Rainbow Snippets: Not that bad

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 the previous snippet where Dylan insists Tracker uphold his promise to teach him swordsmanship…

The hound circled him, humming. Those long fingers stroked his chin. His brows drew together, shading his eyes but failing to hide their intensity.

It was a side Dylan wasn’t used to seeing from the man. It set his stomach bubbling anew.

At last, Tracker halted before him. “If I am to be entirely honest, I am uncertain I can make much of a swordsman from you in the time we have. Most start with some sense of form, even if it is a rather poor one. But with you…” The sentence trickled off into a groan.

“My form can’t be that bad.” He was a little unbalanced, certainly. That came from a lack of experience in standing with his arms out. Fighting with magic lent itself to bursts of movement. The snap of a hand, the quick shift of a foot. Strength was measured in power, not muscle.

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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