The Eternal Flame
Category: Fantasy
She had not expected to see him again, not after all these years.
He had been waiting for her for what felt like an eternity.
The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.
She smiled, but it did not reach her eyes.
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.
He was the kind of man who kept his word, even when it cost him.
Some doors, once opened, can never be closed again.
The end.