Sweet Embrace

Caught in the final moment, before the loss of her mortal innocence. The Lord of Darkness gives his mortal bride one final look before the embrace. Sadness strikes his eyes...

For many centuries he has lived; alone, eternally young, and just as cruel; his cold blackened heart melted by the sight of a young tender maiden. "Is this love he wondered" as he gazed into her beautiful eyes... pacing through a garden that withered and died around him; he couldn't get her angelic demeanor out of his head. For days she haunted him... and now; the final moment of her life as a mortal.

Too aware that all beauty must die one day, that everything tender and mild will fade away as dust. He accepts her request, but with pain... for he knows that with the immortality comes a great curse... never again will this beautiful bride of his be able to welcome the morning sun, never again will she be pure and innocent. And it pains him, for he knows... this is his doing.