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Missing Scene from Incubus, Book 2!
For those following along with the current Incubus chapters at BigWorldNetwork.com (and something fun without much spoilers for those who have only read Book 1), I thought I'd share a missing scene that didn't make the cut.
I hated to cut this, but as they say, you have to know when to kill your babies. But that doesn't mean I can't share it with you here!
Set during season 8, the last arc in the end of Book 2. Enjoy!
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“Hey,” Sasha said, snapping his fingers in front of Nathan’s face. He had been sitting at the little table in their room, staring out the window at the dark, empty streets while Sasha unpacked. Jim was in the shower.
When they first arrived, they had briefly discussed with Alex that they would get up early and head over to the county library first thing. Being in Castle Rock had Jim more and more on edge as if he could feel that whatever presence was pulling at him was close. He seemed certain that it wasn’t mere dark fae or anything normal they’d encountered with dark sidhe before, but he still couldn’t pin down what he was sensing. They needed to do some local research.
“Are you okay?” Sasha pressed, slipping into the other chair.
“I got a bad feeling about this.”
“About the lead?”
“About everything.” Nathan shuddered, feeling the cold seeping in from the window since he was sitting so close to it. He allowed Sasha to scoot the other chair closer so he could pull Nathan into his side against that wonderful warmth the incubus always seemed so full of. Nathan hated being the one taken care of but he had to admit that it felt good from time to time.
“You’re not starting to doubt Jim, are you?”
Nathan couldn’t shake his head fast enough. “It’s not Jim. I just feel like one wrong move and the whole thing will crash down around us. Death isn’t the worst thing Malak can do to me.”
Sasha merely smiled and rested his head on Nathan’s shoulder. “Things can’t go bad, Nathan. Not with Alex along. She’ll keep us in line.” And maybe it was because Sasha said that so lighthearted and used ‘us’ instead of ‘you’ that Nathan actually felt a bit better.
“Okay, that’s enough. I’m not having any more late night pillow fights with you two,” Jim said teasingly as he came out of the bathroom. He was damp and tired looking and hadn’t brought any clothes in with him when he went to take his shower, so he came out in just a towel and started scrounging through his duffle.
Sasha chuckled from his place against Nathan’s side but, when he looked over at Jim, Nathan couldn’t help noticing that the incubus’ gaze drifted a little too far south down Jim’s body.
“Hey, knock that off,” Nathan growled, half-serious as he pulled away from Sasha and smacked his shoulder.
The incubus chuckled again and turned back to Nathan. There was something sparkling in his eyes that had nothing to do with Jim in a towel. Sasha grabbed the front of Nathan’s T-shirt and pulled, claiming a swift but deep kiss.
“Mmm…okay, you’re off the hook this time. But I don’t like your thoughts going there. Ever.”
Sasha looked at him with a thoughtful tilt of his head. “Am I only half in trouble if you’re included in those thoughts too?”
“Hey, hey, hey,” Jim said before Nathan had time to really register that, “I can hear you, ya know.” Jim had pulled out clean shorts and a T-shirt to change into. He made a little turn around gesture with his hand at Sasha even though there was a smile on his lips too.
Nathan promptly did the job of covering Sasha’s eyes for the incubus, holding his whole hand tightly over those bright blues so Jim could change. “The twins can do what they please, but you better knock that fantasy right out of your head. Never. Going. To. Happen.”
The incubus laughed heartily, allowing Nathan to cover his eyes. “I’m not saying it would. Or that I want it to. Though it did cross my mind as funny that, for whatever reason, the only person I would ever feel comfortable sharing you with is, well…Jim. Guess threesome’s are out for us, then,” he grinned cheekily.
Nathan was having a real tough time not breaking into like laughter. He could tell Jim was the same. But really, Nathan didn’t need those kinds of images playing through his mind.
“I don’t know if all that should be flattering or disturbing,” Jim said as he climbed into bed.
“Can’t it be both?” Sasha said.
Since Nathan had a tendency to take the side of the bed closest to the door, this often put Sasha on the side closer to Jim. In a weird way the Grier brothers already did share the incubus, but Nathan was not about to add any new arrangements.
As he and Sasha climbed under the covers, Nathan nudged the incubus to turn off the lamp on the nightstand between the beds. “Better find yourself a girl fast, Jim, or we’re at risk of Sasha trying to get us drunk and compliant some night,” Nathan said as he rolled closer to Sasha and pulled the incubus to him.
Sasha cupped Nathan’s face and kissed him, soft and slow on the lips. “Mmm…now there’s an idea.”
“I can still hear you,” Jim said, sounding both mortified and amused from the other bed.
“See, Jim,” Nathan called even as he was staring into Sasha’s eyes that glowed back at him in the dark, “guess we’re gonna have to get you and Alex together pronto.”
“I marvel at your logic, Nathan.”
“Damn right.”
“Good night, Nathan.”
Nathan kissed Sasha again, a tight connection, deep, with a slow twirl of his tongue just along the inside of the incubus’ lips. It made Sasha shiver, and Nathan grinned before pushing on the incubus’ chest. “Night, Jim.”
I hated to cut this, but as they say, you have to know when to kill your babies. But that doesn't mean I can't share it with you here!
Set during season 8, the last arc in the end of Book 2. Enjoy!
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“Hey,” Sasha said, snapping his fingers in front of Nathan’s face. He had been sitting at the little table in their room, staring out the window at the dark, empty streets while Sasha unpacked. Jim was in the shower.
When they first arrived, they had briefly discussed with Alex that they would get up early and head over to the county library first thing. Being in Castle Rock had Jim more and more on edge as if he could feel that whatever presence was pulling at him was close. He seemed certain that it wasn’t mere dark fae or anything normal they’d encountered with dark sidhe before, but he still couldn’t pin down what he was sensing. They needed to do some local research.
“Are you okay?” Sasha pressed, slipping into the other chair.
“I got a bad feeling about this.”
“About the lead?”
“About everything.” Nathan shuddered, feeling the cold seeping in from the window since he was sitting so close to it. He allowed Sasha to scoot the other chair closer so he could pull Nathan into his side against that wonderful warmth the incubus always seemed so full of. Nathan hated being the one taken care of but he had to admit that it felt good from time to time.
“You’re not starting to doubt Jim, are you?”
Nathan couldn’t shake his head fast enough. “It’s not Jim. I just feel like one wrong move and the whole thing will crash down around us. Death isn’t the worst thing Malak can do to me.”
Sasha merely smiled and rested his head on Nathan’s shoulder. “Things can’t go bad, Nathan. Not with Alex along. She’ll keep us in line.” And maybe it was because Sasha said that so lighthearted and used ‘us’ instead of ‘you’ that Nathan actually felt a bit better.
“Okay, that’s enough. I’m not having any more late night pillow fights with you two,” Jim said teasingly as he came out of the bathroom. He was damp and tired looking and hadn’t brought any clothes in with him when he went to take his shower, so he came out in just a towel and started scrounging through his duffle.
Sasha chuckled from his place against Nathan’s side but, when he looked over at Jim, Nathan couldn’t help noticing that the incubus’ gaze drifted a little too far south down Jim’s body.
“Hey, knock that off,” Nathan growled, half-serious as he pulled away from Sasha and smacked his shoulder.
The incubus chuckled again and turned back to Nathan. There was something sparkling in his eyes that had nothing to do with Jim in a towel. Sasha grabbed the front of Nathan’s T-shirt and pulled, claiming a swift but deep kiss.
“Mmm…okay, you’re off the hook this time. But I don’t like your thoughts going there. Ever.”
Sasha looked at him with a thoughtful tilt of his head. “Am I only half in trouble if you’re included in those thoughts too?”
“Hey, hey, hey,” Jim said before Nathan had time to really register that, “I can hear you, ya know.” Jim had pulled out clean shorts and a T-shirt to change into. He made a little turn around gesture with his hand at Sasha even though there was a smile on his lips too.
Nathan promptly did the job of covering Sasha’s eyes for the incubus, holding his whole hand tightly over those bright blues so Jim could change. “The twins can do what they please, but you better knock that fantasy right out of your head. Never. Going. To. Happen.”
The incubus laughed heartily, allowing Nathan to cover his eyes. “I’m not saying it would. Or that I want it to. Though it did cross my mind as funny that, for whatever reason, the only person I would ever feel comfortable sharing you with is, well…Jim. Guess threesome’s are out for us, then,” he grinned cheekily.
Nathan was having a real tough time not breaking into like laughter. He could tell Jim was the same. But really, Nathan didn’t need those kinds of images playing through his mind.
“I don’t know if all that should be flattering or disturbing,” Jim said as he climbed into bed.
“Can’t it be both?” Sasha said.
Since Nathan had a tendency to take the side of the bed closest to the door, this often put Sasha on the side closer to Jim. In a weird way the Grier brothers already did share the incubus, but Nathan was not about to add any new arrangements.
As he and Sasha climbed under the covers, Nathan nudged the incubus to turn off the lamp on the nightstand between the beds. “Better find yourself a girl fast, Jim, or we’re at risk of Sasha trying to get us drunk and compliant some night,” Nathan said as he rolled closer to Sasha and pulled the incubus to him.
Sasha cupped Nathan’s face and kissed him, soft and slow on the lips. “Mmm…now there’s an idea.”
“I can still hear you,” Jim said, sounding both mortified and amused from the other bed.
“See, Jim,” Nathan called even as he was staring into Sasha’s eyes that glowed back at him in the dark, “guess we’re gonna have to get you and Alex together pronto.”
“I marvel at your logic, Nathan.”
“Damn right.”
“Good night, Nathan.”
Nathan kissed Sasha again, a tight connection, deep, with a slow twirl of his tongue just along the inside of the incubus’ lips. It made Sasha shiver, and Nathan grinned before pushing on the incubus’ chest. “Night, Jim.”
I am an adult fiction writer - cut scene from Life as a Teenage Vampire
I am an adult fiction writer. My focus has always been on adult topics in sci-fi and fantasy, with story/character driven plots, and often graphic depictions of both violence and sex.
Life as a Teenage Vampire, on the other hand, is Young Adult, so I had to rethink my usual content when tackling this project. I wanted it to be the type of book that I could have picked up at my high school library when I was younger—i.e. sex can exist, but not graphically depicted.
This tale of vampires and high school life does deal with several themes that can be seen as adult. Death, sexuality, falling in love. But it also focuses on things that young teenagers face, like acceptance of self and moral decisions of right and wrong in a world that, frankly, isn’t black or white and never will be.
I think coming of age stories have to strike that balance between adult and young adult, because that’s the cusp the characters are on—that exact transition.
That said, I still found myself writing out scenes that are a little more explicitly racy. I never want to squelch my creativity or what comes to mind, and sometimes, while we might need to kill our darlings, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t write a scene to begin with. Everything informs on the characters and develops subtext that can be important for the scenes we do keep.
Today I want to share with you something I never fully fleshed out because I knew I’d have to keep it out of the final book.
Also, if you haven’t read the book yet, warning that there are some mild spoilers ahead.
After the main characters have their first intimate encounter, which is in the book but not gone into great detail, there is some time that passes where we can assume they do more as they are getting to know each other in this new way, especially being amorous teenagers.
The cut scene was a chance for them to express their desires in an open way that often only exists between friends—the characters being friends who are now being intimate gives them a rare opportunity to be honest from the start of their relationship in a way that I think is often missing for many adult couples.
I deemed it too far on the adult spectrum for a young adult audience, but now you get the chance to read it HERE at my personal site.
Enjoy!
Life as a Teenage Vampire, on the other hand, is Young Adult, so I had to rethink my usual content when tackling this project. I wanted it to be the type of book that I could have picked up at my high school library when I was younger—i.e. sex can exist, but not graphically depicted.
This tale of vampires and high school life does deal with several themes that can be seen as adult. Death, sexuality, falling in love. But it also focuses on things that young teenagers face, like acceptance of self and moral decisions of right and wrong in a world that, frankly, isn’t black or white and never will be.
I think coming of age stories have to strike that balance between adult and young adult, because that’s the cusp the characters are on—that exact transition.
That said, I still found myself writing out scenes that are a little more explicitly racy. I never want to squelch my creativity or what comes to mind, and sometimes, while we might need to kill our darlings, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t write a scene to begin with. Everything informs on the characters and develops subtext that can be important for the scenes we do keep.
Today I want to share with you something I never fully fleshed out because I knew I’d have to keep it out of the final book.
Also, if you haven’t read the book yet, warning that there are some mild spoilers ahead.
After the main characters have their first intimate encounter, which is in the book but not gone into great detail, there is some time that passes where we can assume they do more as they are getting to know each other in this new way, especially being amorous teenagers.
The cut scene was a chance for them to express their desires in an open way that often only exists between friends—the characters being friends who are now being intimate gives them a rare opportunity to be honest from the start of their relationship in a way that I think is often missing for many adult couples.
I deemed it too far on the adult spectrum for a young adult audience, but now you get the chance to read it HERE at my personal site.
Enjoy!
