I really need to remember that writing in 10-minute sprints nets me words. Just as an FYI to myself.

Self: please remember this.

Starting Count: 90719
Ending Count: 91587
Net Gain: +868
Current NaNo count: 25029
Current Word YTD count: 25182
Val’s Tea Fund: $3

Starting line:
“And what about the rest of us?” Alex asked, finally breaking the silence. After Nikki’s statement, the entire room had frozen, as if the Power she controlled had turned them all into statues. “What do we do?”

Ending line:
“There is no guarantee that anyone in the final Spell will survive, including the Horsemen,” Nikki said. “It’s something we’ve all had to face. Then again, if Madness wins, we’ll be dead anyways. Which way would you rather die, Alex? At her hands, or mine?”

Darling:
For one moment, his mind filled with an image he had never permitted himself before: his home, the one he’d likely never see again, filled, not with silence, but with the laughter of children. With warmth. With love.