20Ren's eyes had scanned the note sadly as his suspicion of Hone – Onna dying were brought to light. Fresh tears pricked his eyes as they fell silently down his face, blotching his fair skin. He slowly wiped his tears from his face with the back of his grazed hand and placed the last words of the woman he loved down beside him. Carefully, he staggered out of bed, his limbs still sore and aching. He still couldn't place much weight on his previously cursed leg and so managed a sluggish limp towards the sliding door of his room, the note now held firmly in his hand. As he opened the door he noticed that the main room was empty. Tea was on the table – still warm – and so had only recently been left behind. The young man assumed that his Mistress and Wannyudo had gone to had gone to inspect a human who wished to send someone to the depths of Hell. It was in this moment of deep sorrow that he realized what a precious thing life is and how it can be taken away in an instant. He wondered why he didn't tell her earlier, why he didn't realize just how much she meant to him until now. His eyes filled with tears that didn't want to remain left inside but instead wished for freedom and he had no choice but to release them into the world as the sped down his face and dove towards the floor. Ren hobbled outside towards the bank that he often sat on by the river. Painfully, he sat down, legs stretched in front with the tips of his toes dipped idly in the turquoise water of the river. The note remained close to him, slim fingers squeezing it as if it too would vanish and leave him alone.
"Hone – Onna. To you my deepest and dearest love I shall make a vow. A vow to never love again, to never set eyes on another woman no matter how beautiful she may be. I will always love you, and you shall always be the one in my heart." Ren stared at the sky as he spoke these words – hoping her soul had been released from torment. He sat calmly on the river bank, his eyes following the ripples that the steady drops of rain made as the dropped into the river.
He had made a vow to her, but vows are always there to be broken.
Right, well, that was the epilogue and this is now the official ending for Forbidden Love! I really hope that you guys enjoyed reading it and I'm sorry for the multiple times that I had huge uploading gaps! =(
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