The unknown was reaching out to her, calling her to flee to its warm embrace. With tears in her eyes, she gave him one last kiss on the lips and fled. The diamond ring in his hand that had once been a symbol of love now fell to the ground. Tears streamed down her face as he called out to her, but she refused to look back. She feared that if she did, she would want to stay. To fall into her lover’s arms and give up all hope of adventure that may lie in the future. She felt her chains fall off, she was finally free, just not in the way she had thought.