Chapter 43: Dagger No More

“Emanuel…?” I cried out, agonized, barely able to allow the words to escape from my lips. “Come back…” Without a sound, I silently groaned. Desiring for tears to cascade down my cheeks, but unable to find the strength to do so, let alone feel anything at all. “I loved you with all my heart.”

And that’s when the tears, the thoughts, the racing compulsions, began to flow endlessly through my mind. But I could not prevent ...