" the miniature portrait of nicholas came to light, as rich and bright as the day it had been painted. nicholas, she whispered and put her fingertips on the painting. oh, nicholas, have i truly lost you so completely? are you gone forever?
she looked at the miniature, touched it, and when she turned it over, she saw something engraved on the back. she held it to the light to read it.
time has no meaning
love will endure
he had signed it with an N, a D over the top of it.
she leaned her head against the old stone wall and blinked away tears. nicholas, come back to me, she whispered. please come back to me."
" my soul will find yours, nicholas had written. souls, not bodies, but souls."
my heart just broke after reading these.
