Behind Closed Doors

Category: Thriller

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

It was the kind of night when secrets refused to stay buried.

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

A knock at the door changed everything.

She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.

She had learned long ago not to trust promises.

A cold wind swept across the plain, carrying with it the scent of distant rain.

The map was old, its edges frayed, but the path it showed was unmistakable.

The end.

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