Void Walker

Category: Sci-Fi

He had been waiting for her for what felt like an eternity.

The garden had been her mother’s pride, and now it was hers.

The letter was still on the table, unopened, as it had been for three days.

The market was bustling with merchants, their voices a chorus of bargains and boasts.

There were stories told of this place, and none of them ended well.

The map was old, its edges frayed, but the path it showed was unmistakable.

The fire had burned down to embers, but neither of them moved to stoke it.

The stars that night seemed closer than they had any right to be.

The end.

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