It's a beautiful, sunny, and balmy Sunday morning in Mauritius today. The rushing, cold winds we'd been having thanks to an anti-cyclone system all through the week have let up, and it's back to being manageably cool. As long as the sun is shining, I'm good. :)
Not so sunny in the world of Eternelles - where my heroine, Adrasteia 'Adri' Dionysios, has just come across a man who doesn't seem to respond to her magic. In other words, a man who doesn't understand the spell-like command to "leave her the heck alone!" What can I say, he's tenacious...and in a way, he's got to be to deal with a headstrong, 2900-yr-old immortal.
But who is this mystery man, and what does he really do to Adri? Her unease around him cannot come simply from the fact that he is immune to her magic, innit?
We jump a few lines from last week's excerpt. Remember, they're at a gala at the Met in New York. Susan, one of the curators of the museum, and a good friend of Adri, has just introduced these two, and it looks like she is playing matchmaker, which Adri abhorres!
'...
Des Roxburgh put
out his right hand. “You go by Adri, if I’m not mistaken.”
She’d look like
an impolite bitch if she refused his handshake. No matter how loud something
inside of her screamed in warning to not let him get too close to her. Why, she
wanted to know? Because he was dangerous? In that case, with the merest contact
against his skin, she would be able to figure out what he was.
So she
resolutely took the outstretched hand, and quelled the shock that coursed
through her system when they touched. His eyes darkened, she couldn’t help but
notice, and in that split second before he released her, she glimpsed prairie
fields and rock walls, desert sand and calm lakes, beautiful gardens redolent
with sunshine and the fragrance of flowers.
All of them places
she had been in throughout her existence. How could he have the same memories?
Or else, how could he evoke such remembrances in her? These were all moments
when she had felt at peace with herself and with the universe.
...'
Who is this man? Curious to find out? *grin*
Don't forget you can grab your copy of Inescapable from the following places: Amazon US ~ Amazon UK ~ Kobo
And there are all the fab peeps posting their Sunday Snippets today. You'll find them on the official FB group - among them Sarah Wesson, Joanne Stewart, Jess Schira, AJ Nuest, Linda, Mona Rodriguez, Sue Ann Bowling,Cindy Arnheim aka History Sleuth, Joyce Scarbrough, Sharon Buchbinder, Siobhan Muir, and Oto.
Hope ye're all having a lovely weekend!
From Mauritius with love,
Zee
9 comments:
Adri deserves some peace, I think---but I'm going to bet she'll fight first!
Never underestimate the power of a handshake. Great snippet. I want to more about both characters.
"all the times she'd been a peace..." hint, hint, hint. :D It does sound like he's dangerous to her way of being...right now. But maybe he offers something better. Great snippet, Zee. And thanks so much for the mention. :)
Really liked this snippet, so not what I expected when she touched him but I loved it! Excellent excerpt!
Yep! Ditto what everyone said! I think I may have to go buy me a copy... :-)
Ooo, nice introduction. I'd like to know who he is, too.
What a lovely change up from the usual first touch descriptions! Instead of jolts and lightning bolts, peace. Lovely snippet.
Interesting that these things would pop into her mind. Are they her own memories or his too? Very good snippet, Zee.
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Fascinating. I definitely want to know more about him.
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