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Tristan?__e turned his face to me, and it was streaked with tears. I wanted to wipe them away, tell him that everything would be all right, but my body was locked stiff with pain.__romise me you__l get better,_ he whispered. __ell me you__l grow strong again. That you__l gallop on horseback through summer meadows. Dance in spring rains and let snowflakes melt on your tongue in winter. That you__l travel wherever the wind takes you. That you__l live._ He stroked my hair. __romise me.__onfusion crept over me. __ou__l be with me, though. You__l do those things too?__e kissed my lips, silencing my questions. __romise me.___o,_ I said, struggling against him.. __o, you said you were coming with me. You said. You promised._ He had to be coming with me - he said he was and Tristan couldn__ lie. Wouldn__ lie.He got to his feet and stepped into the water. I tried to struggle, but he was too strong. __ristian, no, no, no!_ I tried to scream, but I couldn__. I tried to hold on to him, but my fingers wouldn__ work. The cold of the water bit into my skin and I sobbed, terrified. __ou said you would never leave me!__e stopped, the weight of his sorrow greater than any mountain. __nd if I had the choice, I never would. I love you, Cécile. I will love you until the day I take my last breath and that is the truth. _ He kissed me hard. __orgive me.