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Sojourner, VoT Book 8, Unedited Manuscript

Today is stub day for book eight of Victor of Tucson. That means, since I took all the chapters down, I'm providing this PDF for any of my Patrons who are still reading it. This will go away when it launches on Kindle on 7/6.

Victor 11.13 - Color Theory

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13 – Color Theory

Victor looked at his mantle framework and frowned, frustrated to see it looking more and more like the same kind of mess his skein represented. He’d attached more than a hundred threads to the framework, spending hours and hours...

AA 1.36 - Plateau

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36 – Plateau

The climb down from the plateau drove home just how high it was. The stony path was steep and wound through several switchbacks before taking Andy and Lucy to the base. At the bottom, looking up at the steep path with no sign of guardrails, Andy couldn’t help thinking how easy it would be to defend. “We could put traps on that path. We could fire arrows dow...

Vainglory 3.42 - Allies

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42 – Allies

Marie looked at the artifact in Ward’s hand, her eyes narrowed, her lips pressed together. Slowly shaking her head, she said, “I don’t understand. If the artifact is here, how is it also in the hands of Veylan and the other members of the Umbrage?”

Ward sighed. “I told you—this is the artifact. The other is an echo. I guess you can’t go aroun...

Victor 11.12 - Something to Fight For

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12 – Something to Fight For

Victor spent the rest of the day and deep into the night working with the threads in his skein, tying them to his mantle in various combinations, and pulling the Threadlock to see what he’d accomplished. The answer, over and over, was another “basic” mantle. He hadn’t intended to become so engrossed. He ...

Vainglory 3.41 - Misconceptions

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41 – Misconceptions

Ward had learned a lot about sword fighting in his time since leaving Earth. He’d already known a lot about fighting, and his experience in real, life-or-death situations was certainly weighing in his favor. Nevertheless, he was no match for the two supernaturally fast, strong, highly skilled swordsmen with ...

Victor 11.11 - A Tangled Web

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11 – A Tangled Web

That dreary afternoon, in the courtyard of Gloomhallow Keep, Victor had his first 188 citizens of Dark Ember swear fealty to him and collect their first allotment of Energy beads. When he’d paid the last person in line, a woman with a bruised face and fierce eyes, he waited for her to fall into ...

AA 1.35 - Fair Enough

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35 – Fair Enough

Andy couldn’t see what was giving Tucker the perspective to prove that the trailer park—and the land around it—had risen to proper plateau heights, so he hurried past the other residents clustered around the gate, pushing through and jogging toward the rapidly fading dust cloud. He could hear people following him, and when he reache...

Neon Dust 2.34 - Easy Payday

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34 – Easy Payday

As the van navigated the enormous parking structure adjacent to the NGT tower, Tony looked over at Addie to see her eyes unfocused and her lips moving ever so slightly. “How’s JJ doing? He like his new digs?”

Addie blinked a few times, then looked at him, beaming. “He loves it. He keeps going on abo...

Neon Dust 2.33 - Babysitting

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33 – Babysitting

As they walked up to Torque’s “office” door, the muscle on duty—the guy with the gun for an arm—held out his fist for Tony to bump and rumbled, “Nice one.”

“Don’t feed his ego!” Addie said, but she smiled, inwardly a little proud to be associated with someone who could earn the muscle’s respect. She had no idea why—what...

Victor 11.10 - Under New Management

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10 – Under New Management

As the human former-thralls of the Pale Warden and his minions scurried to obey Victor, releasing the prisoners from the cages and delving into the deep, dank dungeons of Gloomhallow Keep to release more of them, Victor summoned his wings and exploded into flight, streaking through t...

AA 1.34 - Nature's Bulwark

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34 – Nature’s Bulwark

Andy stood behind Lucy, listening as she answered Eduardo’s questions. He had a thick notebook open before him, and it was clear he’d already filled up quite a few pages. “What’s your class again, Lucy?”

“Hunter, and I’m level six.”

“Any special talents?”

“I have skills with the bow, but I already...

Vainglory 3.40 - Element of Surprise

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40 – Element of Surprise

Ward tied his horse to a thick cluster of dark green branches in the hedgerow, then he pushed himself through, ducking his head to keep the rough, spiny leaves from scratching his face. When he was thoroughly embedded and could peer through a gap in the outside branches, he shifted his position until he got a view of the gates in the stone wall that surrounde...

Victor 11.9 - Pale Warden

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9 – Pale Warden

Victor looked down the slope toward the squat, dark-gray keep. It sat in the middle of a field between two hills, and the road leading north passed right outside its walls. The field was more mud than grass, and it was dotted with gibbets and stakes displaying human corpses in varying states of decay. Victor had left the road a while back and gone through the woods...

AA 1.33 - Scouting Report

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33 – Scouting Report

When Andy and Lucy reached the dog park, the cool breeze had picked up, and occasional, fat droplets of rain were carried on the much stiffer wind. The eastern sky was dark, making it clear another storm was blowing in. Most of the residents were there, waiting for him, he supposed—ev...

Vainglory 3.39 - Subterfuge

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39 – Subterfuge

Ward leaned forward in the saddle, urging his captured mount to hurry, nudging his heels and switching the reins. “Yah! Good boy! Come on!” He could see his quarry, and he was gaining on him. Ward wasn’t an expert rider by any stretch, and he certainly wasn’t a light load, so he had to assume he’d simply gotten a better horse from the...

Victor 11.8 - Chances

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8 – Chances

Victor walked behind the vampiric Bloodcloaks mounted on their fierce stallions as they led him out of town. The villagers looked away as they passed, eyes cast down. Victor hated how defeated everyone was and quietly revised his earlier plan to take his time about conquering the valley and the vampire lord that ruled over it. He�...

Neon Dust 2.32 - Call-out

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32 – Call-out

“Huh,” Tony said, leaning back in his seat as he contemplated Addie’s story. He knew Beef had a soft spot for her, but apparently, she wasn’t the only one. Who would have guessed?

“Huh? That’s what you’ve got to say?”

Tony looked at her, recognizi...

Neon Dust 2.31 - Complications

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31 – Complications

Addie stepped out of the shower and, after drying off, took a minute to wipe the steam from the oval, LED-backed mirror. Her dad had installed it—one of the many little finishing touches he’d made to the apartment they’d built inside the warehouse while she and Tony were off doing other things. The ceiling wasn’t finished; a square hole ...

Victor 11.7 - Blood Supremacy

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7 – Blood Supremacy

“A thief?” Bonnie asked, looking at Victor sideways, a new kind of suspicion lurking behind her eyes.

Victor held up his hands, chuckling. “I just got here, and I’ve no need to steal.” He shifted his attention to Bonnie’s mother. “How far away do you think the, uh, Bloodcloaks are?”

“Well, Lissa was here an hour ago, and ...

Vainglory 3.38 - On the Road

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38 – On the Road

Ward’s taxi or, rather, “coach,” as the locals called it, was comfortable, and the driver said it would take nearly three hours to reach his destination...