Sunday Snippet: All Roads Lead Home (Warlock's Curse novella)

November iscontinuing the crazy weather tradition. Warm a few days then frigid a few. The whiplashroller coaster is in full force. Please keep arms and legs inside during theride and make sure you've got plenty of allergy meds and mucus relief tabletson hand.

Had a somewhatlight work week and got to focus on writing, which is kind of great consideringit's Nanowrimo month.

Also got somedecent screen time this week. I didn't do a double rotation, but I did make afull run through of all my shows with a little overflow.

I caught two episodesof Agatha Raisin. Season two is a bit different with longer episodes anddifferent titles. So far, I'm enjoying the fallout from the aborted wedding …and the mysteries of course.

Watched the secondhalf of Silent Witness and started a new two-parter. I'm enjoying thekind of messy storylines. Considering this series has been around fortwenty-three years, it's interesting to see how much it's changed from thebeginning.

Enjoyed two episodesof Death in Paradise and finished out season three. Kind of niceto see Humphrey's wife and get an actual end to their relationship. Also greatthat neither really ended up being the bad guy.

Caught anotherepisode of Only Murders in the Building. Loved how the trio finally gotto work together … sort of. That might be the only thing that really sticks outas being a little off for me this season. Otherwise, I'm enjoying the mystery.

Enjoyed anotherepisode of The Batman. I like seeing the villains kind of double up andthen double cross each other.

Got another episodeof Classic Rugrats in and remembered both vignettes. Thoroughly enjoyedboth. It's so much fun going back to this show and thinking about watching whenmy kids were little.

And that's prettymuch it for the life update this week. Tonight's post is from All Roads LeadHome, a Warlock's Curse offshoot novella.

Here's the miniblurb:

Sebastian Northhas a legacy to remake and he begins by searching for the one that got away,Hagan Culpepper. Hagan wants nothing to do with Sebastian. She's worked a longtime to get past the hurt and damage he caused and doesn't believe he'sembarked on a new path. Her return spells new possibilities and spins a fewsecrets she isn't quite ready to reveal.

And a previewsnippet…

Sebastian Northanswered the door. "Nadia. Falk. Thanks for coming." He ushered theminto the manor and nodded toward the beautifully appointed living room.

Nadia arched her brows."We're not meeting in the study? You said this is an official gettogether." She took a spot on the sofa.

Falk made a slow walkaround the perimeter of the room. "Yeah, I thought all pretentiousassholes liked to loom over their guests from behind some huge monstrosity of adesk." He finally completed his circuit and settled beside Nadia.

Sebastian kept his gazeon Falk, mainly because Sebastian had no idea how to approach the topic heneeded to discuss. "Yeah, well, I can't argue that point. And I'd be ahell of a lot more comfortable being a pretentious asshole … I mean I learnedhow to be one from the best there was." He referred to Nadia's dad BorisManchen.

Nadia waved a hand."That goes without saying. But you've moved past my sperm donor'smachinations, right? Meaning you'll figure out how to not make mad grabs forpower." She leaned back and kicked her feet up onto the ottoman.

Sebastian's chin juttedout. "Right. Exactly. Which kind of brings up the point of asking you twohere…" He inhaled slowly and let the breath out with the same measuredpace.

Falk grunted."Just spit it out, man. The longer it takes you to say what you need theharder it's going to be." He slumped down and crossed his ankle over hisknee.

Sebastian almostlaughed. The possibility of Falk smashing Sebastian's face in increased whetherhe spoke or not. Because Sebastian had a big ask and Falk wouldn't like therequest one damned bit. But Sebastian needed to right his wrongs if he everwanted to remake Boris's legacy.

And that meantSebastian needed Falk's help.

Leaning forward, hepinned Falk with a hard stare. "You won't like this, but I need yourhelp." He didn't give Falk a chance to replay. "I have to find Hagan,and you're the only one who can put me on the right path to do so." There… he'd spit it out.

Falk blinked. "Youwant me to lead you to my sister?" His head jerked back and forth."Fuck, no."

I love, love, lovethis series and I hope I can get it ready to go and out into the world in thenear future.

 

That's it for thisweek.

Cheers!

Skye