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 my upcoming release The Navy's Ghost. Ensign Christiana Brickman woke up in the hospital with a broken and torn leg. She's out of the SEALs, but she's always worried about her squad. Fortunately, the men are just as concerned with her.
“Did you catch
them all, sir?” Crushing the terrorist cell would improve her mood.
“Yes. Bravo
Squad went in at 1900 the day you returned to Coronado.” The lt. commander lost
his smile, but fierce triumph glowed in his eyes. Hooyah, they’d gotten the bastards. She nodded her gratitude, but
her gut clenched with loss. She’d been left behind already.
“Glad to hear it,
sir. Would you pass on my congrats to the squad, sir?”
“Will do, Ensign.”
A half-smile curled his lips. “They also took your nickname for the Squad.”
“My nickname,
sir?” Chris blinked.
“Bravo Squad
does it mo’betta?” He chuckled at her blank stare. “They shortened it to Beta
Squad, because they’re second to none.”
Chris gaped at
her CO. “Did I really say that, sir?”
“Yes, Ensign.
Under the influence of morphine. I have multiple reports.” He raised an
eyebrow. “You don’t remember?”
“No, sir.”
“They’ve adapted
it out of honor and affection for you, Brickman.”
“Yes, sir. Thank
you, sir.”
“They are all
looking forward to seeing you.”
“Thank you,
sir.” Chris didn’t really want them to see her like this.
They lapsed into
silence again. What more was there to say? The squad had vanquished the
terrorist cell and only she’d sustained injuries. At least as far as she knew.
“Was anyone else
wounded in the latest op?”
“No, Ensign. The
squad came through without a scratch this time.”
This
time. Chris tried not to
take it personally, but the phrase stuck in her mind.
The Navy's Ghost will be available on Smashwords, ARe, and Amazon on Monday, Dec. 2, 2013
Bless her, I hope she heals and can re-join them soon.
ReplyDeleteHehehe. Poor Chris. If she only knew what ELSE she said that night. *waggles brows*
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