark and the light it was weird to have them both in the same location, she wondered if there was more, she should be doing. She caught a few rabbits and gathered some wood before going back to the hovel as it was nightfall.
"I was getting worried about you" said Morgana as she turned around. Rose put stuff on the side and started cooking.
"I got us three something to eat, can you untie him the ceiling so he can eat or am I feeding him" said Rose nodding across to Merlin tied to the ceiling.
Morgana rolled her eyes at her.
"Yeah, while we're at it we'll make him a feast" said Morgana.
"A rabbit stew and a bit of bread does not include a feast; he needs to eat, if he doesn't eat, I don't eat" said Rose defiantly. She was not going to back down on this, she was not going to sit and eat in front of him if he didn't eat, she didn't eat. She carried on cooking as Morgana just stared at her.
"There is no stopping you is there, turn off your emotions for five minutes" said Morgana looking at her with a smile on her lips.
That touched a nerve with Rose because it reminded her of when they enchanted her to try and get rid of her emotions and guilt. She spent a whole year fighting with her own mind.
"No, absolutely not, if you must stick another enchantment on me" said Rose sarcastically. Morgana looked like she slapped her before her face softening, she came over to Rose and wrapped her arms around her shoulders from behind.
"I wouldn't have you any other way, I did not let Morgause enchant you because I wanted to change you, I wanted you to feel better" said Morgana.
"I know you had the best intentions doesn't mean I want to take my emotions away" said Rose she turned around in Morgana's hold and hugged her back. She then carried on cooking and soon there was three bowls of rabbit stew on the table. Morgana tied Merin's feet together then untied his hands and sat him at the table.
Sometime later Merlin was back being tied to the ceiling. Rose was laid on Morgana's bed as she was tired and decided that if Morgana was going to do something to Merlin she'd wake up. Morgana was about to clean Merlin's wound anyway; she wasn't completely evil. She turned around and was about to fall asleep then she heard Morgana speak. She looked over and saw she had begun to clean his wound she then shut her eyes, not wanting to be a part of the conversation.
"You know, there's one thing I don't understand, Merlin, You're Arthur's servant, nothing more. Yet, time and again, you've proved yourself willing to lay down your life for him" said Morgana she sounded genuinely curious.
"What are you doing?" asked Merlin sounding confused.
"Never seen Gaius clean a wound before" said Morgana sarcastically. Couldn't they have a conversation that wasn't so full of hate and fear then she wouldn't have to be the link between the dark and light, feeling conflicted most of the time.
"All right, I know what you're doing. What I don't know is why" said Merlin his voice sounding strained.
"I believe I asked you a question first, why are you so loyal to Arthur?" demanded Morgana
"I don't expect you to understand, Morgana. You have no sense of duty, no sense of loyalty" said Merlin.
Rose rolled her eyes while they were shut, was he really that stupid. The greatest warlock to walk the earth yet had no idea how to act and behave while he was being kept hostage, maybe it's not best to insult your capture.
"You're wrong, don't think I don't understand loyalty just because I have only one person left to be loyal to" said Morgana.
"Something we have in common, a love for her" said Merlin quietly.
"Yeah, you could say it is," said Morgana. She then did a healing spell on Merlin arm. Rose fell asleep after that knowing he was safe for the time being.
Rose woke up the next day, she sat up and saw that Merlin was still tied up. Morgana was not in the hovel. She looked across to Merlin and got up. She went over to him and checked his chest arm the wound was completely gone.
"So, what's the plan" said Merlin.
"I don't have one at the moment, I am making it up as I go along" said Rose. She went over the table and saw the book was open on a page. A creature called a Fomorroh it's an ancient creature that spends a lot of time in the dark, used by high priestesses to control the minds of their enemies. It drained the life force of the person it possesses. She did not like the sound of that at all. Morgana came in and saw she was reading the book.
"You got a letter from Mordred, it's just there" said Morgana pointing at the paper on the table next to it. "He's probably worried that you haven't turned up to Ealdor yet, probably wants a kiss". Rose looked up then and looked at Merlin who was looking at her with a shocked look in his eye.
"You've been going to see Mordred in Ealdor?" questioned Merlin.
"Yes, he's been living there since we found Morgana last year" said Rose.
"And your courting" said Merlin it was a statement rather than a question however Rose nodded and gave an apologetic look.
"I love him" said Rose.
"You know what he is destined to do" said Merlin.
Rose gave him a look to say shut up right now, he opened his mouth to speak but she was not having him reveal Mordred's destiny to Morgana, she did want her lover to be used a pawn to bring down Camelot.
"Swefe nu" said Rose pointing it to Merlin so he immediately fell asleep. Morgana gave her a questioning look. Before she could speak Agravaine barged in looking serious.
"I need to take Rose back to Camelot, Arthur has sent his men to comb the entire forest it won't be long until they find this place, he gave the order not to return unless we have either of you" said Agravaine.
"I'll go then if they come too close to here, they'll be upon us, I don't want you captured" said Rose, taking Morgana's hand and squeezing it.
"Thank you" said Morgana. Rose got a scrap of paper and wrote Mordred a note before summoning a bird and putting the letter in the bird's beak. The bird flew away.
"Who is on the search, I need to know so I can track them" said Rose.
"The knights Gwaine, Leon and Elyan and a load of others who's name I can't remember" said Agravaine. She used her tracking ability and concentrated on Leon the group were in a clearing far away from the hovel. She couldn't risk it though if they found Morgana, they'd executed her on the spot, or she'd end up running her mouth and end making things worse for herself.
"Okay they are in a clearing near Camelot" said Rose she took both of Morgana's hands "Remember don't kill him". She then hugged her tightly.
Rose left the hovel with Agravaine, he went off a head and Rose went into the woods so that she could appear more weathered. She walked through the woods and walked to where she had been separated from Arthur and walked from there to make sure she was coming from that direction to make sure she was coming from the right direction. She walked slowly towards Camelot, she tracked them again to see they were close. She shivered as she walked forward, the day was cold, and she had left the cloak at Morgana's. She carried on walking for a while until she heard the patrol come near her. She stopped walking, she tripped on a tree root making her gasp as she twisted her ankle, she then got up and waited behind a tree, favouring one leg.
Note to self don't track and walk at the same time.
"Declare yourself" said Leon she stepped out from behind the tree.
"Rose" exclaimed Gwaine, he came over to her and gave her a hug he stood back and looked her up and down "are you alright? Where's Merlin?".
"I don't know, I was knocked out when I came around, he was gone, can we go home now, I'm knackered" said Rose leaning against the tree. Leon nodded and got the horses ready, she hobbled over to the horses.
"Who will she ride with?" asked Agravaine. She turned around quickly to see he was there; he must have joined the search after seeing Morgana.
"I'll ride with Gwaine" said Rose quickly before Agravaine could offer his services. Gwaine helped her on to the horse and then climbed on behind her. They all rode to Camelot, she felt bad for leaving Merlin, but it was that or leave Morgana to get found. She hated being in the middle of them.
They arrived at Camelot and Leon helped her down. She waited for Gwaine to get down before using him as support.
"Where would you like to go" asked Gwaine.
"I want to see Arthur" said Rose.
"Leon, Agravaine, go ahead and let him know we've found her, I'll bring her along at a snail's pace, because of her ankle" said Gwaine. They nodded and walked ahead. She wrapped her arm around Gwaine's neck, and she limped into the castle with his support.
"Thank you" said Rose.
"Your welcome, however, it would be quicker if I carry you" said Gwaine stopping to catch his breath a second.
"No chance, have you carry me in like a damsel" said Rose she punched his arm happily "besides I doubt you'd be able to lift me anyway" He gave her a smirk.
"Alright then you asked for it" said Gwaine, he bent slightly and without warning she was over his shoulder, he then ran through the castle to the council chambers. He set her down outside the door and she entered the room to see the council was in session.
"Rose, I was so worried" said Arthur. He got up and came over. He hugged her tightly to him.
"I am fine, apart from I twisted my ankle, I got separated from Merlin" said Rose sounding scared, she didn't like how good she had come at lying.
"Come on let's take you to your chambers" said Arthur. Leading her out the door.
A potion and a bandaged-up ankle later, Rose was in her chambers. Gaius was doing some last-minute checks.
"Is Merlin alright?" asked Gaius quietly in case someone walked in and overheard them.
"Yes, I can't say a lot, just know when he return's he won't be himself and keep an eye on the back of his neck" said Rose quietly. Arthur came in and they stopped talking immediately.
"Everything alright with you two?" asked Arthur looking at them suspiciously.
"Yeah, I was explaining about what happened to Gaius" said Rose. He gave a sympathetic smile and sat on the bed, so he was next to her. She wrapped her arm around his stomach, and he wrapped his arms around shoulders.
Haius left the room with a bow. Rose was tired but she was scared, she shouldn't have left Merlin alone with her.
"Are you alright" said Arthur.
"I am worried about Merlin" said Rose, which was true, she was so worried about Merlin. What if he got hurt? The Fomorroh was dangerous, it sucked out all the life force of a person. Arthur laid them both down further on to the bed, so they were both laying flat on the bed. The arm around shoulder started to stroke Rose's hair. She started to feel sleepy.
"Don't worry, Gwaine and I will go find him in the morning" said Arthur. She smiled sleepily before falling asleep.
Rose woke up the next morning, she was alone. She got up and went across to her wardrobe. She changed into one of Morgana's tunic and leggings. She put on her knight's cloak and stood at the window. Her ankle was feeling loads better. She saw Arthur and Gwaine set off from Camelot. She then walked to Gaius's chamber. She went across to his library and got a book out and started to read. She spent the rest of the day in Gaius's chambers sat on the floor against the wall reading. Every so often Gaius would make small talk and make her a cup of tea. In the evening, the door opened she looked up to see a very mucky Merlin walk in.
She got up and ran over to him giving him a hug. He hugged back tightly. He wasn't right, she could feel it. She stepped back and looked at him. Gaius came over and hugged him. Rose circled around Merlin and looked at inspected him. A black growth wiggled in the back of his neck.
"I'm going to go and let you get clean" said Rose. She squeezed his arm and left the room. She went to her room and shut the door. So much for not killing Merlin, the Fomorroh was going to suck the life force out of him and she couldn't do anything about it she had to keep Morgana on side. She went to her chambers and changed her cloak to her blue druid cloak. She then concentrated on Morgana and shut her eyes "Aswindan ae Morgana".
She vanished and the flying feeling came. She then landed in the hovel.
"Rose?" questioned Morgana.
"I said don't kill him, putting a mind controlling life sucking snake in his neck is going to eventually kill him" said Rose.
"It doesn't always kill the host, he'll be okay, please don't expose me" said Morgana. Rose approached Morgana and crossed her arms.
"I won't expose you; I would never betray you Morgana, you have to trust me, I just want you back in my life without breaking the law" said Rose.
"I just worry that you'll just turn on me, you're the kings ward, your friends with my enemies" said Morgana.
"It's not about that, I love you and I love them, the problem is dead, Uther is no longer around with his magic hating antics and I believe I can get Arthur to change his stance on magic but you have to stop attacking him with it, you told me last week you wanted your old life back and it could happen but it has to be slow" said Rose.
"Arthur hates our kind; do you believe if you revealed your magic to him, he'd accept you" said Morgana.
"I don't know, I just know I want to help you, you live in a hovel and in fear, I will not reveal the enchantment on Merlin however he is acting out of character, so it won't be long until at least Gaius notices" said Rose. She pulled Morgana into a hug and then pulled away but held her hands "I am going to go back to Camelot and then go to Ealdor, please think about what I have said".
Rose then did the Aswindan spell and landed back in her bedroom. It was empty which she was glad off, she got some stuff together and got some paper. She wrote a note to Gaius which read "Fomorroh, check Merlin's neck, they grow back". She then went to the physian's chamber. She put the note in Gaius's book, so it was sticking out slightly. She then went back to her room and packed up some clothes. She then wrote a note saying she was going to Ealdor. She then shut her eyes and prepared herself. She did the Aswindan spell to Ealdor. She landed in the outskirts of Ealdor and smiled as she saw the village that was her second home. She needed to see Mordred, after the last few days she just wanted to relax, she hadn't visited Mordred in awhile because everything was crazy in Camelot. She loved visiting Ealdor. She didn't have to worry about her destiny and have some fun.
She walked into the village and went straight to Mordred's hut. She let herself in and sat down at his table waiting for him to arrive. She hoped he would be there soon she was so ready to see him. The door opened and Mordred came in. His eyes lit up when he saw her. He shut the door behind her and bolted the door shut. She ran over to him and hugged him. She then kissed him passionately, the most passionate she had ever felt. He picked her up and she wrapped her legs around his waist. He carried her to the bed, and he fell backwards onto it. She carried kissing as she started strip.
After making love Rose and Mordred laid next to each other on the bed her head on his chest, his arm wrapped around her.
"So, what caused that? I doubt you came all the way here to have your wicked way with me" said Mordred stroking her hair. She explained to him what had been happening over the last few weeks. She went into details about how it was making her feel as she wasn't able to express that in the letters. After she finished, he kissed her head and pulled her closer.
"Do you know what your destiny is?" asked Rose curiously.
"Unfortunately, I do, I am destined to be the one to kill Arthur, but I won't, it's our actions that guide the future not destiny" said Mordred.
"I made sure Morgana didn't find out otherwise she'll be banging the door down wanting to recruit you" said Rose. She laid there contently, this what she loved about Ealdor and visiting Mordred she didn't have to worry about Morgana attempting to kill Camelot or Merlin getting himself exposed. She could just lay in the arms of the boy she loved.
The end.
