She k=,@+ille*d him ;six tim[*,es. Each `ti @me, he : for+%got her. Each  tim]`$%e, _sh*!;e @#fell in l]%ove again.
Now, on the\--[  ;seve-n:th,
_ ;( she's a ruine=d`#\ hei\ress s=old] at auction—and he b`#uys her . The m\[agnetic pull is instant\$. Thei [r = bodies@ #remember $`\wha% %t,*]! t#!@heir minds don't.%`]
Bu,`t when she finally% p*^lunge_?s t?he knife+ into his h(e=*ar_
t, h-^?e d oesn't die. He a?wakens with; g/$olden $*ey@^es.!_ He is the dev%il she made(\ a deal with. ?:Every de,ath was his @ascen,^sion.
;:Devastated,` she @_fl[ees. He tears out his own godho[(od—fiv/!e centuries%^ +;of=] powe)+r—to become mort_ /al, just to fi$*nd her. End!ures !a )@hundred ]?l())ash%es until his @)back is shred \$ded. ( For one chance to hold h*#er w[@ith)(out hurting he+r.
True nirv+% ana;%. isn';t ^!
emptiness. It
*'( s surrende ()r to)- love.