The Umbra Files: Chapter 1
**Chapter 1:** His breath reeked. Like month-old roadkill you found on a lonely Nevada road in the hot summer. His roar was like gravel. His eyes - I mean - eye was bloodshot and cloudy. They called him Scar. I assume it was because that deep...
The Umbra Files: Chapter 5
**Chapter 5:** My eyes had closed, and something in my soul was trying to break free while Sarafina, one of the Royal wives of the King of Kessit, made her lips move in sync with my own. For a brief moment, there was no barrier of who, or what...
The Umbra FIles: Chapter 7
**Chapter 7:** Remembering the landscape from when Sarafina and I left the jackal community, I was able to find the connecting road and successfully made my way back to Crix's village. Maybe the Tree of Life was right to have Ok'wana tell me that my...
The Umbra Files: Chapter 3
**Chapter 3** _WNC data entry: D23-003. Employee# P64-81F Name: Lochlann Fitzpatrick Assignment: Job Order#R7812 Location: African Savannah_ _Day 10: Connection restored. I have sent in my past few documents, but unfortunately...
The Umbra Files: Chapter 8
**Chapter 8:** I propped open the door a little to get a better look, the night's breeze cold on my sweaty skin. Warning cries came from up above. Several birds from the ambassador's facility were flying about, hastily spreading the news. The...
The Umbra Files: Chapter 4
**Chapter 4:** I shrugged off my pack. The last thing I needed was to get my laptop - and the precious fruit - crushed while fighting this brute of an alligator. I glanced back at Sarafina. Her expression was a combination of anger, frustration,...
The Umbra FIles: Chapter 6
**Chapter 6:** Mufasa held this grin on his face that made me want to strike him right in his muzzle. I didn't care what the consequences were. Sarafina must have watched my subtle reaction. Probably something only she could see. ...
The Umbra Files: Chapter 2
**Chapter 2:** WNC data entry: D23-002. Employee# P64-81F Name: Lochlann Fitzpatrick Assignment: Job Order#R7812 Location: The Crossing Lake in Umbra (I’ll explain to the Project Manager when I get back to the office) _Day...