#girlie absolutely cannonballs into the Situation

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it's friday... where are the new chapters of Burden of the Reluctant Death?

since we wrapped act 1 last week, i decided to pause for this week and get ahead on editing/get set up for my november writing challenge so. no new chapters today

BUT! chapters 10 and 11 will be out next friday! in the meantime, here's a snippet from chapter 10 (Rosalie POV):

"Twenty three steady heartbeats, not including your own." He tilts his head. "Ms. Miller has a murmur, though. Might want to get that checked out." My pulse is anything but steady, but if he notices, he's kind enough not to mention it. "Then why are you here?" "For you," he says like I asked if a snake has knees. In a dizzying exhale, I realize that I'm alone (Jeremy is probably upstairs, but how quickly could he make it to the lobby if I screamed?) with a strange man (a man that claims to be a supernatural entity, so double strange and half man). Reading my expression, or more likely the increase in my heartrate given the previously offered information, he shows me his palms. "Not like that." He flinches. "Or like that." He's been forthcoming enough, so I wait. "It must get lonely," he explains, gesturing to the room, the linoleum floors and plastic plants, "being here all night by yourself." "I manage," I say, and it's true. I manage, badly. This, apparently, is the wrong thing to say. His throat jerks as he swallows hard. "I'm only offering company." He lowers his hands but keeps his distance. "If you want me gone, I'll go." "Company," I repeat, incredulous. He nods, casting a glance over his shoulder and then back at me. "The grim reaper wants to keep me company." Fitting, if nothing else. "A grim— " He shakes his head. "Yes."

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