Sunday Snippet: Threshold

Seasons' Greetings!

For whateverholiday you celebrate, I hope you have a joyous time filled with cheer andmerriment. We'll be low key per usual with a trip to my dad's and hopefullysome FaceTime with my brother in Arizona.

The weather isstill playing back and forth. We have a bit of snow and it's pretty cold rightnow. The temps are supposed to warm up into the forties and fifties over thenext few days.

Finished up twoprojects this week and have one on my plate. January looks to be shaping upwith multiple projects and I'm so grateful for those. The short break gives mesome time to finish getting my side project ready to launch and I hope to dothat next week during the holiday.

Only a semi-goodweek of viewing. I had some big cleaning projects to work on and got a good bitof that completed. Still working on a few others and hope to have them finishedbefore the end of the year.

Watched anotherepisode of Mr and Mrs Murder. I remember parts of this one but hadn'tseen the entire episode. Ended up being pretty good.

Also watched an episodeof London Kills. The plot thickens regarding the disappearance of David'swife. Looking forward to seeing how that ends up being resolved. Also enjoyingBillie so much on this show.

Enjoyed the onehundredth episode of Death in Paradise. So lovely to have Camille backfor a brief stay. Also nice to see Spirit Richard. This also marks, in myopinion, when Catherine and Selwyn take on larger roles in the show. Lookingforward to rounding out season ten with the last two episodes.

That's it for thelife update this week. Tonight's post is from Threshold, a novella that putsa couple on their path to freedom after years of servitude.

Here's theminiblurb:

Satin Welch takes one look at the gorgeous Blade Killianand has to have him. She purchases his slave contract and grants him freedom.Blade doesn't trust the beautiful woman or her idea to make him a partner onthe Threshold, a pleasure ship traveling throughout the galaxy, but hecan't quite resist the chance to make his own choices after a decade of sexualservitude.

And a sneaky peek…

Whoare you? A greatquestion. One Satin would answer in just a moment. First, she had somethingvery important to do—before Blade ended her life.

She choked out anorder. "His collar. Remove his collar." The words gurgled from her throat.Blade's eyes widenedwhen the circlet of silver fell to the deck. He swooped around, locking an armaround her torso, resting just below her breasts. She held up the controllerand he snatched it from her hand but didn't loosen his grip.Satin dragged in airthen nodded toward the device. "I thought you'd like to have the honor ofdestroying the unit." The next step to calm the raging man.She hoped.After shoving her away,Blade dropped the tiny device to the deck and stomped on it. He picked up thecollar and threw it against the wall, shattering the thing into pieces. Symbolically,she'd given him his freedom. Now she had to earn his trust.He spun around."Again, I ask, who are you and why shouldn't I kill you right now?" Hischest heaved with barely controlled emotion.Satin smiled. "Thewho is Satin Welch and the why is something we'll get to in a moment, but first—"She crossed to the kitchenette and grabbed a stack of papers.Taking the first one,she tucked the others under her elbow. She retrieved a handheld mincer.She returned to hisside. "I'm setting you free. This is the purchase contract from thetransaction with your former owner." She shredded the pages and let thepieces fall to the ground. "As of this moment, you are no longer aslave."Blade crossed his armsover his chest. "Why should I believe you?" He clicked his tongueagainst his teeth. "My first owner did the same thing—yet here I am, tenyears later, newly purchased. I've traded one owner for another … again."Satin lost herpatience. "You moron. I didn't buy you, I bought your contract soyou can become my business partner." Maybe she'd misjudged hisintelligence.Blade blinked thenthrew his head back and laughed. "You're amusing yourself, right? You saidbusiness, but you mean bed, don't you?" His derisive tone suggesteddisgust at the thought.Satin sighed and rolledher eyes. "No, I don't." She gave him a slow once-over. "Icertainly wouldn't turn you down, but you'll never be forced to pleasureme—or anyone else—in bed from this moment forward…" She paused a moment."Unless you want to earn more on the side or you choose to bed someone ofyour own volition." She tried really hard to make her intention clear andsuccinct.If he could get out ofhis own way enough to see.

I love how thisstory is coming together. Satin and Blade are interesting characters and Ienjoy writing them.

 

That's it for thisweek. Catch everyone on the flipside.

ML Skye