Coci.

My only love.
My dearest friend.

Ours is a life truly lived. Ours is a love tried and tested, more everlasting than the very skies.
No two souls were ever bonded like ours. Our hearts beat as one, now as then.
Many dangers have we faced together — all of them conquered.
Alone, I am but half a person.

You are the mother of my children.
You've given me the greatest gift this universe and the next has to offer.
You've given me your love, your affection, and your laughter.
Now here I stand, bereft.

I've waited. I've kept my vigil, drowned myself in duty.
I wake to an empty house and cold sheets. No scent of caf from the kitchen.
A half-knitted sock still sits on the armrest of your favourite chair. A gift for our grandson, never offered.
Little feet are not as patient as I. They grow too eagerly.

You left one early morning. Kissed me good-bye before I had a chance to wake.
You'd been called away, along with your Dawnguard. Couldn't tell me what, or where.
Years have passed with no word of your return.
I can no longer see you as I once did.

You've passed beyond my sight, to a place I cannot follow.
You've tread too far, too deep, for too long.
I fear I might not know the truth until the end. The very end.
I dare not speak it. I cannot speak it. I shall not speak it.

I will always wait for you, my love.
Every night, I look to the stars, thinking I'll find you.
I never do. But I'll keep trying. Forever and always.
True to our vows.

My hand trembles.
My heart aches.
My eyes grow heavy.
I am diminished without you.

No ceremony is to be held.
You remain among the living.
The alternative is too hard.
Too impossible to accept.

Secretly, I pray.
I pray for the end to come and take me away.
Our time is long passed, old friend.
I pass hope on to others, but leave none for myself.

Good-night to you, my guiding star. I will see you again.
One day, I will join you in fields of gold.
There we shall dance beneath a moonlit sky.
Eternally at peace, together.

Until then, I will wait for you.
I will do my duty, face any foe, fear no evil.
I will weather the unimaginable.
I will sit on the throne.

Horns of battle sound.
I have been called.
I must answer.
Always.