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The sixty-seventh free, unedited chapter of my upcoming book, “The Heist at Cordia Aquarium” is now available on its website (or click here to read from the beginning).
It's dark. Cramped and humid and hot. Thea tightens her arms around her knees; each breath comes rough. Haggard. Harsh against her throat, dry and raw as it is.
It's my fault. I could have said something; I could have stayed out of this and let them find someone better. Then Ivan could become a wrestler; Waylon could help whoever it was that needs him. But no, I'm selfish. I took everything from them.
Her thoughts bounce around inside her head, repeating — never-ending. Those that she escapes just add to the weight of the air around her. Floating at the edge of her perception, like specters waiting for another turn to haunt her.
She presses her head into her knees and she wretches. A dry, tearless sound — just as it's been for a while now. How long am I going to sit here, useless?
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#heroku deleted my websites database so I'm a day late#did they send me an email that they were going to delete the free tier of databases? maybe#did I read it? most certainly not#and am I going to claim responsibility? I'll leave the answer to that open ended#anyway book tags#queer author#queer novel#queer lit#asexual protagonist#tw: anxiety#tw: negative thoughts#cat that thinks they're the protagonist
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