Service and Homecoming
Military & Action · fiction

The Quiet Ceremonies at Home

My name is Sophia Stone, and the morning everything changed started with a cold wind coming off the Severn River. The air smelled faintly of salt, wet stone, and polished brass. Beyond the security checkpoint, rows of white chairs stretched across the ceremonial courtyard. Navy officers moved between them in crisp uniforms while families...

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Military & Action
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
6
Fiction status
fiction
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Service and Homecoming

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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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