one ring to rule them all

Two out of ten were all.

I'll never forget the one-car night promenade over the bridge, with all the orbs of bright lights lining the sky, suspended and draping like pearl necklaces, leading me as a princess back to my homeland.

Or the gaze of a duchess sitting next to evidence of her three martinis and looking down from her portrait at a dirty table and a ruined moment. My fault, his fault.