Sunday Snippet: Zip Cuffs

Ugh. Turning theclock back is a bummer. I've been reading arguments for staying on standardtime or making daylight saving time permanent. I think I'm coming down on makingDSL permanent, but either way, it would be nice to not have to turn the clocksin any direction.

Had a busy work weekand hit my daily goals to stay on target for project dates. I also got a lot ofwriting in and updated some completed manuscripts for my new venture. I trulyhope to launch it before the holidays.

Not a bad week ofwatching television. I'm debating on how many streamers I'm going to keepbecause they keep raising their prices. I'm okay with paying more if it's notall going into shareholder pockets. I'm looking forward to seeing what kind ofdeal SAG-AFTRA can make with the studios. That might also help me decide whichstreaming platforms I'll be keeping.

I ended up startinga new Silent Witness two-parter and struggled a little with this one. Domesticviolence is a hard watch and there aren't many clues to who the culprit is. I'mhoping to finish the second half later today.

Caught another Deathin Paradise and enjoyed it. I'm a big fan of Humphrey and can't wait tofinish his run so I can watch the spin off Beyond Paradise.

Watched another episodeof Only Murders in the Building and enjoyed it even if a lot of thescenes were goofy. It's kind of nice to have the comedic skills of the cast ondisplay.

Got another episodeof Battlestar Galactica in on my rewatch. This one had some good momentswith a lot being left unsaid, which ends up biting a few people later.

Enjoyed another episodeof The Batman, which finished up the two-part origin story of Clayfaceand put Yin on the tentative side of the Batman.

Watched another episodeof Classic Rugrats. I remembered the first part with the submarine imaginationscenario but forgot about the one where they discover Chuckie is left-handed. Ilove going back to these episodes and seeing them again.

Caught anotherepisode of VIP and enjoyed it. It's fun to see the characters out oftheir element. It's also fun to see Val figure out what's actually going on.

Enjoyed another episodeof My Life Is Murder. Nice to have a bit of Alexa backstory about herhusband and how his death still affects her.

And that's pretty muchit for the life update this week. Tonight's post is from Zip Cuffs,which will soon be renamed Falling from Thrayce.

Here's the miniblurb:

Thrayce Stratton finally has the man she wants, DinoSinger, but when all evidence points to him as the culprit behind severalgruesome fae murders, she'll absolutely do her job as an enforcer—includingusing zip cuffs to get what she needs from Dino.

And a preview snippet…

Thrayce let the curtain fall whenDino pulled into her driveway. "Betrayal cuts deep." His earlier hesitationsent up a red flag for her.

Why else would he be reluctant tomeet unless he had other plans … of the killing kind? But thankfully, Dinowalked into her trap right on time. As soon as he popped the door open, sheknocked him out with a siren song. He dropped like a stone in her entryway.

She grabbed his feet and draggedhim into her private interrogation room—something she added after he got nominatedto his position. Securing his feet first, he came to when she cuffed him to achair with his arms behind the back.

At first, Dino found the scenariokinky. "Damn, Thrayce, I had no idea you were into this stuff." Hislips quirked in a sexy grin.

She put that thought out of hismind quickly. "I'm not." She finished pulling the zip cords aroundhis wrists. "Someone got tipped off. They know we spent the nighttogether." Pushing down the anger at his betrayal, she yanked on thecuffs. "This is an actual interrogation, you moron." Her heart hurtwhen she thought about what would come next.

Dino's eyes went wide. "What? Why?You can't possibly think—"

She cut him off. "Really? Ican't? How convenient the one night you're fucking me, there's no bodyfound?" The truly damning fact.

Dino frowned but stayed silent. Histhighs flexed and his shoulders shifted. No doubt discomfort hit him on alllevels. As designed.

Thrayce walked around him. "Nowonder you did such a fast turnaround on the whole being together thing."Bile rose in her throat.

Dino cocked his head. "Whoplanted this little seed?" His gaze narrowed in on her.

Thrayce didn't see the harm intelling him. "Watson Kincaid."

Dino snorted. "How convenientit's the one person who opposed my nomination." He shook his head.

Thrayce paused in front of him."You know him?" How come I don't?

Dino jerked his head. "Only bysight and by the nastygrams he sends to the board, decrying the lack of acertified election." He grimaced. "Apparently, I was nominated andappointed by underhanded tactics and Kincaid is not happy about it."

Thrayce grabbed the informationWatson gave her. "They why were you in the vicinity of all themurders?" She tapped the paper. "I verified this intel. I didn't justtake his word." The confirmation of Dino's whereabouts kind of sealed thedeal.

Dino growled. "You didn't callthe council, did you? Because if you had, they would've informed you I hadmeetings in those locations, scheduled over a month ago." He shifted hisposition again, trying to keep the blood flow to his hands and feet.

Thrayce paced back and forth, hermind spinning. "And the bodies started dropping this week. Except on theone night you spend with me." She gnashed her teeth. "Maybe just abit too convenient. Dammit." She hated how far apart they'd grown … so farshe couldn't, with certainty, discount the so-called proof she'd been given.

Dino laid her out with his nextwords. "Sure as shit it's too convenient. And dammit, Thrayce, I can'tbelieve you didn't trust me. How could you let someone get between us?"

Thrayce's shoulders slumped becauseshe shouldn't have. "Well, fuck." So much for being good at her job.

This story iscoming together in a way I didn't expect and I love it.

 

That's it for thisweek.

Cheers!

Skye