The Last Colony
Category: Sci-Fi
The market was bustling with merchants, their voices a chorus of bargains and boasts.
She had not expected to see him again, not after all these years.
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.
There were stories told of this place, and none of them ended well.
A cold wind swept across the plain, carrying with it the scent of distant rain.
The morning light filtered through the curtains, painting the room in soft gold.
The end.