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    Gatekeeper (A Dominions Prologue): Dominions, #0.2
    Gatekeeper (A Dominions Prologue): Dominions, #0.2
    Gatekeeper (A Dominions Prologue): Dominions, #0.2
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    Gatekeeper (A Dominions Prologue): Dominions, #0.2

    By TW Iain

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    There is a way to enter the Dome. The route is hidden, heavily guarded, and is not for those without inner strength and deep pockets.
    Karon is a gatekeeper, watching over the final stretch of this route. Most days, there is nothing to do. Most days, he doesn't see another soul once once he's in the tunnels.
    But some days are different. Sometimes, a walker comes to Karon's gate. Sometimes, they pass through into the Dome.
    And sometimes they come back.

    Gatekeeper is a short story prologue to the dark Dystopian series Dominions.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTW Iain
    Release dateSep 3, 2016
    ISBN9781536527421
    Gatekeeper (A Dominions Prologue): Dominions, #0.2

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      Gatekeeper (A Dominions Prologue) - TW Iain

      - I -

      Karon stood and stretched. He’d been sitting too long again. Easy to do, when nothing was happening. But it meant he was on his own, just how he liked it.

      He paced, from one door to the other, past his desk and chair. It didn’t take long. And he noticed that the walls looked grubby again.

      That, he reckoned, was down to the light. He gave the room a thorough clean, once every two weeks, as per his schedule, but the walls always looked off-white, like they were covered in dust.

      Which was ridiculous. There was no dust down here. Even if dust or dirt clung to his shoes, it fell on the long walk in. There were Eyes along the way, and Karon swore he felt air brush his face in certain places, reckoned they had a system set up to sterilise a person’s clothing.

      Because nothing should pass through the gate, should it? Those under the glass didn’t want contamination from the districts, and those outside wouldn’t want the sterile air of the Dome escaping.

      The ping was high-pitched. It didn’t last long, but it still made Karon jump, and he cursed under his breath. They’d hear that, of course. They said the Eyes and other sensors were to monitor those passing through, but they checked on him too, didn’t they? Had to make sure he did his work properly.

      He tapped the screen on the desk, pulled up the Eye feed that had sent the alert. He watched the figure moving along the corridor, reckoned they were more nervous than they appeared‌—‌they walked confidently, but their eyes constantly darted left and right.

      Karon pulled up the itinerary, checked the figure’s face against the image in the file.

      We have a match, he said. Who did you say you were? Karon tapped for the data-sheet. Tyam. False name, right? Not that it matters. Call yourself whatever you want, pal. Doubt I’ll see you after today.

      But he’d see this Tyam in the flesh soon enough. The man had passed the various checks, so he’d done everything right‌—‌there were no alerts.

      Karon tapped the left-hand button

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