Lances pov

I look at the red string ties to my finger, I know I should be so happy about it, the fact that I have a soulmate but I'm-

A feel pain smash against my face and I look up to see Keith standing in front of me a grimace on his face.

"You useless piece of shit! I asked you have you trained yet??"he growls out, I gulp and stare up at the man I love.

"I was just going to do it darling..."I mutter, I feel another pain hit me but in my chest this time. Keith's leg had come in contact with my chest and left me breathless.

"That's a warning, now go do your job, you worthless paladin."he spits out and I feel myself get picked up by the collar of my coat. I hit a wall after he threw me and I hear the door slam closed. I squeeze my eyes closed and try to keep my sobs away. I run out of the hallway and go into the observatory. I fall to my knees in front of the window facing the stars.

I stare down at the stupid string attached to my finger, I let out a yell and try to pull it off, yanking as hard as I can but all that I manage to do is making a burning pain flood through my body.

Like Keith's love I cannot escape this fate.

I thought something good was coming for me, that after being pushed around by my team, ignored, and put down that one day I would have someone who would love me more then anything in the world...someone who would ease me in times of fear, make me feel secure, hold me close when I was crying....

Instead the universe played a sick joke on me, instead the other end of this stupid string is attached to keith kogan....I love him, I love him so much, but I'm not blind I can tell he doesn't love me, he hits me, he puts me down, he makes me contemplate ending it all.

It wasn't a good relationship...but the universe picked him for me, he is my soulmate, the one for me, if this is what I deserve then I know I'm being punished, is it because I wasn't strong enough, was it because of the jokes, maybe it was for something small, if it's because I stole that dollar from mom when I was younger I'll apologise, put a new one back. I just didn't want this any more. I would have done anything for a different fate, for something good to happen to me.

The universe just hates me....maybe I should...no I can't.

I stand up from my spot on the floor and train, once I am done I start to head back to mine and Keith's room, along the way I bump into hunk.

"Hey buddy!"I say and give him a big smile. He gives me a more nervous look back and raises his hand to wave it showing off the green string tide to his ring finger.

"I heard yelling coming from your room earlier, is everything okay?"hunk asks. I could feel my hearts sink at the mention of it and started putting together a story that would trick him. I open my mouth to say my excuse when Keith walks into the room, the red string on the ground lifting up as he gets closer to me.

"What's going on guys?"he asks now giving off the smile that I had always fallen for.

"We were just talking about the screams from lances room earlier."hunk says before I could even open my mouth. I see Keith's jaw tighten but his smile and posture stayed the same.

"Oh were you, well lance had just fallen on the floor again, you know how clumsy he is."he says and wraps his arms around my waist, I felt myself stiffen from the contact of him and I could feel his finger nails digging into my side.
I bit my lip and nod my head frantically.

"Oh, alright. I've got to see pidge so...you too go have fun."hunk says and walks off, I wanted to call out for him, beg him not to leave me, plead for him to put me out of my misery before Keith could torcher me.

"Trying to tell on my, when will you realise I am only trying to help you."he hisses the worlds out. I feel him aggressively grab my wrist and pull me towards our room.

I feel myself start to back up when his voice cuts through the air.

"I thought you were better then this, I thought you wouldn't open your mouth against the man who was soul bound to you."he growled. I felt myself start to shake on the spot.

"I-I'm sorry, it won't happen again."I reply and stick my hands out as if calming down a spooked horse.

"No, you can't apologise now you lazy piece of shit."he says and walks closer to me. I try to take a step back but instead trip over my feet and fall on to my back. He comes over to my side and I feel pain in it.

Soon I feel pain in both my sides, and on my stomach and back, I feel the burning of my face and my vision starts getting blurry. Now he was yelling at me for every mistake I had made in all the years of us together.

The suddenly it Stopped , he stopped hitting me, stopped punching me, stopped yelling at me...I thought it was over.

"And the worst mistake..."he says and sits by my head our soulmate string in his hands.

"Was you ever being born."he says. I feel something wrap around my neck and then the thin line starts to add pressure to my throat. I felt it get wrapped around my neck many times making the line thicker, soon it's big enough and starts pressing against my throat even tighter, I could feel my air being cut off.

Is this how it was going to end, by my soulmates hands as he strangles me to death with the rope that bonded our love together...

I hear him whisper.

"I do truly love you....just not enough."

And then....I couldn't breath.