Void Walker
Category: Sci-Fi
The train pulled out of the station with a long, mournful whistle.
The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.
It was the kind of night when secrets refused to stay buried.
He had been waiting for her for what felt like an eternity.
The garden had been her mother’s pride, and now it was hers.
She had not expected to see him again, not after all these years.
She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.
The map was old, its edges frayed, but the path it showed was unmistakable.
The end.