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Winter Rain, part 48

Filed in Winter Rain, Sep 26, 2008, 16:07

“This is a nice car!” she says, from the back seat, as I drop into the front.  She looks around with a big smile, and buckles her seat belt. Brennan glowers at me—a very clear, “Why the hell did you agree to bring her along?”  Part of me wants to explain, to get him onside . . . but that’s [...]

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Winter Rain, part 47

Filed in Winter Rain, Sep 23, 2008, 23:48

Chapter 5 I hear footsteps approaching the door and I scootch me and Morey out of the way just as it swings open.  Dugan steps inside and takes in the room.  Cold, autumn air sweeps in past him, causing the fire to flap, then blaze.  Orlaith plunks down on the hearth, her back close to the [...]

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Winter Rain, part 46

Filed in Winter Rain, Sep 21, 2008, 15:20

“Thank you,” I say, though it hardly seems adequate for the pain she’s saved me.  “I don’t think I could have fixed it without—” She waves me silent with her hand again.  “Think nothing of it, youngun.  We keep the old ways here, and Dugan has deemed you welcome.” A high-pitched yip interrupts me as I open [...]

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I suck

Hi all,

As I continue to be stuck on WR46, I’ve released Chance Encounter, part 6.  Sorry about the missing updates.

Chris.

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Winter Rain, part 45

Filed in Winter Rain, Sep 10, 2008, 19:05

I stumble into the house, my arm burning like it’s on fire.  The muscles want to tighten, to lock down into protection against the pain, but I refuse to let them. They are idiots. “Okay, okay, okay,” I breathe sharply as a wave crashes over me.  “Definitely stupid!  Definitely stupid.  Definitely stupid.” I pull in a deep breath, [...]

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Winter Rain, part 44

Filed in Winter Rain, Sep 5, 2008, 03:39

I steel myself against what I know will come, and change. The just re-injured tissues in my right foreleg-arm-elbow don’t respond to my wishes.  They twist and shear, stretch and grate, across bone, across ligaments, against tendons.  White lightning that doesn’t flash, that grows only brighter, louder, angrier.  I clamp my jaw shut to keep from [...]

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Winter Rain, part 43

Filed in Winter Rain, Sep 2, 2008, 10:00

I whimper a greeting and drop tail, but it does little good.  They stalk in towards us from all sides, growling to shake the Earth.  I back away, but already the gap we came through is no escape—there are fangs and claws within striking distance on either side.  I bump up against Brennan’s flank.  His [...]