Tangled Hearts
Category: Romance
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.
She had learned long ago not to trust promises.
A cold wind swept across the plain, carrying with it the scent of distant rain.
The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.
Some doors, once opened, can never be closed again.
It was the kind of night when secrets refused to stay buried.
A knock at the door changed everything.
The end.