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    Making Monsters
    Making Monsters
    Making Monsters
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    Making Monsters

    By Nikki McCormack

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    A dark fantasy short story by Nikki McCormack

     

    Shai has no future to look forward to. Her parents are gone. Her brother cares for her, but not enough to stand up to the leader of their little band. Not when it comes to keeping the older boy's hands off Shai and not now when he plans to involve them all in a dangerous heist.

     

    When the heist goes terribly wrong, Shai will pay the price. Only this time, what promised to be a tragic end offers a chance at revenge, but only if she's willing to abandon her humanity.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNikki McCormack
    Release dateFeb 5, 2015
    ISBN9781386706120
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      Making Monsters - Nikki McCormack

      Making Monsters

      JUMP!

      No! Shai’s voice cracked mid-scream. Raw as her throat was from crying and screaming, she was surprised it worked at all.

      The three boys stood on the opposite side of the narrow canyon, yelling at her to jump, their fear turning to anger and impatience.

      Didn’t they understand? No matter what danger raced up behind her, when she looked down that chasm, its bottom lost in lethal blackness, her limbs turned to lead. They had made it across with no more than a few scrapes and bruises from the rough landing. It would be easier for her to turn and hand herself over to whatever fate Lord Ithar devised for her than take even one step closer to the edge.

      No. Her voice was weak now, her cheeks burning with shame. Hot tears streamed down them.

      Kurth, his dark hair turned pale with dust, narrowed his eyes at her, the need for haste pushing him to rage. Die here, then. Stupid wench!

      They ran away from the chasm. Away from her. She sank to her knees. Don’t leave me. Please don’t.

      Shai closed her eyes. A fist of pain clenched down on her throat and aching desolation spread through her chest. They couldn’t abandon her. Opening her eyes again, she saw tear-blurred figures sprinting away.

      No! She shrieked a last desperate plea.

      Her brother stumbled and fell. He looked back and she could see tears running down his cheeks too before Kurth

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