Luke stood in the shaky haze of violet and pink that always came with a transition from Ellengale to Shadeland. It was blurry, and anything further than ten feet from him was a mess of shapes and colour, but that didn’t matter. What his eyes focused on was the body at his feet.
A man no older than himself, with wide brown eyes and throat slashed, it stared at Luke with growing questions. Luke shivered in the cold of the Shade, finally able to rip his eyes from the body to peer around him. He was completely alone.
His own clothes were coated in blood but he couldn’t remember where it had come from. A frail hand touched his shirt, and came away wet with red. He tried to focus on feeling pain, but he felt fine; no injuries.
He looked back at the man at his feet when he suddenly felt the weight of a dagger in his hand. He dropped it, letting it clink against the concrete at his feet as he stumbled backwards and fell to the ground.
It had always been hard for him to remember what happened during the first few minutes of his transitions, but his memories weren’t coming back anymore. He waited, heart beating hard against his ribs as he tried to crawl backwards. Head swimming, he squeezed his eyes shut to block out the blood and haze of the Shade.
What had he done?
In other news, I've set up a preorder for With Cross & Charm, with the scheduled release date at the end of January 2014. You can download a sample from Smashwords (and soon other retailers), or check it out on Wattpad.
In other news, I've set up a preorder for With Cross & Charm, with the scheduled release date at the end of January 2014. You can download a sample from Smashwords (and soon other retailers), or check it out on Wattpad.
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