Empire’s Fall

Category: Historical

A knock at the door changed everything.

The garden had been her mother’s pride, and now it was hers.

She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.

There were stories told of this place, and none of them ended well.

It was the kind of night when secrets refused to stay buried.

He was the kind of man who kept his word, even when it cost him.

She had not expected to see him again, not after all these years.

The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.

The end.

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