“Leave you! Never! I know this sounds strange but I cannot leave, for I love you. I have loved you long before this day. Leave you, never! I will take you from this place, and together we will travel.”

“No, that can never be. I love you also, my Prince. However If I were to be taken away the spell would be broken. Never again would I live.”

“Then I will stay here with you. I will wipe the dust from your robe, I will brush snow from your brow. I will build a shelter and stay here. Leave you, never!”

The Princess shivered,

“I begin to grow cold. Please leave I beg of you. You honor me with your love, but you must understand. I could not bear to watch you grow old serving one that could not return such love.”

“I will never leave you.”

Their eyes met, the sun was gone, and together they would always remain...