The Last Colony

Category: Sci-Fi

He was the kind of man who kept his word, even when it cost him.

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

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

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.

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

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

A knock at the door changed everything.

The end.

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