The Last Crusade

Category: Historical

The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.

He was the kind of man who kept his word, even when it cost him.

She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.

Some doors, once opened, can never be closed again.

The market was bustling with merchants, their voices a chorus of bargains and boasts.

The letter was still on the table, unopened, as it had been for three days.

The morning light filtered through the curtains, painting the room in soft gold.

The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.

The end.

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