“What are you thinking?”
Pryderi stands watching me, my thoughts a jumbled, incoherent mix, my hands still on the bed that I’m in the process of making. “I don’t know what to think. I can’t understand how this has happened.”
“It seems clear to me. They knew that this was what they were going to ask for before they arrived. The fact that you like each other is simply a bonus.” I watch as she finishes my task, stating everything in a matter-of-fact tone, as if nothing could be simpler.
The walls begin to close in on me again and I need air.
Before she says more, I make my escape. Running all the way to the beach. The sound of the waves is so loud that it deafens all my thoughts. I close my eyes and inhale the cool salty air in my lungs; I lift my skirts to feel the water lapping at my
