The cabbies skinless hands gripped the wheel. Bones, tendons and muscles leaving a trail of fluid on the wheel as it spun to pull the cab out. The driver looked backwards casually. “Rough day at work?”
We're making a comeback. Only 15 more readers (not orders) and we'll be in 10th place out of 274 contestants! That's incredible. Let's keep this steady pace going and we'll make up the difference in less than a week. Top Fivers, I'm coming for ya, so don't get too comfortable.
The sun is about to rise and its Thursday, so before I get to sleep I'll do as I said I would try and post up another excerpt. This one is most of the first half of Chapter 10, with the rest to follow on Tuesday. I'm still trying to decide what to post up after that, and will most likely post up a bit of the more exposition heavy Chapter 1 so you can all find out a bit about Pentaz' homeland and father, as well as his loud-mouthed brother Palkaz. If anyone is curious about any other aspect of the story, then let me know and I'll either answer directly or find a part of the book to do it for me.