Today I'm sharing from my (unpublished) young adult paranormal romance Running From Shadows!
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Greta Shore (a 17-year-old, black-haired wiccan beauty) and Paxton
"Pax" Craig (an 18-year-old, blond-haired college student with a dark
secret) as they discover the fate of their forbidden love.
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(Read last week's post. Set-up) Greta runs away from her surprise engagement party through the woods. Pax saves her from a shadow demon. Oh, and he's a unicorn!
Back at Pax's cabin, Greta and Pax talk. He tells her that the shadow has fed on her emotions. And that it's definitely someone she knows. And she must under no circumstance confront it because it will kill her. And don't get emotional about anything! >.< Pax takes Greta home. Now, she has to face...her mother!
Back at Pax's cabin, Greta and Pax talk. He tells her that the shadow has fed on her emotions. And that it's definitely someone she knows. And she must under no circumstance confront it because it will kill her. And don't get emotional about anything! >.< Pax takes Greta home. Now, she has to face...her mother!
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Locked out.
Great...just great.
The wind chimes rang as I thought about my choices; except, essentially, I only had one. Face her.
I knocked and waited, but not for long. A couple seconds later Aunt Lil opened the door and crushed me in a tight embrace, her cold hands making me shiver again.
“Gretal, thank the Goddess you’re all right. We were so worried.”
Tune in next week for more angsty spooky goodness!
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I thank the Goddess as well. Good eight. All the foreboding gone? I doubt it.
ReplyDeleteWell Aunt Lil is certainly an interesting new character in all of this...interesting snippet!
ReplyDeleteFace her. that was a great line and well executed.
ReplyDeleteWow, awesome tension. He's a unicorn?? Love it!
ReplyDeleteI love the detail with the wind chimes. Compelling snippet.
ReplyDeleteSo where's mother?
ReplyDeleteAwe, thank heaven for aunt Lil!! Not what she expected when the door flew open. Wonder what she'll tell them now?? Good 8!!
ReplyDeleteWill Aunt Lil keep her from getting her ass chewed out? Looking forward to finding out! : )
ReplyDeleteI love seeing when writer's remember to add the real human elements to their stories. Relief is the first emotion but just wait til mom gets a hold of her, and then there is the fiance'. I may possibly have wanted to face the demon before a pissed off mom. :) Another great snippet.
ReplyDeleteThe Murders of Polly Frisch
Relief comes first, then a scolding proportional to how much worry you put the parent/parent figure through. She's about to get a monster of a lecture, I bet!
ReplyDeleteHaving Aunt Lil open the door does nothing to decrease the tension, just prolongs it as we're still wondering what'll happen when Mom appears. Good excerpt!
ReplyDelete"her cold hands making me shiver again." gave me a bit of the shivers. NIce touch.
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