The Mars Protocol
Category: Sci-Fi
The market was bustling with merchants, their voices a chorus of bargains and boasts.
A knock at the door changed everything.
She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.
He had been waiting for her for what felt like an eternity.
The sword was heavier than she expected, but she did not lower it.
The letter was still on the table, unopened, as it had been for three days.
The garden had been her mother’s pride, and now it was hers.
He stood at the edge of the cliff, looking down at the waves crashing below.
The end.