Love in Warzone
In the photo, Claire smiled serenely, her eyes filled with starlight.
Sam took out the ring he always wore. He laid it carefully atop the mound.
"I will find you," he whispered. "Dead or alive."
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The skies above the war zone were always gray, like a bleak canvas soaked in smoke and ash.
Clad in heavy protective gear, face hidden behind a surgical mask and goggles, I knelt in the rubble, gently retrieving body after body.
Here, no one had names—only numbers.
"CE-17, male, approximately twenty-five. Shrapnel wound. Confirmed deceased."
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