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"Are you cold?" he asked, wrapping his arm around her.

"A little," her shaky voice answered. She looked around at the view, the open valley, the grass, the wide sky of pale blue that faded to grey on the horizon. Why had he brought her there?

"Tell ya what," his muffled voice giggled from inside his bag. He reappeared with a flannel blanket and said with a cheeky look at her, "I'll let you have this, but there's a catch."

"Of course there's a catch," she sighed, propping her chin on her hand, staring into the open outdoors.

"You have to make me a promise," he said slowly and very seriously.

"And what's that?" she giggled, looking back at him. When she saw his face, she stopped and cleared her throat. "What is it?"

"You must promise to keep this a secret, just between us," he said, removing his jacket, staring at her intently.

"What? What do I have to keep a secret?"

"Nevermind," he said, shrugging it back on, sloppily handing her the flannel sheet. "I don't know if I can do that."

"Do what?" she said, snuggling up against him in his lap, nuzzling against his chest.

He shuttered and curled his arms around her, and she heard him start to cry. "No," she heard him murmur. "No-"

"What's the matter?" she asked, sitting up.

His fingers sifted through her hair, softly petting her, and he kissed her head. "You must make me this promise if you want to keep that," he said. "Can you keep it?"

"Yeah, sure. Anything," she said, curiously watching him take off his jacket again. "What are you-? Oh....my God..." she breathed.

"You can't tell anyone," he said quietly, sweeping her into his arms tighter, pressing her against him, dearly wishing he could keep her.

"I won't," she whispered to his shoulder. "They're beautiful."

He closed his eyes and shuttered again as her hand slowly caressed the shaking feathers.

"Are you cold?" she asked.

"A little bit," his shaky voice answered. "And I'm scared."

"Why are you scared? Nothing can happen now."

"For you. I can't tell you until- I don't know- Just forget it," he sighed.

"So why did you bring me here?" she asked finally.

"I wanted you to see this. It's a very special occasion...." he answered, frowning suddenly.

"Why-?"

"Don't say anything. Just relax."

"I love you," she sighed into his shoulder.

He bit his lip, and another tear fell.

"I love you, too," he said softly as his wings wrapped around her and his tears fell like rain.

I only wish you didn't have to die tomorrow