Military Homecomings
Adventure · fiction

The Tattoo He Had Not Earned

The old man moved faster than an eighty-one-year-old had any right to move. One second my fist was twisted into the collar of his faded denim jacket. The next, two fingers touched the inside of my wrist. There was no dramatic punch. No twisting throw. No old-man miracle that belonged in an action movie. Just pressure. Sharp,...

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Genre
Adventure
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
6
Fiction status
fiction
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Military Homecomings

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  1. 01Chapter 1
  2. 02Chapter 2
  3. 03Chapter 3
  4. 04Chapter 4
  5. 05Chapter 5
  6. 06Chapter 6

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