At first 

as she had expected she was menaced with the feelings of loss 

which we all experience being left behind

 the shadows of passed moments and memories haunt unrelentingly. 

But there was a snap, and there was a silence. 

First the expected silence, and then the silence of the completely dead. 

She lay awake worried that he had lost his fragile life, 

later she realised it was the feeling of his having lost and forgotten their love.  

She worried 

would this be her only experience of true love 

should she have chosen better 

would he remember her 

was it possible that she could be mistaken

 was her loneliness playing tricks.

the castle was filled with secrets 

and so was her heart 

she had no one that she could trust