Ocean's Breath Plateau Said goodbye, turned around

Towhee wanted to apologize and thank him again. She wanted to let him hug her. But that wasn’t what she needed right at the moment. So she simply gave him a look and a nod as if to say, Okay.

And then she was turning and moving away from the plateau, barely paying attention to which direction she was going. She didn’t look back, in case Rodyn tried to hail her. She thought about him sorting out a bed for her in his lodge and was incredibly touched by the thought.

Tears pricked her eyes. She could never take him up on that. That space in Rodyn’s home was reserved for the woman he would marry next. She would certainly not stand in the way of the happily ever after he deserved but which the likes of Towhee certainly couldn’t ever give him.

Thank you for bearing with this hot mess! <3