and even in the case of those mates fortunate enough to turn their frenzy into the quietude of love his parents , for instance , who had most likely become a couple in the first place to satisfy their lust , there still loomed another threat : that of losing your loved one again like his parents , who had died within a week of each other ; the thought of his bereft father in those agonizing days , the emptiness and desolation in his gaze , as if his own heart too lay in the depths of the dark lake , still brought tears to wixelors eyes .