{"id":37543,"date":"2017-04-18T14:54:34","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T18:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/?p=37543"},"modified":"2017-04-18T16:32:07","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T20:32:07","slug":"release-short-story-booksigning-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/2017\/04\/release-short-story-booksigning-life\/","title":{"rendered":"A release&#8230;a short story&#8230;a booksigning&#8230;life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A little bit of this, a little bit of that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Hi. Oi. \u00a0Why does it seem like the older and the less energy I have, the more I have to do?<\/p>\n<p>Diva graduates from high school in just over a month. \u00a0So far, she&#8217;s been accepted into a Presidential Leader&#8217;s thing&#8230; I can&#8217;t remember the full name. \u00a0The Honor&#8217;s Program at her school of choice. \u00a0The Honor&#8217;s Undergraduate Research Program at said school of choice. \u00a0She&#8217;s been awarded several scholarships, but we&#8217;re hoping for more. \u00a0College is murder. \u00a0I&#8217;m thinking of selling a kidney. She&#8217;s selling art commissions, by the way. \u00a0If you have a nature lover in your life, or if you love nature&#8230; she does amazing animal pics. \u00a0Like&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37507 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017-03-09-20.57.27-1-1-1024x763.jpg?resize=625%2C466\" alt=\"Bear by Diva\" width=\"625\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017-03-09-20.57.27-1-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C763&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017-03-09-20.57.27-1-1.jpg?resize=300%2C223&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017-03-09-20.57.27-1-1.jpg?resize=768%2C572&amp;ssl=1 768w, 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backlisted, but I&#8217;ve been working getting them back out to the public. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jcdanielsblog.com\/final-protocol\/\">FINAL PROTOCOL<\/a> is now available&#8230;readers of my J.C. Daniels books might like this one. \u00a0She&#8217;s an assassin. In space.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2666<\/p>\n<p>Next week, I&#8217;ll be reissuing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/bookshelf\/beautiful-girl\/\">BEAUTIFUL GIRL<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/bookshelf\/beautiful-girl\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37389 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Beautiful-Girl-Cover-FInal-200x300.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"2017\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Beautiful-Girl-Cover-FInal.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Beautiful-Girl-Cover-FInal.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Beautiful-Girl-Cover-FInal.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Beautiful-Girl-Cover-FInal.jpg?resize=624%2C936&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Beautiful-Girl-Cover-FInal.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\"><b>Twelve years ago, Del Prescott was the <i>It<\/i> girl.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">You name it, she had it. Money, charm, looks, personality\u2026and the perfect boyfriend to boot. Then Del disappeared to \u2018study abroad\u2019, giving no warning to friends or even Blake, that aforementioned perfect boyfriend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">She\u2019s back now, and not just to celebrate what would have been her ten-year high school reunion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">Del\u2019s come to face down her monsters once and for all\u2026and to see Blake Mitchell, the man she never stopped loving.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2666<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Shilohwalker\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37544 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DamonFiinal-200x300.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"Patreo\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DamonFiinal.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DamonFiinal.jpg?resize=768%2C1153&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DamonFiinal.jpg?resize=682%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DamonFiinal.jpg?resize=624%2C937&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DamonFiinal.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For those who haven&#8217;t checked out my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Shilohwalker\">Patreon<\/a>, time is running out to get in on the first story. This is a Patron exclusive, so only members of my Patreon will be able to read this short story.<\/p>\n<p>Pledges start at just $1 and that alone gets one access to this story, plus every patron gets a chance to have their name tuckerized into a story.<\/p>\n<p>This story will be sent out to patrons in early May and that may be the only chance readers have to get it. \u00a0The story takes place prior to the events in Blade Song, told from Damon&#8217;s POV.<\/p>\n<p>A sneak peek.<\/p>\n<p>For a moment, her face faded in and out of focus. The touch of her hand under my chin had bones grinding together.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t make a sound.<\/p>\n<p>Blinking my one good eye, I focused on her face until it stopped swimming in and out. The other eye was still swollen shut, although it was healing bit by bit.<\/p>\n<p>I was the perfect punching bag for a lunatic.<\/p>\n<p>I was big and strong and I healed fast.<\/p>\n<p>In another few minutes, the bruises and bloody wounds would be gone and once I showered, nobody would be the wiser.<\/p>\n<p>Save for me.<\/p>\n<p>Even Annette would forget.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes it hurt?&#8221; She stared at me solemnly, her lips puckered, touched with a soft, pale pink that matched the negligee she\u2019d pulled on earlier.\u00a0 Even the splattering of blood on her lower lip was echoed in the blood spray on the pink silk.<\/p>\n<p>My blood.<\/p>\n<p>Again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDamon, does it hurt?\u201d She stroked a hand down my cheek.<\/p>\n<p><em>Yes, bitch. It hurts<\/em>. Mentally, I told her exactly what she wanted to hear\u2014I told her the truth. Outloud, I said, &#8220;I&#8217;m fine, lady.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After all, she\u2019d done the beating, but she hadn\u2019t been trying to punish <em>me<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>I had just been handy.<\/p>\n<p>If she\u2019d wanted to hurt <em>me<\/em>, either I\u2019d be unconscious\u2014or she\u2019d be dead.\u00a0 Because one of these days, I would get fed up and just kill her.<\/p>\n<p>So I just went with the neutral response.<\/p>\n<p>I was fine.<\/p>\n<p>She hadn\u2019t done any lasting damage and I could already feel a dozen, stinging aches where the bones were knitting together, that odd itch was skin was closing itself up.<\/p>\n<p>An odd, avid light gleamed in her eyes as she stroked a hand back across my scalp.\u00a0 \u201cAre you sure?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was almost like she wanted me to say something\u2014wanted me to tell her yeah, I was hurting. Or yeah, I was pissed.<\/p>\n<p>But that would defeat the purpose.<\/p>\n<p>I have taken this beating for a reason and that reason was currently standing on the far side of the room, his head hanging low.<\/p>\n<p>The kid\u2019s luck was running out and I didn\u2019t know how much longer I\u2019d be able to delay things.<\/p>\n<p>But I\u2019d managed to do it one more time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Want to read the whole story?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Shilohwalker\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37298\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/becomeAPatronBanner-300x100.png?resize=300%2C100\" alt=\"Patron\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/becomeAPatronBanner.png?resize=300%2C100&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shilohwalker.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/becomeAPatronBanner.png?w=578&amp;ssl=1 578w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A little bit of this, a little bit of that&#8230; Hi. 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