Welcome to the Weird, the Wild, & the Wicked for this week's Mid Week Tease hosted by Sandra Bunino.
Authors: this is a great opportunity to spotlight a few lines or even a paragraph or two from a new release or backlisted title. Readers: you get to sample some delicious snippets! We’ll do our best to tease, titillate and tantalize you into the weekend.
My Mid Week Tease is from Her Devoted Vampire. Bridget Shanahan has been taken to a stranger's house after she was mugged and just tried to get away from Fredrick MacGregor, a man who claims to be a vampire. Just in time for Halloween, eh? Bridget speaks first.
“Let. Me. Go.”
“You are tired and
overwrought. You should rest.” He met her gaze unflinchingly. “We will speak
more after you’ve slept.”
Fredrick didn’t release
her until she relaxed her body back into the pillows on the bed. But her eyes
burned with her wrath, and two tears slowly spilled over her lower lids to drip
down her cheeks. She didn’t sob, nor did her lips tremble, but her anger
seethed beneath her skin. She said nothing, and after a while he let go of her
and stood.
“Don’t try to escape.”
His voice crackled with cold fury. What did he
have to be mad about? “I will tell Cynthia and the others to keep an eye and an
ear out for you. One thing about werewolves and vampires you should be aware
of: we are a hundred times faster and stronger than the average human male, so
you won’t be a problem to catch. I don’t recommend trying to run.”
He picked up the tray
and stepped back from the bed.
Bridget said nothing,
just stared at him with recrimination. She wouldn’t give him the satisfaction
of rubbing her numb arm where it began to tingle. It was badly bruised, she
knew, maybe even dislocated, but she didn’t look at it. She glared as he
nonchalantly turned his back on her and went to the door of the room.
Before Fredrick left, he reached out and grabbed the
pocketknife, then switched off the light and shut the door behind him. She lay
in the dark with nothing but the light from the crack beneath door to
illuminate her tears. She waited until his shadow stepped away before she
rolled over and allowed herself to cry.
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This was a fun read! And my first introduction to your writing. It'll always have a fond place in my heart. :D
ReplyDeleteAw, thanks, Silver. :)
DeleteI read his first line as "You are tired and overweight." :-) Believe me that completely changed the tone of the snippet, I had to read it again once I'd realised my mistake.
ReplyDeleteLooks like Bridget has found herself in a bit of a pickle.
He has an older way of speaking and earlier in the book she teases him about it. But yeah, if he'd called her fat, she might have come off the bed at him, lol.
DeleteOh man, first of all, I've been in love with that cover for a while now :) I just want to jump into the cyber world and give Bridget a hug. xoxo
ReplyDeleteI would run away too, what the hell is his problem?
ReplyDeleteGreat tease! Poor Bridget... what to do?
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