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Beyond Pluto
Category: Sci-Fi
The sword was heavier than she expected, but she did not lower it.
The letter was still on the table, unopened, as it had been for three days.
She had learned long ago not to trust promises.
She had not expected to see him again, not after all these years.
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.
The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.
A knock at the door changed everything.
The end.