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    The Plotters
    The Plotters
    The Plotters
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    The Plotters

    By Alexander Blade

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    He came from a far planet to find some of the Earth's secrets. But Marko found other things, too—like his love for beautiful Beth.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStart Classics
    Release dateApr 4, 2014
    ISBN9781609776275
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      The Plotters - Alexander Blade

      The Plotters

      By Alexander Blade

      Start Publishing LLC

      Copyright © 2012 by Start Publishing LLC

      All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever.

      First Start Publishing eBook edition October 2012

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      [Sidenote: He came from a far planet to find some of the Earth's secrets. But Marko found other things, too--like his love for beautiful Beth]

      It seemed to be the same tree that kept getting in my way. I tried to go around it but it moved with me and I ran right into it. I found myself sprawled on my back and my nose was bleeding where I had hit it against the tree. Then I got up and ran again.

      I had to keep running. I didn't know why; I just had to. There was a puddle of water and I splashed through it and then slipped and fell into a thorny bush. When I got up there were scratches on my hands and face and chest.

      As yet I felt no pain. That wouldn't come for a while, after I had done a lot more running. But at the moment I couldn't feel a thing.

      In my conscious mind there was only a sort of grayness. I didn't know where I was, or who I was, or why I was running. I didn't know that if I ran long enough and bumped into enough trees and scratched myself often enough I would eventually feel pain. Or that out of the exertion and the pain would come awareness.

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