WeWriWa: Have a Heart . . . A Risk-Taking Ranger

Some occupations just don’t mix with having a tender heart. Compassion is one thing, but more than that tends to get . . . sticky, as in this excerpt from my W-I-P, A RISK-TAKING RANGER.

“Why are you so afraid someone will think you actually have a heart?”
“Just doing a right thing to rectify one in a generation of wrongs.” When she had no comment on his altruistic goal, he cut a glance her way. “What, you don’t think they’re deserving of a break?”
She laughed at his abruptness. “I’d see them moved into that swanky neighborhood next door to the Baxter’s house and have his poor excuse for a human son cleaning their pool.”
A smile twitched over Zayn’s lips. Lips that were eager to get to some serious business atop the honorable Ms. Prescott’s at the first available opportunity. “Maybe you and I are both in the wrong business.”
“No. I think we’re right where we need to be.”

Empathy is something the main characters in my latest RomSusp can claim in spades – theirs having been kicked around since childhood and yet still strong enough to bear the burdens of others. The once abused Nora, now a child advocate, and abandoned child now Texas Ranger Zayn still carry the scars on their hearts as well as bodies. Working on the issues of other has helped them deal with those they fiercely suppress . . . until one wounded soul recognizes another.
I’m FINALLY back at the keyboard after a long holiday hiatus and getting back in sync with my characters. Hopefully, I’ll have NEW words to share very soon. Until then, I’m battening down for another round of battering Michigan winter . . . but hey, as long as I have electricity (or battery left) I’m content to let it snow!
How’s your New Year going so far?

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