The Last Colony
Category: Sci-Fi
A knock at the door changed everything.
The train pulled out of the station with a long, mournful whistle.
The letter was still on the table, unopened, as it had been for three days.
A cold wind swept across the plain, carrying with it the scent of distant rain.
The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.
He had been waiting for her for what felt like an eternity.
It was the kind of night when secrets refused to stay buried.
Some doors, once opened, can never be closed again.
The end.