AJ McKenna

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“Rivals' Gambit” by AJ McKenna

Submitted to Contest #274

It takes hours longer than it should to discover the violently shattered body of Juliet Wyndham. It stormed the night before and the late-fall air still hangs in a stubborn fog over the cooling earth. The few early risers walk past without sensing anything out of place. No one knows she is missing, much less lays dying on the ground. The world takes no notice when she stops breathing. Finally, the sun hovers over the horizon just enough to illuminate the broken form and the blood shining below a cloud of gold-lit fog. After that, it doesn’t...

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