Distant Star (A Short Story)
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Lady Aimee Montgomery, an curious English noblewoman with a thirst for history, stumbled upon her great-grandmother Amelie's aged diary. Within its delicate pages, she discovered a tale of star-crossed and heart-wrenching love affair between Amelie and a French soldier, lost amidst the shadows of the Great War.
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