Love Lost

It was early morning, she was standing in the rain, the cold wet seeping into her skin and hair. She had closed her eyes, face to the sky. The tapping of raindrops as they pelted the sidewalk were the only sound that breached the silence.
Rowen O’Brian watched the girl from a short distance away. Her dress and hair were drenched from head to toe, but she didn’t seem to care. What could be on her mind?
“I have been courting you for months, Echo. How can you refuse me?” A voice said from the shadows. She jumped, a hand flying to side and grabbing something from the folds of her dress...