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Not a Word

by Rambling Writer
Warded Lock is a burglar with rules. One night, she gets a smaller haul than usual, with more loot made out of reach by those rules. So she breaks one. And what she finds inside her target house makes her wish she’d never set foot anywhere near it.

1. Never hit the same house twice.
2. One room only.
3. No more than five minutes.
4. Run if you think you’ve been spotted, no matter what.
5. Leave empty-hoofed if you can’t find anything.

Those are the rules of burglary, as far as Warded Lock is concerned. She follows them religiously. They’re good rules. They’ve served her well. She’s made a lot of money following those rules. She hasn’t been caught yet.

But one wealth-redistribution excursion yields a mere pittance in stolen loot. Lock knows there’s more valuables deeper in the house, where her rules say she’s not supposed to go. She could get to them, if only she was willing to bend those rules. So she does and goes deeper into the house than she ought.

Then Lock stumbles on a horrifying secret.

The job is instantly derailed.

And everything goes straight to Tartarus.


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19888 words: Estimated about 2 hours to read

5 Chapters:

  1. Second Incursion 2018-10-27 13:06:37 UTC
    4331
  2. Floor Plan 2018-10-28 12:48:09 UTC
    4254
  3. Ticking Clock 2018-10-29 12:15:10 UTC
    4082
  4. Cornered 2018-10-30 12:02:06 UTC
    3195
  5. Leave None Behind 2018-10-31 12:21:04 UTC
    4026