BENEDICT. I watched as Colton walked away from everything that he held dear and moved towards me. I wanted to tell him no, to forbid him from joining me in certain doom, but I couldn't. I could feel the life beginning to drain from my body, and i knew that I wasn't going to last much longer by myself. I needed him he was right. I appreciated the scrifice that he was making. I knew that it was harder for him that it was for me. I had already lived far too long, and the woman that I loved and our child had died long ago. I longed to join them in whatever lay beyond this life. He still had reason to live, yet here he was about to step up beside me and give it all up. I couldn't be prouder to call this man my family. Just before Colton reached me, a hand reached out and stopped him. "I will

