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The Conqueror’s Wife
Category: Historical
Some doors, once opened, can never be closed again.
The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.
She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.
The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.
The letter was still on the table, unopened, as it had been for three days.
She had not expected to see him again, not after all these years.
There were stories told of this place, and none of them ended well.
A cold wind swept across the plain, carrying with it the scent of distant rain.
The end.