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BREEDING GROUND Madelaine Montague


BREEDING GROUND


By

Madelaine Montague



BREEDING GROUND Madelaine Montague

й copyright by Madelaine Montague, January 2007
Cover Art by Jenny Dixon, й copyright January 2007
New Concepts Publishing
Lake Park, GA 31636
www.newconceptspublishing.com

This is a work of fiction. All characters, events, and places are of the authorТs
imagination and not to be confused with fact. Any resemblance to living persons or
events is merely coincidence.


BREEDING GROUND Madelaine Montague

Chapter One

He awakened slowly, reluctantly, uncertain at first what had sent ripples through
his psyche to disturb his slumber. He had been drifting so long that awareness of his
surroundings had slowly but surely eroded until only some event of magnitude, he knew,
would have penetrated the deep, dreamless sleep that heТd sought. It was that realization
that encouraged him to shake off the temptation to ignore the ripples, and he roused
himself to see what it was.

People, he thought, surprised, not pleased, but it was not merely Сthe peopleТ, he
discovered, those he had once walked among, called brotherЧcome to despise. Others
were among them, pale skinned, pale eyed. This tribe he had no familiarity with.

He wavered, torn between curiosity about these others and the hate that had sent
him into his slumberous state long, long ago, so long ago that the hate had become little
more than apathy.

Rising finally, he stretched, expanding his psyche outward, and then he walked
among them, studying the others, watching them. They were digging, he discovered, for
what he could not determine, but it answered the question. This had caused the ripple,
the disturbance that had shaken him from his rest.

His curiosity waned. He had no idea what they were about, but he had no real