Wapun Meadow Told you I'd change even when I knew I never could

She was no stranger to these encounters, and yet something felt different here. Marina was stricken by the sense of closeness they had shared. The feeling that something had changed forever. This was not what she had wanted.

So when nature released its hold on her, she backed away from him. She studied him for a moment, eyes tracing over each detail of his features as if to commit them to memory for the rest of eternity. He was handsome, wasn't he? But Marina did not want him. So she turned and she fled, and if he tried to stop her at all, she didn't even notice.