The Apex of the Maelstrom

He said that they both knew what was going to happen. She told him it was a mistake (it wasn't). He said solemnly, it was a mistake that he would only – could only – make with her. It was the first and last time, but it was not the beginning, for it had had begun long ago. And it was not the end, for she carried it with her inside, where she cradled her secret to her heart.