WiP: Last Words of the Day - Dark God's Demise
With the rewrite for Dark God's Rise completed - just yesterday, I started on the third book for this trilogy, Dark God's Demise . Words for the day: 8,027. Last words for the day, below. Dark God's Demise (words ending Day 1): The intruder slipped a second blade from somewhere in the suit she wore. She threw it, putting the barbarian off his stroke, as he stepped sideways to avoid its flight, and followed her advantage with a lunge that left her exposed to Grunwol’s off-hand blade. He struck, trying to make it count. His opponent’s build was slight. One truly good hit would put her out of the fight. He heard his blade crunch against bone as the woman gasped. Her eyes flashed wide for a moment, then they narrowed. She barely flinched as he pulled the blade free, and then she laughed, watching as the Northman stepped back, raising his sword for a second strike. Her voice rang high and free, bouncing off the portico’s walls, and giving Grunwol reason to pause. Withi...