Echoes of Tomorrow

Category: Sci-Fi

The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.

The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.

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

He was the kind of man who kept his word, even when it cost him.

She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.

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

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

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

The end.

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