Shoelaces: Soldier
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Last published Mon, Jul 17, 2017
"If there's one thing I've told myself over my entire life, after everything I've seen, done, and been through, it has been this: Cut yourself open. Rip yourself apart. Bleed. Pour yourself out so that there's nothing left. Because when you're torn to hell and bled out all on your own, no one can make you bleed again... not even yourself."
Riley Nelson is about to turn 20 years old, and is in his prime... living in a psychiatric ward, dying from some mystery brain disease that makes him super-human, and even just receiving a death threat from a serial killer. He constantly fights the PTSD stemming from a dark past of living on the streets, and embraces the thrill of one simple fact; he could die any day now. William Morgan, a retired soldier, is hired to protect him by his doctor, but Riley can obviously protect himself. (Obviously.) He decides to be a hero and solve the murder before his illness takes his life, utilizing the resources his new bodyguard opens up to him.
(Hi! :) I'm Al Mae and this is a book I'm hoping to publish soon. I'm not sure if anyone is interested in it, and figured I'd put a few chapters out there. I'd love some constructive criticism and hope you enjoy!)
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