Saturday, March 30, 2013
General updates
Been working on some side projects that I can't post here. Latest Anika chapter has been posted, months overdue. I'm actually about halfway done with the next one. I've gone ahead and added an index to each chapter for easier, continuous reading.
Friday, March 29, 2013
Anika - Chapter Seven
Index:
Chapter Seven
To Deal with Devils
There’s a certain truth,
Behind the lie,
Of what I’m said to be
It’s an ugly core,
Masked by façade,
Concealed from even me
If it’s flesh and blood,
And tender skin,
Composing who I am…
Let not scale and bone,
But what’s beneath,
Stay every gentle hand
I’ll never forget your
kindness
1673 A.D.
Valenik,
Russia – Spring
THE TASTE WAS invigorating—iron
and salt, hot against her tongue despite the chill that struck her cheeks. The
initial bite had sent a full-body shudder down her spine, and even now, as she
drank, she felt a twitch in her shoulders, in her toes. Satiation flooded every
nerve, every synapse, as instantaneous in its delivery as an intravenous drug.
Behind her, a scream caught her ears.
Blinking, Anna felt her hands falling away from her mouth. Felt the crushed
bundle of blood, flesh, and feathers leave her fingers and crumple to the
ground. Still. Unmoving.
He little girl’s eyes opened wide.
Red-soaked fingers began to tremble. She drew her sleeve across her lips and
felt a smear.
Her stomach clenched.
Revulsion.
The scream was joined by shouting.
Anger. Fear. Voices were sounding off all around her, a cacophony of outrage
and disbelief.
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