DRACO I didn't know how long it had been. Seconds, minutes, hours... Days? I had her body clutched tightly to my chest, the lower half of my face buried in her hair. I couldn't move. I couldn't think. There was nothing I could do. I was not able to feel her. I wanted it back. I wanted to be able to feel her warmth, and to hear her heart beat. I wanted to hear it speed up every time I stepped closer to her, or touched her. But I knew that would never happen again. Another tear fell from my eye. I had imagined, what it would be like for her to complete the transition. I knew that she would have to do it at some point, or she'd get a lot older than me. But I had never thought that that choice would be so cruelly ripped away from her. I had thought we would have children together befor