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Blurb
Oblivion is a sweet, sweet place.
No pain. No disturbing thoughts of the
past. No guilt from my recent actions.
Deep down, there is still a part of me
that knows how screwed up I am. I don’t see a way out, not now. Tria’s gone,
and the possibility of her forgiving me in my current state is exactly zero. I
know I have to pull myself together, accept my responsibilities, and try to
make amends, but I have no idea where to start.
No job. No apartment. I’m living on the
streets with the other junkies. As little as I had to offer Tria before, I have
nothing to give her now. The only way out is to come clean and tell Tria the
truth about my past, but the idea of reliving the memories is so painful, I
can’t think about it long enough to figure out a solution.
I’ve hit rock bottom, and I don’t even
know which way is up any more.
Excerpt #1
I reached out and touched the edge of the
pillow. It was insanely soft and
warm. I stroked it, and images of Tria’s
breasts crawled through my head, making me smile. I stroked my cock as I thought about her, but
I couldn’t come.
I could hear a voice in the other room,
but it didn’t concern me, so I didn’t move.
Through heavy eyelids, I watched the piles of dirty laundry all over the
floor. I found shapes of animals in the
patterns, just like cloud pictures.
“The beans are gone.”
I rolled my head to the side and looked
up at Krazy Katie’s face. I smiled and
tried to say something, but my tongue wasn’t cooperating. I focused on her eyes as they stared down at
me quizzically.
“Trains need an engineer,” Krazy Katie
said.
“It’s okay,” I said. My tongue still felt weird, all numb and
heavy. I twisted it around in my mouth,
and it tickled my teeth. I blinked a
couple of times before looking back at my neighbor. “I got the helm. I’m all good.”
Did trains have a helm, or was that just
boats? I laughed.
Krazy Katie covered her eyes with one
hand. I could see her chest rising and
falling as she took long breaths. I
started counting slowly in my head but quickly forgot the number.
“Left the station,” she said
quietly. “No engineer. Kicked in the caboose. Nothing but tracks.”
She turned in slow motion, and I watched
vapor trails of her dull blue T-shirt swirl around the room as she left. I heard the window slide shut and then
silence.
“I’m all good,” I whispered.
There was no reply.
Even though my arms and legs were way too
content to be bothered with moving, I shoved myself out of bed anyway. My rig was sitting on the kitchen table, all
ready to go. I was still pretty high,
but I could feel darkness closing in around me, and I didn’t want it.
I wanted warmth and happiness.
Plastic tube, arm slap, needle prick.
“Like a fucking pro.”
I lay my head on the table as the fluid
sensations rippled through me. Tria
didn’t matter. She’d forgive me in
time. In fact, she was probably already
over it. How could she not be?
“I’m good. Really, I am.”
I was never one to lie to myself, but it
was getting easier all the time.
Excerpt
#2
I watched Yolanda walk out of the
cage. Apparently, I kept looking in her
direction too long. I took a blow to the
head before I realized the fight had started.
I stumbled back, shook my head, and
regained my footing. I raised my fists
up in front of my face, and danced lightly on my toes, waiting for his next
move. We circled slowly, jabbing but not
finding our marks. My head swam again.
I needed to put an end to this. I needed to get it over with so I could take
my winnings and get more smack. I had
come down too hard and too fast. I had
to get straight again.
I rushed him, striking out with my right
and then my left. I took an elbow to the
face, and felt my neck snap back.
The next thing I knew, I was on my back,
and the guy was straddling my chest. I
registered my head being thrown from side to side with punches, but I couldn’t
focus enough to get him off me. I jabbed
at his sides, but it was ineffective.
With my head spinning, I slammed my hand
against the ground three times.
“Woo hoo!” The challenger jumped off of me and started
running around the small cage.
I could hear cheers, boos, and people
screaming at me, but I couldn’t comprehend the words. I rolled over and pushed myself up before
stumbling out of the cage.
“Jesus, Liam!” Back in the locker room, Yolanda fussed
around the cut over my eye and my bloody lip as I tried to push her hands away
and get my jeans back on. “What the hell
is wrong with you tonight?”
“Just forget it!” I yelled. “I need to get going.”
“Oh yeah?
Why’s that? You got nothing
waiting for you at home.”
I pulled my shoulders close together and
bit down on the pad of my thumb. I
didn’t remember telling Yolanda about Tria leaving, but apparently I had. I was afraid to open my mouth now. I tensed every muscle to keep myself from
trembling. If Yolanda noticed, she’d
figure out why.
If she figured it out, she’d stop me.
Is that such a bad thing?
Yes, most definitely.
I couldn’t risk it. I couldn’t have Yolanda knowing what I was
doing and dragging me somewhere to clean up.
She would take back the cash she’d just given me, and I’d be royally
fucked. I couldn’t let that happen.
“I gotta go,” I said again. I shouldered past her and out the door,
ignoring her calls after me. I didn’t
stop at the bar or acknowledge the fans around me as I left.
I took the cash I’d earned to Max and
traded it for all the heroin I could get.
I returned to my apartment and banged up.
Bliss.
Everything was perfect.
**ADDITIONAL EXCERPTS FROM
CAGED Series Reading Order
Takedown (Book One) Caged Series
Trapped (Book Two) Caged Series
Released (Book Three) Caged Series
About the Author:
Shay Savage lives in Cincinnati, Ohio
with her family and a variety of household pets. She is an accomplished public
speaker, and holds the rank of Distinguished Toastmaster from Toastmasters
International. When not writing, she enjoys science fiction movies,
masquerading as a zombie, is a HUGE Star Wars fan, and member of the 501st
Legion of Stormtroopers. When the geek fun runs out, she also loves soccer in
any and all forms - especially the Columbus Crew, Arsenal and Bayern Munich -
and anxiously awaits the 2014 World Cup. Savage holds a degree in psychology,
and she brings a lot of that knowledge into the characters within her stories.
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