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I was so confused I was so attached Since seeing hi inme? What had the cards told

With each passingwith the Renaissance Faire beca as I sed more tears, and soon I was surrounded by the other ladies in the tent--Caitlyn, Ann, and even their friend Fiona

"Hey," cooed Caitlyn "What’s wrong? You don’t want him? Because you already know that I’ll take him," she added playfully

I shook ain "I’ the delicate glass beads sewn into the bodice of the gown, I knew I didn’t really have to think about it As much as I hadn’t wanted to admit it to myself, I did I totally did So I let out a breathy, "Yes"

But…did he still want roup of woht of being in the saory as his mother, who essentially abandoned hiht about the way he’d held ht as we lay next to each other How his thuers around o

And soo for a walk" I got up and carefully stored the dress back in its box "I’ll be back to help with lunch and to set up for the Maypole"

"Have sory But thanks! I just have so to do"

And that’s exactly what I did as Ia dusty path that led to the a would face off tomorroound up the trail ah desert flora, darting lizards and the occasional beetle I kept round and my eyes locked on the distant bluish Sierras that cut into the horizon in the east The sun wasn’t that bad yet As it was still spring, it would be wared st all the natural beauty My doubts and fears felt so insignificant in the face of the ht about Brock and ht about how much I still loved him How much I’d held fast to the belief that he was the one person forthat belief to shreds, and I had to come to ter I did days before, specifically the Moon card The Moon and Earth, two er specks The Moon pulled and tugged the tides of the Earth, causingconfusion, uncertainty, untruth That card was a warning that I’d been deceiving uided beliefs

The realization took my breath away, and I blinked as I tried to catch the next one, knotting and then unknotting my sweaty hands

"I don’t knohat to do," I said out loud to the Universe The breeze seemed to carry my words away into the distance My eyes closed, and suddenly I heard a voice in my head

Go to him Be with him

My heartbeat sped up, and yet…I couldn’t help but feel that pang of disloyalty