There was a light breeze blowing, teasing the violet hair of the young woman who bent to lay a datapad at the bottom of the elaborately carved headstone. She placed a kiss on the cheek of the man who's hologram was embedded in the stone, staying a few quiet moments and then leaving as silently as she had come. The words on the screen of the datapad glowed softly in her absence.

"Dear Vlademar,

I'm sorry if this letter is jumbled. You must understand that sometimes, putting my thoughts in order isnt easy.

It's been just over two weeks now. Life... is hard without you. Every night I go to sleep hoping to wake up in the morning and find out that this has all been a bad dream. But every morning I wake up and it's not. I miss you so much.

I wanted to tell you something, I wish you were really truly here for me to say it. I only just found out. I thought that I was just sick, a stomach virus. But it's something far better. I know the doctors told me I could never have children but some how... Love, I'm about two months along now. You're a daddy, Vlad, two healthy little babies. I have to be careful with myself now. I've been stressed and my body isn't in the best of shape because of that. I have friends that are helping, but friends are no replacement for you. I promise, I'll be a good mother, I'll love them both so much but I just wish that you were here to love them too. I'll tell them all about you though. My children aren't going to grow up not knowing their father.

I called to tell my brother, Midir, the news and my mother found out. She won't let me talk to anyone else in the family, told me it was my own damn fault for being a von Ismay's little whore. I think it's safe to say that I won't ever be going home again.

Love, I'll be honest. Up until I found out about my pregnancy, I'd been very seriously thinking about joining you. When I got the news about you, my heart just went cold. This has been one of the first times that I've really felt a semblance of calm and sanity in myself. I still miss you so much but I know that I'm not entirely alone any more. One thing stays the same though and it always will. I love you. I know our vows were "Until death do us part", but I lied. I loved you then, I love you now and I will love you until the end of time. And I will always tell our children how much I love you.

Forever your friend, lover and wife,
Taliesen von Ismay"