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The Andromeda Strain
Category: Sci-Fi
The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.
He had been waiting for her for what felt like an eternity.
It was the kind of night when secrets refused to stay buried.
The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.
The garden had been her mother’s pride, and now it was hers.
A cold wind swept across the plain, carrying with it the scent of distant rain.
The letter was still on the table, unopened, as it had been for three days.
She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.
The end.