The River of Lethe

She had awoken a foreign feeling within him the moment he first saw her. Before she came into his life, he hadn't even known that he was capable of smiling. She made him alive, she was his light, his fire. And now that she was gone, the King of Darkness and Death was going to do everything in his power to get her back!

This short story is a Sequel to the Greek myth, "The Pomegranate Seeds". I recommend that you find a short summary if you are not already familiar with the story because it will give you some important background info.