This, my Weekend Writing Warriors and Snippet Sunday Folk, will be the last teaser from chapter 14 of In Pain and Blood. The chapter will still be available through signing up to my spellster series exclusive newsletter until the end of May.
Blurb: When a routine inspection goes awry, Dylan is left unleashed and alone. Afraid he’ll become prey for the King’s Hounds, he struggles to make his way back to the only safety he’s ever known. Or is it?
Skipping some more from last week to the morning after where Dylan wakes and finds himself alone…
The grey light of predawn stained the tent sides. Outside, he caught the birds chirping and whistling their morning cries. No Authril. Had it been a dream? His memory was certain she’d entered his tent last night. His body insisted she’d done more than that.
He scrubbed at his face and glanced down. Well, he was most certainly naked and didn’t tend to sleep in such a fashion, keeping on his smallclothes even through the hottest of nights. That just left the possibility of her fleeing whilst he slept. Not the best option, but he’d had worst.
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Aldrea Alien 
That certainly sounds like a predicament. Wonder where she’s gone to.
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Not far. They are kinda stuck travelling together.
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Hopefully she just went to get them some breakfast and will be back…
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I don’t know about being back, but food’s certainly involved.
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Wonderfully descriptive writing. Not enough to jar me out of the scene, but definitely enough to paint a good picture. 🙂
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Thank you. 🙂
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Hm, mysterious. Hope she’s on her way back with coffee. 🙂
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Now you’ve got me wondering if they even have coffee in this world…
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Not the best way to wake up, all that uncertainty! Enjoyed the snippet, do wonder where she went and if she’s coming back! Well done…
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😀 Thanks!
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At least he has some clues that it wasn’t a dream. Good snippet, Aldrea.
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He seems very calm about the matter. Christina beat me to the “off for coffee” line! Maybe she’s doing his laundry, hence the missing undies.
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I just about sprayed my screen picturing Authril doing his laundry. The other way around, maybe. 🙂
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This snippet makes me wonder about what transpired the night before. Did she or didn’t she? And why doesn’t he remember for certain?
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Wonder why she ran away?
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Something tells me it wasn’t a dream… 😉
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What a way to wake up. Naked, with questions. Good snippet.
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I like his pragmatic thought process. ♡
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Poor guy. I hope she comes back. 😉
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Intriguing. I’m wondering what happened.
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