Today is the official release day for Bad Gone Better by Ayla Ruse
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Bad Gone Better
Doppelganger Tales 2
By Ayla Ruse
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BIN: 05739-01839
Formats Available:
Adobe PDF, Epub, HTML,
MobiPocket, Microsoft Reader
Publisher: Changeling Press
http://www.changelingpress.com
Editor: Katriena Knights
Cover Artist: Reneé George
A Doppelganger and a Wraith. Hell couldn't make a better match. Too bad
they’re not in Hell…
Gunner is ready to give up on life. Imprisoned for eternity is not how
he'd envisioned returning to the Doppelganger realm. He's been pushed, punished
and tortured, but nothing has been able to break him. Until she comes on a
three-moon night.
Melanie is a Wraith seeking revenge. She hadn't planned on tangling
with Gunner, but he provides what she needs to survive.
Begging for an end, Gunner is startled when the strange King offers
freedom, but it comes with a price.
As Melanie searches for her killer and Gunner works toward his freedom,
will they discover their paths are heading in the same direction? And is this
direction toward something better, or toward the void of darkness neither can
seem to elude?
Excerpt:
7th level, Aanyon Prison
Melanie cocked her head, completely puzzled. "Thomas told me you'd help
me seek the Doppelganger Svinchen. I would let you go and you would aid
me, or your human twin would have to take your place."
His eyes went large, but she didn't have time for indecision or lies.
"Fine. I'll tell Thomas you refused. I will be back for sustenance, but otherwise I'll leave you be."
She blew her breath downward and lifted herself up. Might as well leave the same way she came in.
"Wait. Hold on," he called. She stared at him, but didn't stop her slow ascent.
"Damn it, I said wait."
"What purpose would it serve me to wait? I don't have time for games, Gunner."
"No games. I promise." He closed his eyes as if in pain. "Come back here. I'll... I'll help you. I gave my word."
She hesitated. Throughout the realms, it was common knowledge that a Doppelganger's word could never be trusted, but all she'd seen of this man, all Thomas had revealed about him, showed that his humanity overwhelmed his natural desire for chaos.
She returned to the ground.... "Fine," she told him. "I'll free you to help me. When I've had my vengeance on Svinchen, I'll escort you back to Thomas, and he'll grant you whatever you agreed upon."
His shoulders grew stiff as though he didn't want to speak. "Agreed."
"But know this, Doppelganger Gunner." She moved close to him. "Cross me, upset me, disagree with me one time, and I'll remove all your humanity. In a very thorough, painful way." Her voice rose slightly with the last sentence, enough to make him shake his head and squeeze his eyes shut.
"I've given you my word. I won't back down."
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