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  Mik’hil laughed, even as Raguel smiled, taking her hand in his.

  “Yes,” Raguel said, still looking at her face. “I will stay. For one lifetime, at least.”

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  SHADOW WINGS

  A Skeleton Key Novella

  Copyright © 2016 by JC Andrijeski

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  2015

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  Published by White Sun Press

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  Table of Contents

  SYNOPSIS: Shadow Wings

  ONE: The Key

  TWO: Never Cold Before

  THREE: Ilana

  FOUR: Raguel

  FIVE: The Importance of Names

  SIX: Angels and Demons

  SEVEN: There Is No Religion in the Motherland

  EIGHT: Gorky Park

  NINE: Another Vanishing

  TEN: You Know How It Works

  ELEVEN: Kashchenko

  TWELVE: Humans Sometimes Lie

  THIRTEEN: Out of the Way

  FOURTEEN: Shadow Wings

  FIFTEEN: We Have to Try

  SIXTEEN: Humans Were Made To Die

  SEVENTEEN: A Choice

  CREDITS