Love threads coil around the finger, gradually fading into nothingness

Summary

To protect Lyra, I used my own life force to shield her from disaster for seven years.

Because of it, she survived a catastrophic accident, but she mistook her companion, Finn, for her destined savior.

She believed her uncanny ability to escape danger was all thanks to him.

And me, weakened and sickly from the constant drain on my life force, she saw as the source of all her bad luck.

While they were lost in their passionate romance, I was locked in a tiny, five-square-foot basement, being g