Silent Witness
Category: Thriller
The market was bustling with merchants, their voices a chorus of bargains and boasts.
The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.
Some doors, once opened, can never be closed again.
She had learned long ago not to trust promises.
She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.
He had been waiting for her for what felt like an eternity.
It was the kind of night when secrets refused to stay buried.
The morning light filtered through the curtains, painting the room in soft gold.
The end.