I Will Live for Your Death

My beloved family was slaughtered, a conspiracy by my husband, Emperor Claudius. I had to send away my child, only three days old. There was no solace from my husband. Since that day, Eliad’s world has been shrouded in darkness. A life filled with indescribable mourning and grief. She played the role of the dutiful empress to endure, to survive. Unbeknownst to her, as she persevered, a new dawn was breaking. A surviving connection was approaching. “If I say ‘the sunlight is dark,’ will you believe it to be true?” “From today, I will.” Eliad scoffs at the absurdity, but Libel doesn’t laugh. Could he be taking her seriously? “Everything Your Majesty says is a rule, a law to me.” If Eliad declares darkness as light, Libel’s world would shatter all its darkness and shine brightly. He believed so, without a doubt. “You speak as if… I am your entire world.” “Is that not allowed?” In the fading embers, a grey hawk flaps its wings, raising its head to ignite a fire and soar towards the world on a dazzling May day….