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The Inheritance
Category: Thriller
The morning light filtered through the curtains, painting the room in soft gold.
She had not expected to see him again, not after all these years.
The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.
He was the kind of man who kept his word, even when it cost him.
She had learned long ago not to trust promises.
The market was bustling with merchants, their voices a chorus of bargains and boasts.
The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.
He stood at the edge of the cliff, looking down at the waves crashing below.
The end.