Ankyra Sound piyugaktuk

How strange it was to hear her name roll from his mouth.

Part of her wished she might retreat, tell him it was a mistake and flee back inland. Only out of fear of being met with anger but she found none of that here. Just the two of them with eyes upon each other.

How could she retreat from this?

Kigipigak. She finally breathed out in response.

Perhaps she should have apologized, spilled out a thousand words to beg for forgiveness but it was already hard enough to think. Even harder to breathe. Practically stunned still, eyes still fixed upon him. Impossible to look away.

One step closer, almost near enough to touch, yet she did not move any further than that.

As if they might vanish from each other if she moved too fast.