PREFACE
I'd never given much thought to how i would die——though i had reason enough in the last few months——but even if i had,I would not have imagined it like this.

11'

I stared without breathing across the long room,into the dark eyes of the hunter,and he looked pleasantly back at me.

11'

Surely it was a good way to die,in the place of someone else.Someone i loved.Noble,even.That ought to count for something.

12'