Sunday, October 28, 2012

Six Sentence Sunday - The Beltane Witch - Skating on a Slippery Slope


Happy Six Sentence Sunday! Thank you so much for visiting and taking the time to read this week's snippet. I really appreciate your time and the comments you leave for me. This is the last week of The Beltane Witch. Next week I'll have something new to offer you. Navy SEALs? A menage of vampires? Perhaps a little bit of dragon to tempt you? The possibilities are endless. :D

In this snippet, Sabrina has taken Darius rollerskating with her daughters and he's coming to realize there might be more to this little witch than he'd first considered.

Skating turned out to be a comedy of errors and Darius found it easier to watch from the edges of the rink than skate with Sabrina and her children. Holly and Tansy were masters at the sport and Darius grudgingly admitted admiration for their coordination. Sabrina floated like an angel across the wooden floor and he caught himself gaping like a fool. When had she become more beautiful than most of the Fae lasses with whom he’d dallied?
Watching her laugh with her children struck a chord in his chest and he rubbed a hand over his heart with a grunt. An odd mixture of yearning and hope bloomed in his chest, followed swiftly by fear and despair.

Thus comes the death of bachelorhood, and the panic of such a change. ;) There are several great authors on the Six Sentence Sunday list and a few of my favorites are Karla DoyleSarah BallanceSilver JamesZee Monodee, and Goran Zidar. Thank you for stopping by and happy reading! :)

16 comments:

  1. That's a super decription of a man, or fae, realising that it's time to move on and grow up. :)

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  2. What an adorable scene. Nice job, Siobhan :)

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  3. It is hard to realize what you're missing, what you want and think of the difficulties of crossing your obstacles to get to it. The detail about rubbing over his heart was stellar.

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  4. I like the way you described his yearning at the same time he counted the wonderful things about Sabrina and her children.

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  5. Great visualisation. I can picture his admiration easily. Nice

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  6. Great description! And I'm hoping for vampires next week :)

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  7. This is a sweet six, I love his thoughts as he watches them.

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  8. Very nice! Ya know I feel the same way when I look at my own kids. LOL

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  9. Aw, this is a pretty little vignette :) great six!

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  10. Love his POV and the gesture he makes rubbing his chest. Yeah, this guy is going to fall like an oak--hard and fast. Great six, Siobhan.

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  11. Oh! I like him! Love how you've shown his longing and apprehension.

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  12. Nice play of emotions in this snippet, and the imagery was nicely done. The mention of fear and despair at the end has me intrigued... is he anticipating trouble of some kind?

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  13. I love the emotion here and the gesture he makes by rubbing his chest-- nice touch.

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  14. Lovely Six! I especially liked the gesture when he rubs his heart, as if he'd just been shot by Cupid's arrow ;-)

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