I promised you all the second chapter of Book Two today. Remember, it's rough and unedited (professionally). It will give you a good idea of where I'm headed in the trilogy. Enjoy! SPOILER ALERT!! Do not continue if you have not read THE BROKEN or Chapter One in a previous post. Chapter Two When everyone had left, my house rambled with too much quiet, even though Ouriel and Briathos remained with us. It seemed they didn’t want to leave, to face life without Ishmael, eithe

Hey, all! I promised you the first two chapters of THE BEATEN here. I guess I should finally do that. *Sigh* To that end, here's the first chapter. It's rough and hasn't been through professional edits yet, so it'll be slightly different from what you'll see in print next year. (Also, remember that my chapters are very long...) -JJ SPOILER ALERT!!!! Do not read if you have not finished THE BROKEN (Book 1) CHAPTER ONE I don’t remember much of Ishmael's funeral. I threw