Dead Reckoning
Category: Thriller
She had not expected to see him again, not after all these years.
There were stories told of this place, and none of them ended well.
The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.
The garden had been her mother’s pride, and now it was hers.
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.
A cold wind swept across the plain, carrying with it the scent of distant rain.
He was the kind of man who kept his word, even when it cost him.
The end.