---Aaron---
The whole castle felt so light after the cleansing. Everyone went to the lake to bathe as part of the cleansing. She chanted spells on the lake as the water spirits came to cleanse everyone who will bathe in the water.
After everyone working in the castle had their bath, they went back to the castle that leaves me and her with twenty bodyguards. It's already dark and I turned to the guards and sign them. They turned back from us and on their position.
I stepped forward closing the space between us. I've been restraining myself from getting this close to her. I reached her hand and bring it to my lips. I caressed her hair away from her right eye. There, I can see her full beauty.
"I hate being apart from you," I mumbled. She exhaled.
"I know. But I have to leave. I am not meant to be—"
