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Behind Closed Doors
Category: Thriller
She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.
A cold wind swept across the plain, carrying with it the scent of distant rain.
The market was bustling with merchants, their voices a chorus of bargains and boasts.
The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.
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.
He was the kind of man who kept his word, even when it cost him.
The end.