A young man in his prime, his beauty unsettling the years. That was an old saying she thought of when she first met him. Back then, she hated how he, her tutor, was always restricting her. She never expected that one day she would fall in love with him. On a snowy winter day, he held her close and swore he would never let her down, promising to cherish only her for the rest of his life.
Her family was destroyed before their love could come to fruition. To save his life, she could only bear the pain of sending him out of the city. When they met again, he had become the ruler of a nation, standing above countless people, while she was merely a foreigner whose life was worth no more than a blade of grass. Did his promise never to let her down still count? She had been waiting for the answer. Then he pressed a sword to her throat, and only then did she awaken as if from a dream. Back then, I did whatever it took to save your life. Is this how you repay me now? Her cold accusation could not stop the sword flying from his hand. A flash of silver sliced across her neck, blood gushed forth, and she crumpled helplessly, a bitter smile playing on her lips.
Alas, in the end, his promise never to let her down turned to ashes.
