The Empire
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MatureOngoing5h 52m
Last published Sun, May 14, 2023
Julian was six, living with Nina Greatman (his mother and a single mom) in a rough side of the country, when a war broke out and took Nina's life.
Before all that, Nina and Julian lived in poverty despite the fact that His mother earned good money from her work at a strip club. Julian doesn't know Nina's actual work at the strip club and that wasn't the only thing he didn't know about her.
His life turned 360 degrees when he was saved by a soldier after seeing his mom shot and watching her lifeless body falling down the water fall when they tried to escape.
"Mommmmmmmyyyyy!!!!!!" I scream as my mom's body goes limp and falls down the water fall. Before I can jump too, a soldier carries me and runs into the bushes. It is all my fault. We would've crossed to the other side if I wasn't scared to jump on the stepping stones and mommy would still be alive. I clean my tears.
That was the incident that changed his entire life. Follow Julian as he walks through the journey of the dangerous path this cruel world put him through.
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