CLOAK OF BLADES progress update

Starting the week at 62,000 words of CLOAK OF BLADES, which puts me on Chapter 13 of 20. Hoping to reach 85,000 words by Friday.

Let’s have a brief excerpt!

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“I didn’t recognize you in the hallway outside. But once I did…I realized that I had survived an encounter with the Worldburner.”

“I really wish they didn’t call me that,” I said.

“Imagine, for a moment, that you were running through the jungle,” she said, voice distant as she gazed at the street. “Then you found yourself face to face with a tiger. And there was nothing, absolutely nothing, you could to defend yourself. But the tiger turned and walked away. That’s what meeting you was like.”

“You know, I have a friend who likes to call me a tigress,” I said. “It’s really annoying.”

She arched a single eyebrow. “Do you always make jokes during serious conversations?”

-JM