Beneath The Skin (A College Obsession Romance) (83 page)

I wonder what new songs will find me in those quaint, New York City piano bars.

I wonder what brilliant strokes of light Clayton will bring to those stages.

I see the crowds. I hear the murmur of an eager audience at the edge of their seats, tittering with anticipation, whispering amongst themselves as they wait excitedly for the curtains to rise.

And I stand here in the darkness backstage, all the music bursting within me and ready to be freed.

The curtains rise. Cue the music.

Lights up.

The end.

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It has been two months since the Madness took over. In the third installment of the OUTLIER series, our band of unlikely heroes—both slum-born and sky—survive in a very changed, volatile world. The slums ignite with chaos. Ancient powers awaken. Doomsday is on the heels of everyone as the Mad King entertains himself by casting his fiery “Finger Of Madness” down upon the slums below, destroying anything in the red light’s path. Our heroes are about to learn the sobering reality that not everyone is safe from death’s uncaring, cold grip. And when the fog of war settles, will there even be a city left to save?

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Have you read
The Beautiful Dead
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Each trilogy can be read independently, but it’s best to read them in order.