Hope - Mark Eliyahu
"But in the end, one needs more courage to live than to kill himself."
-Albert Camus, A Happy Death
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I could not take my eyes from him, the words pouring from his lips had caused my heart to speed up and I was having difficulty breathing. I didn't know how I could carry so much pain and love, but when the time came, I would learn everything. Everything. "Desiree..." When I heard Lucifer calling me, I turned my eyes to him and raised one eyebrow. Why did he come and bother me when I wanted Hiraeth so badly and wanted to be alone with him?
"What?" I said aggressively. He frowned, his body tense, and he didn't keep away his eyes stubbornly away from my eyes.
"There are things you have to see." he just said. I could not remember seeing him so nervously. I gasped.