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HAT THE HELL do you mean, you enlisted?” I couldn’t catch my breath. It felt like the ground had just been pulled out from under me. My best friend, the person I had grown up next to my entire life, just informed me that he had enlisted in the Marine Corps. This couldn’t be happening. “Emmy, baby, it’s okay,” Luke told me in a consolatory tone. “It’s just the Marines. It’s not the end of the world.” I didn’t understand how he could be so casual when I was completely petrified. “Are you out of your freaking mind?” I screeched. “We’re in the middle of a war, Lucas! You just signed up to go over to a war-ravaged county and potentially lose your life in the process. Please explain to me how that isn’t the end of the world?” If anything were to ever happen to Luke, it would be the end of my world. I had no doubt about that. The pain in my chest was so acute, it was as if someone had reached inside and was squeezing my heart. Luke grabbed my shoulders and pulled me into his chest. Wrapping my arms around his waist, I inhaled his familiar scent and let it calm my frayed nerves. Luke had always done that for me. He’d always been my peaceful place when things got too rough. I couldn’t

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Author

Jessica Prince

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4.13 / 5 (389 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14