Starship Horizon
Category: Sci-Fi
She had learned long ago not to trust promises.
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.
She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.
Some doors, once opened, can never be closed again.
The letter was still on the table, unopened, as it had been for three days.
The map was old, its edges frayed, but the path it showed was unmistakable.
He was the kind of man who kept his word, even when it cost him.
The end.