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Fire Went The Wind

Chapter 5 The Bunny and the Jackal

Word Count: 1248    |    Released on: 04/01/2022

d decided to turn back to his food. This

g for a place to sit at the far ends of the table. There was none. So with tray in hand she walked back along the

ft and right both decided they were full and went to return their half full plates at t

r the persistent and inscrutable stares or the whispers that followed. She ate her plain rice in silence, her eyes on the table. Chad could not explain why, but he kept staring at her. There was nothing breathtaking about her. No awe-inspiring beauty or h

ant. They met with Chad's f

ooked back i

though. In a friendly storm, she had dumped the recyclable,

om after she had left. Chad felt an itching stab in his stomach.

ling. This was his only form of defense against the ferret crackling and rattling on the bed beside him. His main thought, however, was the girl. The gazelle. The unexplained behavior of those that had sat beside her and the onlookers. How they had fled from her presence like flies. There had been hatre

He had now moved on to how nice the toilets were. He finally decided that the only thing Myles knew about girls was their backside as he stealthily and soun

t lived off of the light of another. An ungrateful wretch that usurped the glory o

his father, "The beer master". And for good reason. The man could not hold his liquor, or more precisely, let it go. School e

es and three years later it was his turn to get them through. And they did. But he was gunning for the top position. To have his school walk away with the trophy, to be the best school in all the six provinces with him, Chad Casey Holmes, at the forefront yelling the battle cry and wielding a blunderbuss like the men of old. The p

Blue Moon Seminar, the seminar that only took place once ev

. His to convince. To captivate. The ball was in his court. The audience was eagerly expecting one of his grand openings: a quote from a famous philosopher, a friendly and heartwarming joke meant to underhandedly slander the morale of the rival team and gain more of the audience's trus

an almost yellow and navy blue coat consuming the most part of his upper body like he wa

l. He just stood there, staring at his father. It was a bunny staring into the ravenous eyes of a jackal, his father being the latter. His thumb

wos and threes they began to stare where the bunny's eyes

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1 Chapter 1 1. The Gazelle2 Chapter 2 Roommate3 Chapter 3 Myles Black4 Chapter 4 Supper Time5 Chapter 5 The Bunny and the Jackal6 Chapter 6 A Dream Worth Fighting For7 Chapter 7 Orientation8 Chapter 8 Dorian Savage9 Chapter 9 The Debate10 Chapter 10 Chasing The Gazelle11 Chapter 11 Women12 Chapter 12 Incensed13 Chapter 13 Vendors14 Chapter 14 Angelica Thompson15 Chapter 15 Reputation16 Chapter 16 Charmaine17 Chapter 17 Mission Report18 Chapter 18 First Day19 Chapter 19 New Neighbor20 Chapter 20 Pig in the Mud21 Chapter 21 At the Watering Hole22 Chapter 22 Enchanted23 Chapter 23 Prichard Humphrey Waterscotch24 Chapter 24 The Art of Warfare25 Chapter 25 Faith26 Chapter 26 Distance27 Chapter 27 Backstories28 Chapter 28 Assignment29 Chapter 29 Thrust Thrust Thrust30 Chapter 30 A Breakthrough-and-a-half31 Chapter 31 Breakthrough32 Chapter 32 The Ultimatum33 Chapter 33 Demo-cats !34 Chapter 34 Andrew35 Chapter 35 Shovel to the Dirt36 Chapter 36 Two Cents37 Chapter 37 Fighting the Tide38 Chapter 38 And the War Continues39 Chapter 39 Territory40 Chapter 40 Monster41 Chapter 41 Suspicions42 Chapter 42 The "United Nations"43 Chapter 43 Setting things Straight44 Chapter 44 Guy Talk45 Chapter 45 She Dragon46 Chapter 46 Soldier47 Chapter 47 Tempting Luck48 Chapter 48 Metaphors49 Chapter 49 Space50 Chapter 50 Charlotte51 Chapter 51 Another Shot52 Chapter 52 Victory Lap53 Chapter 53 Angie and Preach54 Chapter 54 The Engineer55 Chapter 55 Impasse56 Chapter 56 Heads or Tales 57 Chapter 57 Alone with Angie58 Chapter 58 Tea59 Chapter 59 The Political Scientist60 Chapter 60 The Voice61 Chapter 61 Love...or lies...or both 62 Chapter 62 All Taken Care of63 Chapter 63 At the Edge of a Crumbling Cliff64 Chapter 64 Andy65 Chapter 65 Starting Fires66 Chapter 66 Alliance67 Chapter 67 Clarity68 Chapter 68 Redemption69 Chapter 69 Change70 Chapter 70 The Old Waterscotch Sleeve71 Chapter 71 Notes72 Chapter 72 Adultery73 Chapter 73 Madeline Thompson74 Chapter 74 The Beauty of Friendship75 Chapter 75 Zeus76 Chapter 76 Trenches (Part I)77 Chapter 77 Trenches (Part II)78 Chapter 78 Karma79 Chapter 79 Workout80 Chapter 80 Louis Bryce81 Chapter 81 Martial Arts82 Chapter 82 Unresponsive83 Chapter 83 Say Something84 Chapter 84 Sex and Goals85 Chapter 85 What Must be Done86 Chapter 86 Battle Strategy87 Chapter 87 The Fat Man88 Chapter 88 Money ... Power ... People89 Chapter 89 Sandstorm90 Chapter 90 The Trial91 Chapter 91 Better Man92 Chapter 92 Team Leader93 Chapter 93 A New Home94 Chapter 94 Reflection