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The Conqueror’s Wife
Category: Historical
The letter was still on the table, unopened, as it had been for three days.
The sword was heavier than she expected, but she did not lower it.
Some doors, once opened, can never be closed again.
A knock at the door changed everything.
She had not expected to see him again, not after all these years.
He was the kind of man who kept his word, even when it cost him.
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 end.