Mareddeth could only hope against fate that these will not end in her crumbling but alas she had already fallen in love with him. The saddest part was that looking at him across the kitchen table, she could feel he was not having the same thoughts. As she sipped coffee she stopped her hand from trembling by holding the cup tightly. The future had always remained unknown but that has never meant you couldn't see it coming, not when it threatened to tear you apart and devour the last piece of sanity in you. "I will not be the victim this time, "she whispered to herself.