First Excerpt From Defying Death
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I’ll be previewing the first chapter of Defying Death, starting on the 18th, but since the first chapter doesn’t contain Tifara, our heroine, I thought I’d supply a glimpse at chapter two today.
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She leaned against the bloodstained wall. Why would he kill a being if that weren’t necessary? His thinking wasn’t rational.
Because he was ill, she realized. She must be ill also. That was the only explanation for her attraction to him. “You’re contagious. What are your symptoms?”
“My kind doesn’t become ill.”
Every species was susceptible to some sort of illness. “You know you’re ill. This is a medical bay. That’s why you’re here.”
“I’m here for you.” Light reflected off sharp metal blades.
He was here for her. She was a medic. That was the only expertise she had. He must desire treatment, though he clearly couldn’t grasp that.
“You’re irrational.” Tifara listed his symptoms. “Violent, highly contagious, yet you’re continuing to exude pheromones.” She pushed herself upward, standing. “Come here.” She beckoned toward the sleeping support. “I have to examine you.”
“You believe I’m violent, irrational and contagious and you wish to examine me?” Incredulity colored his voice. “Did you learn nothing from the Palavian?”
“I learned the virus you have makes you violent.” Tifara smiled reassuringly and patted the surface of the sleeping support. “Sit here.”
“I don’t have a virus.” The male stepped forward.
Her jaw dropped. She’d expected a feverish, wild-eyed, flush-skinned being suffering from welts and boils, visibly ill, on the precipice of dying.
This male was the image of a warrior in his prime, devastatingly handsome, overwhelmingly virile, and extremely grim.
He was taller than any human she’d ever met; broad-shouldered, slender-hipped, encased in black body armor. His hair was dark brown, his eyes an even darker shade, his skin golden, his lips firm and flat. There were numbers inked high on his right cheek—J052154.
She stared at him with awe. “You’re a cyborg.”
“I’m a cyborg.” He dipped his head, his expression deadly serious.
“I can’t believe it.” Tifara hurried toward him. “I’ve always wanted to examine one of your kind.” She tilted her head back to gaze up at him. “You look so human.”
He narrowed his eyes at her.
“You’re huge.” She placed her palm on his chest, wishing it were bare. He shuddered, his reaction captivating her. “Responsive.” She knocked on his body armor. There was no give in his physique. “Solid.”
“Lethal.” His tone was dry. “Cyborgs are manufactured to kill.”
“Yes. Yes.” Tifara waved her right hand. If he had planned to kill her, she’d already be dead.
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(grins) Death is going to have his big hands full, trying to keep his fearless medic safe.
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Defying Death
He’ll risk it all for one moment of happiness.
Cyborgs don’t show emotion. Death learned that lesson early in his long lifespan. To survive, he hides his fierce passions behind a stoic wall. He calls no warrior friend. He never admits to caring for any being.
Even the human female he’s destined to love.
Tifara is Death’s obsession, his sole opportunity for happiness, to express the all-consuming passion burning brightly inside him. He’ll do anything to obtain the curvaceous medic: defy a direct order, abduct Tifara from her battle station, and wage war on his fellow cyborgs.
To earn her love, he’ll have to risk much, much more.
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