“Regret is not the correct word,” Elijah murmured, looking down to his first love. “My emotions are rather more complex than that. I am sad that you were brought to such a place but relieved you were spared a hard life.” And the abrupt end that death had brought.
“And complex also in that I did not wait a thousand years, Tatia. Once you were dead...I did not ever think you would be returned to me though as my first love a part of you lived in me forever. I would have done almost anything to bring you back but I do not wish to hurt you again. And your death...it was my fault.”