Stars and Dust

Category: Sci-Fi

The market was bustling with merchants, their voices a chorus of bargains and boasts.

She had learned long ago not to trust promises.

The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.

There were stories told of this place, and none of them ended well.

The map was old, its edges frayed, but the path it showed was unmistakable.

He stood at the edge of the cliff, looking down at the waves crashing below.

The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.

The sword was heavier than she expected, but she did not lower it.

The end.

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