Behind Closed Doors
Category: Thriller
The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.
The market was bustling with merchants, their voices a chorus of bargains and boasts.
A knock at the door changed everything.
She had not expected to see him again, not after all these years.
The garden had been her mother’s pride, and now it was hers.
The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.
There were stories told of this place, and none of them ended well.
Some doors, once opened, can never be closed again.
The end.