Word Count: 100
Prompt from Stella Mira’s Soundtrack Challenge #14: Bargain
“As you are aware,” he said, turning to look at her, acknowledging her for the first time since he had begun his tale, “she did not make it, no matter how hard I tried.”
She saw the pain in his eyes. Before she could say or do something, he continued.
“When she had died, I thought the world had stopped. My father foolishly thought that if I mated another—someone of his choosing—then I would get over my pain. He found ‘the perfect’ woman and tried to convince me to come along while he made arrangements with her sire.”