Rainbow Snippets: Magic before all else

Rainbow Snippets is a Facebook group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week and share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation.

Being a sequel, In Love and Death is set directly after In Pain and Blood. Some snippets will contain spoilers of those events.

Following on from last week’s snippet…

“I don’t know how to wield a weapon not of my own making. You recommended a sword.” Or was a dagger was better? He recalled the hound mentioning several methods. Did he have time to learn more than one?

That honey-coloured gaze ran over him. Frowning, the hound sheathed his dagger. “I believe I also suggested you would be suited to unarmed combat.” His eyes narrowed. “Why the sudden interest? Blades are messy. Your magic is more precise than any sword could be.”

Dylan rubbed his neck, focusing everywhere but the man’s puzzled face. This was trickier than his mind had made it seem. “In the tower, you said most spellsters use magic before all else.”

Tracker’s nose wrinkled. “I said a lot of things then. Pay them no mind.”

I’ll be back with more from In Love and Death next weekend. In the meantime, check out these other snippets.

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