Family Secrets
Military & Action · fiction

Put the Pen Down

“Put that pen down.” Every conversation inside the Jefferson Hotel ballroom seemed to die at once. Forks stopped halfway to mouths. Champagne glasses hovered above white linen. Somewhere near the dance floor, the string quartet had just finished a song, leaving behind a silence so complete that I could hear the soft click of my own military...

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Genre
Military & Action
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
6
Fiction status
fiction
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Family Secrets

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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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