He sat in front of me on his chair, smiling. His eyes were alight with happiness. I looked down at the table to see that he had taken my hand. They looked so right there, laying together, our fingers interlocked.
I looked back at his face, only to fall deep into his eyes. With his free hand, he touched my face gently, and leaned forwards to kiss me…
Maerad awoke with a start as Cadvan shook her arm.
"Maerad," he hissed. "Wake up!"
"Whassup?" she slurred sleepily.
"I think there are wers close by. Be on your guard."
Maerad gazed at his face as he sent out hearing, staring into the trees, and sighed.
His kiss, his love, had been a dream.
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I watched my daughter walking to meet her love. In just a few minutes, they would be husband and wife. They loved each other so much. My little girl looked so beautiful in her wedding dress, her hair curling gently down her back. The crystals in the windows cast rainbows all around the room.
All our family was there, and all of Clavila's friends. My own husband was walking with my daughter to give her away.
But none of these people matter at this moment, not so much as Clavila. A step before she reaches her about-to-be husband, she turns to look directly at me and smiles.
Silvia awoke slowly to see her husband sat beside her, reading a book. But what were they doing here? They should be at the wedding! She sat up quickly before realising…The wedding was a dream. Her daughter had died a week ago.
She didn't realise she was crying until Malgorn wiped her tears away and held her close, letting her sob into his shoulder.
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Quote: The hardest part of dreaming about someone you love is having to wake up.