A yawn fought its way from Jarek’s mouth as his body’s demand for sleep returned in force. “What else could they do? Look at this planet.”
“It could always be worse,” Pryce said. “But forget about that for now. You need to sleep.”
“Hear, hear,” Al said.
Jarek didn’t argue.
Pryce was removing Jarek’s prop pillows and helping him lay back down on the couch when his foot bumped the sword leaning against the armchair next to Fela—the blade Jarek had used to relieve Conner of his head.
The sheathed sword fell to the thick white rug with a small thump.
“Guess you can have your sword back, old man,” Jarek said softly, sleep already tugging at his eyelids.
“Keep it, son,” Pryce said, his voice sounding muffled and distant as the darkness began to embrace Jarek. “I have a feeling you’re gonna be needing it a lot more than me.”
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About the Author (Me)
Hello, hello!
Looks like you’ve made it to the end of the book. Nice.
Right?
God, I hope so (but seriously, thank you for reading).
Anyways! Hi. Again. I’m Luke. I guess this is the part where I’d normally tell you I write stories, but if that’s not clear by now, there’s probably been a critical error somewhere. Hopefully it wasn’t in my writing (I tried so very, very hard), but if so, I promise I’ll do better next time.
Which kind of brings me to the point (or at least a point): I’m pretty new at this.
I’m just another dude who sat down in front of his monitor one night and, for whatever cosmic reason, said, “Nay, Diablo 3, I shan’t be playing thee this night. FOR TONIGHT, I WRITE!”
Which brings me to three additional points:
Point 1: Apparently I talk to myself. Apparently in crummy Shakespearean English. I’m not sure exactly where that gets us, so let’s move on to…
Point 2: I am SUPER excited and grateful that you’ve decided to take the time to experience my work. Thank you so much. It really means a lot to me. On that note, if you’d like to share what you thought about the book, I’d love to hear from you! Please feel free to shoot me an email ([email protected]) or, even better, leave this novella a review on Amazon or Goodreads (or wherever else you’d prefer). I want to make sure every book I write is better than the last, and one of the most important aspects of that process is hearing your feedback, so thank you in advance if you decide to share your experience with me. Now, I think there was a…
Point 3: There was definitely something important I needed to say… Oh! Right! Okay, I know I’ve already shoved two calls to join my reading group down your throat, but one more time: if you enjoyed my work, if you want more stories (along with more freebies and special deals), if you like piña coladas (and getting caught in the rain), make sure you sign up for my reading group.
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Okay, that was the last time (I swear).
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Until next time,
-Luke R. Mitchell
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