Epilogue

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My Dearest Harry,

I am so sorry for not meeting you by the river. If I had left sooner, I would have been able to meet you without any problems. I'll spare you the details as to why I was late, seeing as I don't have a lot of time left. I have more important things to tell you.

The thing first being that I love you. I always will, even when I am gone. I am forever grateful that I got to meet you, even if you wanted to kill me in the beginning. I don't blame you. I belonged to the family that killed yours and you didn't know me, it's only fitting that you would want to get rid of me. I don't know what made you change your mind about me. Maybe it's because you felt bad for me and everything that happened to me. Perhaps you fell in love with me along the way. Either way, I'll never know, but I'll be safe in the knowledge that I was loved at one point.

You made me feel things that I never thought was possible. You were my saviour, even if you also brought about my doom. I think we both know that I wouldn't be in the position that I am if you hadn't come to work for my family. I most certainly wouldn't be sentenced to being burned at the stake either. I would have drowned, but the problem with that is the fact that I had known how to swim. It doesn't matter though, I don't regret a single thing we've done, I would do it all again if it meant that I'd get more time with you.

My biggest regret with you is that I never really told you just how much you meant to me. You saved me, you were the man that made me believe that not everything in this world is awful. You are an incredible man, and I truly hope that you can live a long and happy life. Perhaps you will find another woman, and while that thought breaks my heart, I know it's for the best. I want you to move on and continue living. Perhaps you could open that bakery. I'm sure that you would be very successful, and hopefully it's far away from this wretched village. I love you so much, and I hope that you'll be happy. You deserve it.

The other thing I must tell you is who turned me in. It was my young maid, Thiora. She is also the same person who turned Judith in. Judith is absolutely amazing, she left Thiora's name on one of the stone blocks. Since she didn't have parchment or ink like I do now, she had to write it out in her blood. I was horrified, but it's all she had. I hope you manage to find her and give her the most painful death. That's all I ask. I do not care that she turned me in, I had always known in the back of my mind that she was evil. The only thing that I'm upset about is the fact that she made sure that Judith was killed just so she could get closer to me and by extension, you. She is a monster that needs to be dealt with.

I am so sorry that things had to end this way. I was so excited to start a new life with you, but I guess that God had other plans. Perhaps we'll meet again one day. I sure hope so, because I hope you tell you all of this in person. You are such an incredible person, you're so strong, and I am so proud to have known you. Please try to be happy, try to move on. You deserve the world.

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