Once

Once upon a time, there was a boy who fell in love with a broken girl. The girl was under a magic spell. She could not speak. She was very scared in the beginning. She was so used to being hurt, she did not think she was worthy. The boy continued to treat her with nothing but kindness, and eventually, she fell for him too. She was unable to utter those three words, though. And so, to show her truest feelings, she gave him her heart, her body, and her entire soul.

Everything, but those three words.

He left.