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  He held aloft a pearl-handled dagger with a polished black blade in one hand and, in the other hand, a crimson gemstone set into an intricate golden lattice. The latter pulsed with an inner light. It made her think of a heartbeat. The more she watched it, the more she felt it. The light of the gemstone was in time with her own heart. It had to be the Amulet of Akarath and, if it was matching her heartbeat, there could only be one place he meant for it to go.

  He’s going to cut out my heart and put that stone inside me!

  This time, she was able to scream.

  Lord Caulder looked down at her with disdain and disgust. He sighed, “Such a disagreeable noise. I should have given you much larger measures of the brandy.”

  He knelt and stabbed Vera through the heart.

  She went quiet.

  Her eyes emptied of life.

  “There,” he said, “that’s better. Now then, where was I?”

  END

  Author’s Note

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  The Age of the Flame Trilogy – YA Fantasy

  The Sword of Sighs

  The Sceptre of Storms

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  The Chronicles of Willow Grey – YA Fantasy

  The Door of Dreams

  Voyage of the Pale Ship

  Khale the Wanderer – Grimdark Fantasy

  Under A Colder Sun

  Lost is the Night

  Hordes of Chaos

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  The Eyes of the Dead

  Shapes in the Mist

  Hell’s Teeth

  The Sevengraves Cycle – Horror

  Sevengraves

  The Thing Behind the Door

  Standalone Horror

  This Darkness Mine

  London Ghost Story

  The Clowns Outside

  Zombies by Moonlight

  The Oeuvre

  Short Story Collections

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  Night Residue

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  About the Author

  Greg James is the critically-acclaimed author of the Vetala Cycle series and the best-selling Age of the Flame trilogy. He was born in Essex and grew up along the south-east coast of England. He has taught English as a foreign language in the Far East. He lives in London where he can be found writing into the small hours of the morning during the week, and sleeping in on Saturdays.