The Dragon's Skin

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Ross Gray. The Dragon's Skin

the dragon’s skin

Contents

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Epilogue

About the author

Acknowledgements

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ross gray

Prologue

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He looked at his watch. It was a good one. He needed a good one for today. He’d nicked it. Plenty of time. Today had more than enough hours. He felt pride in his cool calm. He felt he was behaving just like his hero. He’d see him today too. There was plenty of time.

He decided to have another helping of cereal. There was some left in the box and he may as well finish it. He emptied the contents of the inner bag into his chipped bowl then folded it neatly. He flattened the box and pushed them both to the far side of the table. He poured the milk and then reached across and switched on the electric jug. It was bought for a couple of dollars at a Brotherhood shop and the automatic cutoff didn’t work. He noticed the Heinz Baked Beans tin in the corner near the fridge was full, so he swapped it for the SPC Two Fruits tin. As he settled back into his chair and scooped up his cereal he listened to the slow, metallic tock of the roof leak in the tin and the warm throaty groan of the jug. For some reason the sounds were like music.

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