The cover reveal for Dark One’s Mistress approaches, so my fellow Weekend Writing Warriors and Snippet Sunday Folk, I’m sharing a little excerpt from that New Adult Gothic Romance…
Blurb: Kidnapped by the Great Lord’s men, seventeen-year-old Clarabelle Weaver is determined to escape before his plan to make her his mistress comes to fruition. That is until she learns his heirless death will free the soulless criminals enslaved in his army and, with the enemy all but knocking on their doors, she must decide if her freedom is really worth a kingdom.
In this piece, Clara is trying to escape the Great Lord’s Citadel.
The hall was pocked with closed doors. No sound came from the rooms they shut off. Could she hide in one and wait? She fled to the nearest doorway. The handle twisted at the softest of jiggles and she hastened inside, gently pushing the door shut behind her.
She listened for the man’s passage, the muffled thump of the unseen seeker’s steps paling as a steely hiss issued from within the room. Fear of what stood behind her put a lump in her throat, choking off any thoughts of crying out.
“Don’t move.”
Whoops.
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Aldrea Alien 
I hope she hasn’t been caught by someone dangerous. Great Snippet. 🙂
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Oh no, it’s just the paranoid, mostly-naked guy who owns the joint that also has a habit of keeping his sword close at hand and levelling it at strangers… Wait a minute…
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Intrigued. Should she still be scared.
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I suppose that depends if you find a man wearing just a towel and levelling a sword at you as scary. She does.
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Oh man, that is not what you want to hear! Great snippet, Aldrea. 🙂
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Especially not in a strange, big ol’ citadel full of soulless men.
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Oh dear! It sounds dangerous.
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Oh, he is.
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Uh oh, hope she didn’t run into something worse than she’s trying to escape!
Marcia
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It certainly hasn’t helped her any.
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Wow, great tension in this snippet!
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Thank you. 🙂
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Uh-oh. Those are not comforting words. Loved the hallway “pocked with closed doors.” Great snippet!
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No, no they’re not.
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Interesting development! Can’t wait to read more of this one…
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Mmm, and a mostly-naked, angry dude makes it all the more interesting.
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That was really tense. Great job! 😀
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Thanks! 🙂
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I think she should have chosen a different door…
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Yes, then she would’ve made it to the gate before they found her…
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Very clearly written, and with a great payoff in the final line.
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Thank you.
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I hope the intruder is a friend and not an enemy. Nicely done.
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Depends on how you define enemy. If as a person who’ll protect her but still block her attempts to leave, then… yeah.
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Wow! Nice! Wonderful tension.
Andrea, I’d be glad to tweet it for you when it’s revealed. 🙂 @teresa_cypher And I also want to read this book. 🙂
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Thank you. For the offer as well.
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“Andrea” Yikes! Name typos are the worst! What I meant to write was “Aldrea”. 🙂
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It’s all good. Not the first time I’ve seen that typo. 🙂
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Oh-oh! I don’t know if she’s safer or has just gotten in deeper. I am dying for her to spin around! Love the “pocked with doors” phrase! Good snippet.
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Definitely the latter. Clara seems to have a knack for putting her foot in it. But spinning around might be an ill-advised move. Turning slowly, perhaps.
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Excellent snippet, Aldrea. Looking forward to meeting your angry-paranoid, semi-naked sword-wielder
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🙂
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Oops, wrong door. I wonder which side of the door is the more dangerous.
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This side. Definitely this side.
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Whoops is right! Methinks she should have chosen a different door or listened inside this one first. I do wonder who just found her though and what’s about to happen. This sounds like an interesting tale!
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^_^ Thank you.
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