The Close of November and NaNoWriMo

I wish everyone the best this holiday season! I've participated in a modified NaNoWriMo as I try to finish Between Darkness and Light . Turkey Day weekend has derailed my writing over the weekend. (Oops.)

I am a little over 14,750 words in. As a special treat, here is a snippet of book 3 I wrote last week.

Here's a snippet from my wip: Between Darkness and Light, written a few days ago.

“That leaves us with the topic of Lane Marlow.”
“Word has gotten out that you have forged some kind of an alliance with him to fight Valentino’s followers here in Rome,” Diego stated.
“Alliance?” Samuel repeated in surprise. “That might be overstating a bit.”
“You didn’t kill Tyrell and others of Rome’s group with his help?” Sandro questioned.
“We did, but there’s no formal agreement between us and Lane.”
Our visitors looked perplexed. “Forgive my confusion, Samuel, but even reports from Valentino’s supporters talked about multiple times when members of your group and Lane fought together. That sounds like a formal pact to me,” Chiara said.
My ka-tet looked at me. “Well, if anyone from our group has formed something close to an alliance with Lane, it’s Julia,” Samuel replied.
I felt the eyes shifting back to me, even as I winced. I didn’t want their attention on me any longer than necessary. “Just a few chance encounters,” I muttered.
“I think they stopped being ‘chance’ after the third one,” Mary Anne answered.
“Especially when he offers to kill a Hunter for you,” Matthew added with a grin.
I flushed and put a hand over my face. “Enough! It’s barely worth mentioning!”