Okay so I've been wanting to post a story like this for awhile now, so this will be fun for me! It's way different from what I'd normally write, but hey. Why not? I hope you like this prologue and let me know what you think :-)
“I’m going to be gone for a little while, ok Nathan?”
I nodded my small head, squaring my shoulders to make me look tough. “And you’ve gotta be a good boy for mama. Help out ‘round the house and with your sister and brother,” he paused, giving a pained look back to where mama was sitting with Aurelia and Isaac on our porch.
“You’re brave, son. I’ll be back soon. I promise.” Giving my shoulder one last squeeze with his strong hands, he hopped into what mama told me was a car. There were plenty of other men in there too.
I didn’t cry like everyone else.
Papa told me to be strong, and that’s exactly what I was going to be.
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Over 18
Science FictionIn less than a month, I would be as good as dead. Nathan McCallum is almost 18, which means he will be off to war. Nobody really knows what the war is about, just that for us to have a chance; every man over 18 must go to war. With no men in town...
