"Really, how so," I asked curious.

"I am your slave. I am bound to you as I never committed myself even to the Twelve. You are the core of my existence and have remade me. Even if you were to release me I would crave your touch to the end of my days. So when that day comes I will walk into the sun and immolate myself because I cannot imagine a world without you."

Her words cut me to the core. I had gotten to know her and not just physically. She was witty, intelligent and romantic. I had destroyed that with the dark magic. It was worse than...