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Authors: Douglas Wayne
close to Chicago considering the size of the surrounding buildings.
“Where are we?” Sara asks, causing me to rush to her side in the back of the ride.
“Safe now,” I say.
She looks up at me with a smile before allowing me to help her out of the back.
“I don’t want to freak you out, but you haven’t been with us for a while now.”
She nods her head. “The last thing I remember is you cutting me free.”
“Good,” I say. “Because the demon who possessed you did horrible things.”
I see a tear form in the corner of her eye I wipe away before allowing any more to flow.
“It wasn’t your fault,” I say.
She looks up at me, struggling to smile.
“It wasn’t. You didn’t ask for him to take over.”
“But I wore the amulet even though you warned me not to.”
“Not the same.” I say, pacing a few steps. “You couldn’t have known what they had planned.”
I know deep down she may have gone anyways. Nal was in a position of wanting to help the survivors and needed someone with some firepower to help. With me laid up with a broken leg, she took up the mantle and hit the streets. She only did what any self respecting human being would have in her position.
I take that back.
Most of them would have run far and hard the other way.
That’s that makes her special.
I bend over and lift her chin with my finger. “We need to go back now,” I say. “Nal and the others are in danger and need my help.”
She nods her head before standing up. “Our help.”
I smile. “I’d prefer it that way, but I wasn’t going to volunteer you without asking.”
We both get in the car and I tear down the road. While I may no longer have my powers, I still have my life. And I’ll be damned if I’m going to give them that without a fight.
I look over at Sara when we cross through Springfield and smile. If today is the day I’m going to die, I couldn’t ask for better company.
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“Where are we?” Sara asks, causing me to rush to her side in the back of the ride.
“Safe now,” I say.
She looks up at me with a smile before allowing me to help her out of the back.
“I don’t want to freak you out, but you haven’t been with us for a while now.”
She nods her head. “The last thing I remember is you cutting me free.”
“Good,” I say. “Because the demon who possessed you did horrible things.”
I see a tear form in the corner of her eye I wipe away before allowing any more to flow.
“It wasn’t your fault,” I say.
She looks up at me, struggling to smile.
“It wasn’t. You didn’t ask for him to take over.”
“But I wore the amulet even though you warned me not to.”
“Not the same.” I say, pacing a few steps. “You couldn’t have known what they had planned.”
I know deep down she may have gone anyways. Nal was in a position of wanting to help the survivors and needed someone with some firepower to help. With me laid up with a broken leg, she took up the mantle and hit the streets. She only did what any self respecting human being would have in her position.
I take that back.
Most of them would have run far and hard the other way.
That’s that makes her special.
I bend over and lift her chin with my finger. “We need to go back now,” I say. “Nal and the others are in danger and need my help.”
She nods her head before standing up. “Our help.”
I smile. “I’d prefer it that way, but I wasn’t going to volunteer you without asking.”
We both get in the car and I tear down the road. While I may no longer have my powers, I still have my life. And I’ll be damned if I’m going to give them that without a fight.
I look over at Sara when we cross through Springfield and smile. If today is the day I’m going to die, I couldn’t ask for better company.
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Thank you for reading my book.
You’ve already rocketed to the top of my Favorite People In The World List , currently populated by Brandon Sanderson, George R.R. Martin, the late Robert Jordan, J.A. Konrath, and Robert Kirkman amongst others.
But there’s one more thing we depreciate if you have a few minutes…
If you enjoyed this story, or even if you kind of liked it, please LEAVE A REVIEW TODAY .
WHY REVIEWS MATTER
I hate begging you like an NPR pledge drive, but I’m a new writer, still making my name. In today’s publishing world, with so many great writers out there trying to get noticed, reviews are one of the primary ways writers free themselves from obscurity.
I would write no matter what, even if my wife and kids were my only readers.
I’m a writer. I have stories to tell, and want to tell them to you forever.
My books are what I do when I get up to go to work each day. The better my books do, the better I do. The more I can write, the more ambitious I can be.
Will You Be a Part of My 1%?
About 1% of people who read a book review it.
Some people don’t like reading reviews.
Some people don’t realize how much a matters to a modern author.
Some people have never left review and have no idea what to say.
Some people never even consider it.
Most people don’t have time.
If you can’t leave a review for whatever reason, or even if you don’t want to, I totally understand. I am thrilled you’re reading, and appreciate the time you spend my worlds.
But if you do, please know that you’re part of the 1% who really drive me to get noticed.
The biggest challenge for indie authors is finding an audience.
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