A Darkling Alcove

It was surprising, how . . . difficult this entire affair was turning out to be.

By all rights, things had gone smoothly. She'd deferred, of course. She understood the wisdom behind his decisions, for the most part, but he'd been quite sure to impress the significance of this one upon her. Not that she hadn't the choice, but something in his words, in his presence must have . . .

Now she stood holding the Miko's hand, and now he was walking away.

Strange, that now he could think of nowhere to go.

A/N: Sigh. T'would appear I am still nursing some sadness over that situation ... Or maybe it's the fact that we'll never find out how it truly went. T^T Sigh, I say.

This piece was written for MF_Sanctuary week 28 The theme was "Insanity" Max word count was 100.