Forever and Always
Category: Romance
The sword was heavier than she expected, but she did not lower it.
She had not expected to see him again, not after all these years.
She had learned long ago not to trust promises.
The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.
The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.
He was the kind of man who kept his word, even when it cost him.
It was the kind of night when secrets refused to stay buried.
The garden had been her mother’s pride, and now it was hers.
The end.