KISS ME AFTER THE WAR

en dead to the wor

s marked presumed fallen. But those who had known him truly known him ha

, he wa

folded tight. His coat was dusty from travel. A lo

u out of hidi

ink. "I came

elieve him.

ere Ruth and Ivy stood, silent. Tensio

ion, he said. An

's? Ruth asked,

locking eyes wi

lenched, ju

one leaked classified records. So

re. Or someone w

He could feel the shift above him hear the c

hadn't c

as dan

bsence br

t... was

fell

ugh her uniform. Below, the fires from the explosion had

Ivy approach u

ark's the o

ying a game, Emily rep

once. Then

the ruined horizon. "I'm

was si

who's broken, Emily. But you're the only

age slipped through the

d it with slow,

s, written in

emem

smi

burne