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Empire’s Fall
Category: Historical
He had been waiting for her for what felt like an eternity.
A knock at the door changed everything.
She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.
The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.
The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.
It was the kind of night when secrets refused to stay buried.
The letter was still on the table, unopened, as it had been for three days.
The train pulled out of the station with a long, mournful whistle.
The end.