A Gargoyle's Delight

For centuries I have suffered.
Solidified and silenced, all because I failed to destroy what I was created for.
Except now, after so long... There is a female.
One who always seems to be by my side.
Day after day.
Night after night.
She talks to me. Touches me. Tells me things. She shares stories of a world I no longer know. She is a reprieve from my punishment. A sweet delight. She liberates me from my solitude.
But when I rise, my adversary seizes his opportunity, and she's caught between us.
He only wants her to get to me.
She isn't his.
And I'll do anything to protect what's MINE.