In the Next Life

"Ke vo san, shei'tani. Throughout this life and every life that follows, I shall always love you. Forgive me for causing you such pain. I should have put your own happiness before my own, and I did not."
"We will be together again, I promise you. But not in this life. May I prove more worthy in the next."
"In this life and every life to come."

"'Ku'ruveli, shei'tani. Come back to me.' He knew the instant her soul slipped free of her slender body. Her passing ripped him apart from the inside out, leaving a gaping hole where her brightness had taken root. He flung back his head and howled as the agony of her death shredded his soul."