The Taste of Death (and the Touch of Silence)

She squeezed her eyes shut. They tell you that one day, you were going to meet the person of your dreams and suddenly, everything will make sense. They tell you that everything will be alright and that your soulmate couldn't just not love you back. They tell you that soulmates are two fragments of a star and pulling them apart once they reunite will be impossible.

They lied.