Starship Horizon
Category: Sci-Fi
The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.
She had learned long ago not to trust promises.
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.
He stood at the edge of the cliff, looking down at the waves crashing below.
There were stories told of this place, and none of them ended well.
The garden had been her mother’s pride, and now it was hers.
She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.
The end.