The Titan Engine
Category: Sci-Fi
A knock at the door changed everything.
The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.
The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.
She had not expected to see him again, not after all these years.
The market was bustling with merchants, their voices a chorus of bargains and boasts.
It was the kind of night when secrets refused to stay buried.
Some doors, once opened, can never be closed again.
He was the kind of man who kept his word, even when it cost him.
The end.