Yup, we’re still continuing with the wip To Poison a Prince for snippets whilst I write a whole other novella.
For those of you catching up… Darshan and Hamish are a pair of thirty-something princes from two vastly different lands who are now travelling through the ginormous Udynea Empire that Darshan is from on their way to the capital.
This one is carrying on from last week and ended with Darshan mentioning how the soirée invite from his half-sister has the phrase “dying to meet him”.
There was no mention of his husband by name, although she had to know it. What do you have planned, now? Darshan was certain this soirée was more a case of her wanting his husband in a convenient position to ascertain Hamish’s weaknesses, if not see the man dead. Quite a few means to that end.
How he hated throwing Hamish into the deep end with this blasted soirée, but if they managed his half-sister well enough, then there was little else the Crystal Court could throw at them that they wouldn’t be able to handle together.
Darshan tapped a forefinger on the edge of the parchment. He would need to keep a close eye on his husband during their stay. That could be irksome and possibly signal an opening to those who wanted their vris Mhanek dead. Perhaps he could play off the whole newly-wedded bliss angle.
It was largely true; they’d only been married for a little over two months.
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Hamish is finally free to live with the man who won his heart.
If only someone didn’t keep trying to ruin his happily-ever-after.
Aldrea Alien 
I’m curious to see if they end up going. It seems like there are pros and cons.
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Of course they’ll go. What fun would it be if they didn’t?
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It sounds like managing his half-sister might not be as easy as he hopes.
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She certainly knows which buttons to push.
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Uh oh, sounds like this is going to be a dangerous soiree!
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It’s Udynea, they always are.
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I don’t see anything good will happen. YIKES!
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Well… probably not.
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Interesting. Discussing it with his other half seems out of the question?
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They did. And they likely will again.
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Sounds like it’s going to be a dreadful stay.
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A little bit, yeah.
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I predict this will be the worst night EVER and I can feel a tension headache coming on already LOL. Great snippet!!!
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I don’t know about the worst, but you’re right in that it’ll be pretty bad.
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What a fun family he has! Interesting that not going is somehow more dangerous than going.
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The funnest.
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I hope Darshan shares his thoughts and fears with Hamish.
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He has. And he will again.
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Yikes. And I thought my extended family’s parties were bad. Apparently it can always be worse! ❤️
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Onella has always been so much fun to write.
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This seems more dangerous than not. Hope he warns Hamish to take care.
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Everything’s dangerous in Udynea. And Darshan undoubtedly will, again and again.
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Wow! With a half sister like that, who needs enemies? LOL What an intriguing snippet!
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She’s just keeping it in the family. lol
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And let the murder attempts begin! 🙂
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Mwhahahaha! It’ll be a few more chapters before that
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I’m really looking forward to this party – this sister sounds like quite a character and I already feel like I’m going to ‘love to hate her’ – love these two characters so so much, I really hope they’re both ok by the end of it all!
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I hope everyone comes out of this party alright!
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