Lisa Valdez

I want you to know that you will not be alone in your loneliness,_ he said.Her tear-filled eyes welled over. __ou will be surrounded by your court_and all the beautiful ladies there.__odrigo shook his head. ____e never cared about any of them. I shall be lonely for you. Lonely in the midst of a crowd_surrounded by a hundred faces, none of them yours._ He held Rapunzel__ tearful gaze, and tried to swallow the lump in his throat. But he couldn__. __nd as everything and everyone is spinning around me, I shall be thinking of you and longing to be here_ he brushed the backs of his fingers against her wet cheek, __here in the tower, with my Rapunzel.

Rodrigo tried to draw a deep breath, but his chest was too filled with anguish, rage and guilt. He kissed his ash-coated fingers. __ love you,_ he whispered. __ love you more than life itself._ Curling his fingers into his fist, he pressed it against his chest. So, I will surely see you soon_and then, my love, we shall be together in our forever now.