A Stolen Fate
I lean against the railing, looking out at the dark, silent forest that surrounds the packhouse.
And in the quiet of the night, I finally let the tears fall. They are not loud, racking sobs like the ones I shed when I first arrived here, broken and lost. They are silent tears that slide down my cheeks, a quiet farewell to a life that was never truly mine, and to a man I must learn to forget.