Quantum Drift
Category: Sci-Fi
She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.
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.
The sword was heavier than she expected, but she did not lower it.
He was the kind of man who kept his word, even when it cost him.
A knock at the door changed everything.
He stood at the edge of the cliff, looking down at the waves crashing below.
The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.
The end.