HERE IT IS!!!!! THE FINALE! THE END, THE MAGIC ONE, THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL!
Ha, ha, well, it's been a long, frustrating, great road to walk with you guys as we've followed Sylvie and Taryn through the next segment of their trials and tribulations. And now at last we come to the close of this sequence, and I have to say, I'm impressed. Thirty-six chapters total, 1,410 printed pages, and 150,935 words written. Whew! (Seriously, this has been a long slog!) And that's the stats!
I want to thank Phantom-Inker for letting me write the story of his characters from this piece:
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SHDYCF2 Chapter 35 RecoveryCHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
Recovery
Taryn woke to the feeling of something being jabbed in her arm. She stirred in the darkness and cracked her eyes. A shape loomed above her.
“Ow.” She muttered. “That hurt.” Her voice sounded rough and raspy.
“After all the damage you’ve suffered, a needle hurts.” A dry voice commented. “Well, at least you can feel it, and that’s something.”
Taryn muttered something and slowly focused on the figure. It turned out to be an old nurse, wiry and thin, tough as old tree roots and gnarled as witch trees. He had a white beard, and a gentle smile.
“Doctor Merrick is busy with the other patients.” He told her. “But he’ll be here in just a second; he’s had to be here near constantly with you four.”
“Four?” Taryn asked hoarsely. She struggled to roll onto her belly so she could see.
The nurse stepped back and watched with a critical eye
Final!!!!
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