If I’d Known It Would End Like This, I’d Never Have Met You

I saved his life once. Later, he took me in and kept me by his side. Just when I thought he was my salvation, he gave me away to someone else. Whenever we were running low on medicinal herbs, Grandpa would send me up the mountain to gather more. On my way down, thunder cracked and lightning flashed as rain poured from the sky. I ran to an abandoned temple to take shelter. Seeing no one around, I boldly took off my outer garment to wring it out. Suddenly, a pair of hands came from behind and covered my mouth. I was so startled that I dropped my clothes. “Don’t make a sound!” A man’s voice, weak yet magnetic. A man?