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The Conqueror’s Wife
Category: Historical
The market was bustling with merchants, their voices a chorus of bargains and boasts.
The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.
She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.
Some doors, once opened, can never be closed again.
He was the kind of man who kept his word, even when it cost him.
A knock at the door changed everything.
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 end.