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Crown of Thorns
Category: Historical
She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.
A knock at the door changed everything.
He stood at the edge of the cliff, looking down at the waves crashing below.
She had not expected to see him again, not after all these years.
The letter was still on the table, unopened, as it had been for three days.
The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.
Some doors, once opened, can never be closed again.
The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.
The end.