Cristobel

The emotions which drove him forward also pulled him back. He saw his behavior, stark and clear, where any step he took to the left or right would lead, and though couldn't stop from walking the path he'd chosen, he could, on the other hand, hold his passions in check. He wouldn't become "the other man." She was still, in many respects, living in a world made of sand, the castle she'd built for him and her subject to many outside elements, wind and rain and sun.

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The day Marin…