Monster Republic (19 page)
Authors: Ben Horton
SHE WAS SMALLER THAN HE HAD REALIZED,
TINY AND LITHE, WITH DARK, ELFIN FEATURES.
Cameron looked down at his arm. He could see metal. Mechanical components exposed through tears in his skin. The emotionless O of the mouth of a gun barrel.
There was no pain.
There was no blood.
His head swam as he watched strange mechanisms snick neatly back into place like the blades on a Swiss Army knife. He felt sick. Maybe it was the smell of gunsmoke, but he didn’t think so.
What had been done to him?
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