Beautiful, mythical, memorable - I love lines like this:
The night before I left, we made a vow in the garden.
‘May I be turned to stone the day you no longer love me’, I said. She hushed me with a kiss and promised she will love me til the end of the world.
Clearly, I am missing out on a lot of good writing prompts. You show us how much can be accomplished. I missed this - Story written for the #365daysofwriting challenge hosted by @mydivathings - but I'm glad I didn't miss this story. Thanks @marie-jay!
But, nobody who knows me will be surprised to hear me say that closing line is brutal. Brutal!!
Shaking my puny fist of rage at the futility and injustice of (that final line, no spoiler here)!
The lost continent, and the cause: wow! Just... epic!
Thanks, @carolkean. I'm sorry I don't have more time as the image prompts for this challenge are awesome and that one was stuck in my head for a few hours so I had to write.