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    This Hollow Body
    This Hollow Body
    This Hollow Body
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    This Hollow Body

    By Dave Riley

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    On the eve before battle a young werewolf, Rowena, dreads the change of her shape. When Malak arrives, the two grasp for whatever small comfort they can find.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDave Riley
    Release dateFeb 20, 2016
    ISBN9781311704436
    This Hollow Body
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      This Hollow Body - Dave Riley

      This Hollow Body

      Table of Contents

      SUMMER

      Thanks & Acknowledgements

      SUMMER

      The brand is a focus.

      On nights like these, when sleep refuses to come, Rowena whiles away her insomnia staring at the silver sigil inlaid into her upper right arm—the brand, the old way mark—which blares her curse to the world.

      The air is heavy with the smell of gunpowder and sweat. Work burns through the night, and the sounds of metal and human effort ringing through the thick canvas of her tent would’ve kept Rowena awake even if the tension of the oncoming battle did not.

      She shifts aimlessly. Her bedroll is thin and beaten, providing hardly any barrier between her body and the pebble-strewn ground beneath. Sleep won’t find her, and let the noisy camp or the discomfort of a tired body atop hard ground be the reason for it. Either’s a good enough excuse to pass muster.

      Concentrate on the brand. Spend enough time tracing the angular, runic patterns with her eyes and, eventually, she’ll lose herself in them. Eventually, her concentration will buy space where she can forget.

      Rowena fans her tank top against her chest, a meager breeze hardly worth the effort. Dawn is still hours off, but sweat rises from her skin almost as fast as she can wipe it away. A bestial thought comes to mind and her skin ripples with the promise of tomorrow’s battle, and her imminent change. She digs her fingers under the waist of her trousers, providing precious clearance for the skin beneath to breathe. The heat in this place is even worse, once sun climbs sky. You’d think the discomfort of thick fur in dank summer would ward against allowing the change to take hold.

      But with the change comes a luxuriating speed. Find an open field and, once you’re up to motion, the wind

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