"The Man Who Came Home"

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George Tremayne leaves England for war carrying Catherine Brampton’s portrait and the promise of a future waiting for him at home. In Flanders, he finds an unlikely friend in Archibald Ackerman, a young soldier with quick wit, practical sense and more fear than he is willing to admit. What begins as ordinary camaraderie becomes something far darker when George is wounded and Archie is forced to choose between loyalty and survival. Years later, Archie returns to Altmire carrying George’s secret, Catherine’s likeness and a guilt he has learned to rearrange rather than confess. When he finally steps into Catherine’s path, she sees only a stranger. He already knows exactly who she is. A standalone historical prequel to The Veiled Past and a Shadow Casebook Short Story.