A forlorn cry - Excerpt from Karrik #SciFiRomance for #WewriWa and #SnippetSunday
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Here’s the next excerpt from Karrik, Book 6 of my SciFi series, Taxyon Space . I am on a second round of edits and hope to set up pre-orders soon.
Background: Karrik lost an arm and a leg in battle and he struggles to speak. He lives in a hospice on his homeworld of Rishalt. His two brothers are on Earth. In the last two excerpts, his oldest brother called (very long distance). Karrik managed to say, “Hello”, but he cannot say anything else. His brother ends the conversation, clearly disappointed.
You can read last week’s excerpt at https://auroraspringer.blogspot.com/2023/01/flummoxed-excerpt-from-karrik-for.html
He twisted onto his side, his intact hand flailing against the knotted edge of the swaying hammock. He wailed, a forlorn cry, bemoaning his losses.
“Hush.” The sister brushed his shoulder, “You are safe.”
Soothed by her gentle touch, he quieted.
She asked, “Would you like to go into the garden.”
He forced the sounds through his lips, “Uh…Uh…ish.”
“Urish,” she completed the word for him. “Good.” She pulled the blanket off his body, eased him into a sitting position, and wrapped him in a white robe.
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A second sister appeared, padding softly in her bare feet and guiding a hovercart.
The two sisters worked together to lift him out of the hammock and into the cart.
Helpless to prevent this humiliation, he moaned and wriggled.
“Hush, Karrik,” a sister said. “Why are you fussing? You like the garden.”
Burning with shame, he sobbed. They didn’t understand. He wanted to walk instead of being bundled into a cart like a dead fish.
This except ends the first chapter. In the next chapter, we switch to his brother Alarik.
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