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The Last Colony
Category: Sci-Fi
A knock at the door changed everything.
There were stories told of this place, and none of them ended well.
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 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.
Some doors, once opened, can never be closed again.
It was the kind of night when secrets refused to stay buried.
The end.