Saturday Snippet – Family
Since Untamed Magick won the award for Best Erotic Paranormal Romance in the witch and wizard category this week at TRR, I'm feeling a little witchy today.
If you follow my series you know I love to write about brothers and the Scott brothers were my first. However, these witches have a prophecy hanging over their head that forces them to live apart. Now I don't have a twin, but I know enough of them to know that sometimes living away from your other half isn't easy. It can make for grumpy men as you'll see here:
Excerpt:
"I'm sorry, Rena, I didn't mean to hurt you. I hadn't intended to be so rough."
"You didn't hurt me like that, Graelen." She twisted her body so she faced him. Her eyes were soft and full of concern. "You got upset and angry at the end. It came on suddenly and it scared me. What happened?"
Of course, how could he have forgotten that she felt his emotions. His little vixen empath knew too much.
"It was my brother, baby. Didn't you hear him come in?" Her body stiffened in his arms as she frantically glanced around the room. "Don't worry, Rena, he left. But he didn't go far. I sense him very close by."
"You don't like him being here, do you?"
"His coming here was a mistake. One he knows better than to make. It's too dangerous."
She snuggled back into his body, letting their energy meld together, leaving behind only traces of the lighter magic he felt when he was with her.
"Why is he here? Has something happened?" Her astute perception of the situation astounded him. Or maybe she knew all about him and his brothers and had expected this would happen. Was there a plot beyond his own peril? Damn, what the hell had he been thinking, taking her to bed not once but twice? No wonder his twin was so pissed at him.
He eased himself from the entanglement of her silken limbs. It was time to have a heart to heart with his twin.
"Last night when I used magick to free myself, I had to borrow from Cash to get enough power to break the spell. It's likely that danger is what made my reckless brother come here." There was a critical tone to his voice he couldn't mask.
Her brow furrowed as she contemplated what he'd just said and why. "The cards. They foretold a story of the witches with the dark power. When used together can destroy themselves as well as those around them." She hastily donned her clothing that Graelen had left atop the bureau. "Unless…"
"No Rena, there is no unless. The only way to break the prophecy is to not use the magick. Particularly together. It's why we all live so far apart." He stepped into his slacks, casually dressing as he watched her fumble with the buttons of her blouse. "Every generation of twins has tried to find a solution and failed."
"But, Graelen, I think there's another way—"
"No." He raised his hand to still her words. "I don't think you appreciate the danger we pose. The four of us have had to live with this legacy all our lives, nobody understands the risks involved like we do." Her spine stiffened at his words as she finished dressing.
"Maybe what you've needed are fresh eyes to look at the problem."
"No. It is what it is."
She sighed. "You know, Graelen, your ego is amazing. How do you live with yourself everyday? What an ass." At that she stomped into the bathroom.
Graelen shook his head in exasperation. She was going to drive him crazy. He couldn't figure out her game. What was the point of approaching them at this angle? What purpose did she strive for? Well, he wasn't going to figure it out right this second because right now he had to go kick some brotherly ass.
I hope you've enjoyed this tiny taste of magick and will now visit the others for lots more snippety goodness.
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