The Time Traveler

I felt as if I was intruding on something very intimate, but I couldn't look away. They stepped out onto the ice and she let him go. Her hair was in gray braids that came to just below her shoulders. Staying a few steps in front of him, she slid on her shoes,. swirling in circles and singing as if luring him out across the frozen river. Once there, they disappeared into the early afternoon mist.