Akim sat in the dungeon, listening to his father and his guests laugh and drink. He sighed, and took up his quill and started to write a letter to Nadya. They had secretly been communicating through letters delivered by one of the guards that Akim bribed. But she had become sadder recently, and so he decided to send her a letter to cheer her up.<br/>"Dear Nadya - How I long to see your face. You are the only light I have in this dungeon. I have not long to live, for when you marry my father, I shall be put to death. But know this - before I die, know that I love you, but not like Abbadon - like a true lover." He finished his letter and passed it through the grate for the guard to deliver.