You can't escape Destiny.

It was to be that I should love you, Guida." He reached out to take her hands, but she put them behind her against the stones, and drew back.

The lizard suddenly shot out from a hole and crossed over her fingers.

She started, shivered at the cold touch, and caught the hand away.

A sense of foreboding awaked in her, and her eyes followed the lizard's swift travel with a strange fascination.