This is the original epilogue from Tiger’s Curse the self-published version.   Epilogue Shadow The immaculately dressed man stood at his penthouse office window. He gazed upon the city lights far below and clenched his fist. How do you find one small person in a city of millions, let alone a world of billions? He sneered. He lived in a city of twenty-nine million people, the most densely populated city in the world. His office was in the most expensive, tallest building in the city, as far away from the general populace as possible. It wasn’t that he had a phobia of the unwashed masses. He …

Tiger’s Curse Uncut Prologue Prologue The Curse   The prisoner stood with his hands tied in front of him, tired, beaten, and filthy, but with a proud back befitting his royal heritage. The man seated before him on a lavishly carved, gilded throne was Lokesh, his future father-in-law. Lokesh wore a golden diadem on his head and had a gaudy jeweled ring adorning each of his broad, stubby fingers. Though his hair was still black, his beard showed signs of graying and fine wrinkles showed when he narrowed his eyes. The magnificent throne was draped with a rich purple brocade, …

      The Uncut Kelsey Chapter From the Self-Published Version of Tiger’s Curse     Chapter 1 Kelsey   I was standing on a precipice. Technically, I was just standing in line, but it felt like a precipice. Childhood, high school, and the illusion that I was not responsible for myself were behind me. Ahead of me loomed the future. I was fairly certain it included more education, a variety of summer jobs to help pay tuition, and the probability of a lonely adulthood. The line moved. I’d been waiting for what seemed like hours to be interviewed to …