I Am So Terribly Sorry

I looked up at the love of my life, pale white, almost as pale as me, the moon's light glistened off her, making her appear as simply a creature, a goddess, of the night. Oh, if only she knew how well that description fit me, a creature of the night.

"I cannot, I'm sorry my love, but I cannot feast with you" I whispered, looking away.

"How come it is I never see you speak, with that beautiful mouth of yours? How come I never dine with you? Why is it that we spend every night together, but I never once see you open your mouth?" I trembled at those last words.

"My love, it cannot be done, there are things....things you mustn't know. I am so terribly sorry" a tear fell down my cheek as I said those words, a tremor working its way through my voice. "I love you so much, my beautiful, secret lover. And I always will." I looked up, speaking directly to her, something I swore I would never do all those years ago, when we were simply young lovers. Now we were something more, lovers, yes, but we were also something...extraordinary, like soul-mates. "This is why I mustn't come to you anymore, this is why I must leave." She gasped, eyes full of shock, hurt, terror, oh god, the terror in her eyes has haunted me ever since. "Please, I must leave soon, for there are hunters, trained to kill since youth. If they have the hounds out-" a howl erupted from the dark, night veiled forest, "if...if they have the hounds out" I gasped, another tear rolling down my cheek, the tremor long since becoming more and more evident, " then I will not make it...I must leave, I am so so terribly sorry. I love you." I reached up to put my hand to her cheek, only to have her move back, quickly, as if I had stricken her. My eyes widened and I knew, there was no love for me, as soon as she saw who I really was, all of that was gone..She hated me now, she was scared of me. I lost my soul mate, there was no one left for me. I was alone and hated by the one person I loved more that life itself.