Forbidden Valley ~ A Snippet
Forbidden Valley: Sídhí Summer Camp #2 - coming in 2011 - Jared, Katie, & the rest of the gang find themselves fighting for their lives when they stumble upon a nest of Sídhí creatures. Meet Mitch's destined lifeMate in Forbidden Valley!
Currently @ 33,500 words and counting!
Note: This snippet is subject to change and has not been proofed :P
Katie felt a rush of excitement streak through her as Guardian Alexander surged through the bright sky, his black scales glinting in the silvery rays of sunshine peeking through the thin cloud cover. Midnight wings swept upward, looking soft as calfskin.
Two weeks ago, Katie would never have dreamed she'd be riding a dragon, especially not with her very own lifeMate sitting snug behind her back. She threw her arms wide and laughed for the sheer joy of it.
"Enjoying yourself, Mia Cara?" Katie's mate, Jared, mentally asked. His joy doubled her own as his warm emotions flowed into her through their lifeBond. His deep laughter echoed through her mind a split instant before his warm breath tickled her overly sensitive ear, making her laugh all the harder.
"I love it. We can see for miles up here."
Alexander was flying them across miles of rugged mountains located within Dragon Valley, a second dimensional bubble with the exact physical terrain as Earth. The dragon insisted the two of them needed to rejoin their cabinmates who were currently hiking through the Sídhí forest surrounding the Peace Camp. A camp hosted by the dragon council who was trying to bring peace between all the Sídhí races.
Katie snorted. Peace was the official reason for gathering the warring Sídhí races together, but it wasn't why children of the most powerful politicians from several dozen valleys had been invited. Invited being a very loose term to what really happened, because when the invitations the dragon council sent out went unanswered the dragons coerced the other valleys into participating.
A matter easily accomplished when the dragon's shut down every known gateway within a valley. It didn't sound that bad, but most Sídhí valleys were extremely dependent on Earth, importing all manner of food and merchandise.
The concept of creating a Peace Camp sounded honorable, but Katie and her cabinmates found out the hard way that peace between the Sídhí races had nothing to do with the four month camp.
After two deaths and the attempted murder of a half dozen teenagers, Alexander had been placed in charge of keeping Katie's group safe. That was his official job. Unofficially, the black dragon was more concerned with finding the people who tried to kill them.
Katie hoped he hurried, because 'until the guilty parties were found,' he informed them, 'they would be safer away from the main campgrounds.' And she was so not a lover of squatting or cold river baths.
Getting them out of the main camp grounds 'to keep them safe' was a load of crap. She knew it, Jared knew it, and Alexander knew they knew it.
In his human form Alexander was a mesmerizing young man who didn't look a day over twenty-five. With a type of personality that could charm the socks off a hitchhiker one minute and scare the living daylights out of a military veteran the next. In reality, he was a crafty old dragon spouting a bunch of B.S., trying to make Katie and Jared agreeable to his plans without telling them anything. It didn't take an astrophysicist to know he was using them as bait.
She sighed to herself, knowing she didn't have a choice, and grudgingly accepted his plan to become live bait. She really hated being manipulated, but no matter what path he drove her toward, the outcome was acceptable if the dragon's caught the ones responsible. She wanted the black-spiked dragon caught and roasted over an open flame.
Honestly, the single drawback to his plan was her automatic resistance to anyone telling her what to do. If Alexander had just told her the complete truth, she would've agreed with his plans, especially when she found out they included rejoining her twin. As obnoxious as Mitch could be she still missed him so she was excited to catch up to her hiking cabinmates.
Of course, her desire to rejoin them had increased after she found out cabin twenty-four, their sister cabin, had decided not to wait for Katie and Jared to catch-up. Instead of waiting they rafted down the river ahead of schedule. Katie wanted to shout for joy over their abandonment. Not that she didn't like the people in twenty-four, because she didn't even know them.
Nope, the teens in twenty-four didn't matter, but Clarisse was another story entirely. Katie didn't doubt the red-haired spoiled brat had gone down the river with the sister cabin.
Katie gave a shudder of revulsion simply thinking about Jared's ex-girlfriend. She didn't trust hate-filled vamp any farther than she could throw a dragon and neither did Jared.
Without warning Alexander dropped a dozen feet straight down and her stomach plunged in shock.
Jared's arms tightened around her. She felt her mate's fear and excitement fighting each other for a dominate foothold. The lifeBond connecting them together was still so new that his flood of emotions felt like a foreign invasion.
He chuckled, nuzzling the back of her ear, he mentally said, "This is an awesome way to hitch a ride, but I'll be glad to have both feet on the ground."
She grinned at his unspoken words, enjoying the feel of his lips as they caressed an upward path along her pointed ear. She knew what he really meant. He would be glad to have her feet firmly on the ground. Overprotective didn't begin to define a vampire when it came to his bonded lifeMate.
His attitude was something she was slowly learning to deal with. His overbearing nature made her feel both cherished and exasperated at the same time.
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Currently @ 33,500 words and counting!
Note: This snippet is subject to change and has not been proofed :P
Katie felt a rush of excitement streak through her as Guardian Alexander surged through the bright sky, his black scales glinting in the silvery rays of sunshine peeking through the thin cloud cover. Midnight wings swept upward, looking soft as calfskin.
Two weeks ago, Katie would never have dreamed she'd be riding a dragon, especially not with her very own lifeMate sitting snug behind her back. She threw her arms wide and laughed for the sheer joy of it.
"Enjoying yourself, Mia Cara?" Katie's mate, Jared, mentally asked. His joy doubled her own as his warm emotions flowed into her through their lifeBond. His deep laughter echoed through her mind a split instant before his warm breath tickled her overly sensitive ear, making her laugh all the harder.
"I love it. We can see for miles up here."
Alexander was flying them across miles of rugged mountains located within Dragon Valley, a second dimensional bubble with the exact physical terrain as Earth. The dragon insisted the two of them needed to rejoin their cabinmates who were currently hiking through the Sídhí forest surrounding the Peace Camp. A camp hosted by the dragon council who was trying to bring peace between all the Sídhí races.
Katie snorted. Peace was the official reason for gathering the warring Sídhí races together, but it wasn't why children of the most powerful politicians from several dozen valleys had been invited. Invited being a very loose term to what really happened, because when the invitations the dragon council sent out went unanswered the dragons coerced the other valleys into participating.
A matter easily accomplished when the dragon's shut down every known gateway within a valley. It didn't sound that bad, but most Sídhí valleys were extremely dependent on Earth, importing all manner of food and merchandise.
The concept of creating a Peace Camp sounded honorable, but Katie and her cabinmates found out the hard way that peace between the Sídhí races had nothing to do with the four month camp.
After two deaths and the attempted murder of a half dozen teenagers, Alexander had been placed in charge of keeping Katie's group safe. That was his official job. Unofficially, the black dragon was more concerned with finding the people who tried to kill them.
Katie hoped he hurried, because 'until the guilty parties were found,' he informed them, 'they would be safer away from the main campgrounds.' And she was so not a lover of squatting or cold river baths.
Getting them out of the main camp grounds 'to keep them safe' was a load of crap. She knew it, Jared knew it, and Alexander knew they knew it.
In his human form Alexander was a mesmerizing young man who didn't look a day over twenty-five. With a type of personality that could charm the socks off a hitchhiker one minute and scare the living daylights out of a military veteran the next. In reality, he was a crafty old dragon spouting a bunch of B.S., trying to make Katie and Jared agreeable to his plans without telling them anything. It didn't take an astrophysicist to know he was using them as bait.
She sighed to herself, knowing she didn't have a choice, and grudgingly accepted his plan to become live bait. She really hated being manipulated, but no matter what path he drove her toward, the outcome was acceptable if the dragon's caught the ones responsible. She wanted the black-spiked dragon caught and roasted over an open flame.
Honestly, the single drawback to his plan was her automatic resistance to anyone telling her what to do. If Alexander had just told her the complete truth, she would've agreed with his plans, especially when she found out they included rejoining her twin. As obnoxious as Mitch could be she still missed him so she was excited to catch up to her hiking cabinmates.
Of course, her desire to rejoin them had increased after she found out cabin twenty-four, their sister cabin, had decided not to wait for Katie and Jared to catch-up. Instead of waiting they rafted down the river ahead of schedule. Katie wanted to shout for joy over their abandonment. Not that she didn't like the people in twenty-four, because she didn't even know them.
Nope, the teens in twenty-four didn't matter, but Clarisse was another story entirely. Katie didn't doubt the red-haired spoiled brat had gone down the river with the sister cabin.
Katie gave a shudder of revulsion simply thinking about Jared's ex-girlfriend. She didn't trust hate-filled vamp any farther than she could throw a dragon and neither did Jared.
Without warning Alexander dropped a dozen feet straight down and her stomach plunged in shock.
Jared's arms tightened around her. She felt her mate's fear and excitement fighting each other for a dominate foothold. The lifeBond connecting them together was still so new that his flood of emotions felt like a foreign invasion.
He chuckled, nuzzling the back of her ear, he mentally said, "This is an awesome way to hitch a ride, but I'll be glad to have both feet on the ground."
She grinned at his unspoken words, enjoying the feel of his lips as they caressed an upward path along her pointed ear. She knew what he really meant. He would be glad to have her feet firmly on the ground. Overprotective didn't begin to define a vampire when it came to his bonded lifeMate.
His attitude was something she was slowly learning to deal with. His overbearing nature made her feel both cherished and exasperated at the same time.
For a longer snippet: http://www.jodiebcooper.com/snippet
To keep up with Forbidden Valley's word count and the occasional quote Twitter @jodieBCooper
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