Fearless (8 page)

Right here
. Tawa huffed and Abby could now pinpoint
the source of her voice.
I just needed to get situated into a new vessel
after the last one was destroyed
.

“My calculator?” Abby gaped. Demetrius burst into a fit of
laughter.

Yes, how absolutely embarrassing for you and horrifying
for me
.
Worse than that stuffed toy
.

“Hey, I’ve had this calculator since I was in high school. I
really love it.” As Abby said it, she realized why Tawa now found herself in
the device. Abby had few material objects she valued, and being a math nerd,
well, this was one of them. Her cheeks grew warm, but she grinned.

I want you to get attached to a respectable object and
then destroy this thing so I can move into a proper vessel
, Tawa said with
every ounce of herself that Abby knew and loved.

“You’ve lost...” Abby punched a few keys on the calculator. “Zero
percent of your bossiness.” She hugged the device as Tawa snorted. “I missed
you. I’m so glad you’re back.”

Demetrius came up behind Abby and hugged her from behind. He
kissed the top of her head, still chuckling. “I’ve a few objects that I can
help Abby get attached to.”

Oh, no
.
No way
. Tawa was the expert at vocally
shaking her head.
I told you he was trouble, Abby
.
Hey, what about
the blood oath
?
Was it repaid
?

“Yes, it was.” Abby smiled and turned her head to kiss him. “And
now he’s working on repaying the second one, which I’m determined to take a
very long time.

The End

Acknowledgements

I want to thank all those fantastic
folks in the writing community who cheered me on during the A to Z Blogging
Challenge (
http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/
)
and later encouraged me to publish
Fearless
. I’m always amazed at your
kindness and generosity. Thank you to the A to Z Challenge team for hosting the
challenge and inspiring me to write this story.
Fearless
would’ve never
been written without you guys.

Thank you to Aubrie Dionne (
http://www.authoraubrie.com/
) for helping
me with the cover. I’m lucky to have such an artistic critique partner.

Hugs and kisses to my husband for
keeping our son distracted while I grabbed a few minutes to write here and
there. You’ll likely never read the story, but I still love you anyway. More
kisses to our son for inspiring Tawa. It had to be a hungry, hungry hippo!
Well, at least a stuffed hippo.

Finally, a huge thank you to Cherie
Reich (
http://cheriereich.webs.com/
).
My dear friend, critique partner, and editor. You were with me every step of
the way. I’d have no clue where to start on this journey without you. You’re
awesome.

About the
Author

Christine Rains is a writer,
blogger, and geek mom. She has four degrees which help nothing with motherhood,
but make her a great Jeopardy player. She’s a member of RWA and S.C.I.F.I. She
has sixteen short stories and one novella published and three short stories
forthcoming.

Fearless
is her first
self-published novella. If you enjoyed the story, please look later this year
for her new paranormal romance series:
The 13th Floor
.

Website:
http://christinerains.net/

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