You didn't come here to save me, did you?

The cold slipped around my toes and wrapped them in an icy hug that I did not want. I could feel my lungs burning and my stomach starting to eat itself. My bones protruded in places that were unnatural. I didn't have to look in a mirror to know my eyes lacked life it once had. As he approach on the other side of the swamp, I was reminded of the days where the sun shined. When I lied in bed next to him and his warmth kept me smiling.

What happened to those days? How did it come to this? My fingers tighten around the blade hilt as malicious words slip from his cracked lips... My lips tremble...