Saturday Metrics – Last Rites

[vg_ford]

starting count: 33608
ending count: 34846
new words: + 1238

starting line:
“Mostly because when he vanished, there were rumors that he’d been taken by an unknown Lord, and no one knew what side of the Walls he was on.”

ending line:
“Should we knock him out again?” The voice rumbled from above him, echoing in his head.

darling:
“Not necessarily,” he said. “Not everyone agreed with the Council and Parliament that the cross-Wall half-breeds were dangerous.” When she continued to stare at him, he shook his head. “Later. I’m not going into Lord politics now. But think, Nikki – when has anything in this been black and white? There were atrocities committed on both sides. No one’s hands were clean. Just like now.”

Originally published at The words of Valerie Griswold-Ford. You can comment here or there.

Comments

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

That's a lot of words. Congratulations!

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

Thank you! The story is FINALLY starting to give it up and let me write it.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

"Should we knock him out again?" --not what you want to hear as you come into consciousness!

great lines :-)

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

Hehe - no, probably not. I'm terribly mean to my characters, sadly.

Or not so sadly - my fans seem to enjoy it!