A Quiet Place to Die
Category: Thriller
The market was bustling with merchants, their voices a chorus of bargains and boasts.
It was the kind of night when secrets refused to stay buried.
He was the kind of man who kept his word, even when it cost him.
The letter was still on the table, unopened, as it had been for three days.
The garden had been her mother’s pride, and now it was hers.
A knock at the door changed everything.
Some doors, once opened, can never be closed again.
She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.
The end.