#8Sunday #SundaySnippets: A grief beyond tears

I received the cover art for To the Wind, Anton and Lenora book two this week. I love getting cover art, it's like unwrapping a present! The cover is down below, if you'd like to take a gander.  Meanwhile, I'm still hard at work on the third novella of this series, All Things Returned.  Here's a sample of what I've been scribbling--


I went to the bedroom and shut the door behind me. The bed that Anton and I had so recently occupied was evidence of better times. I wondered if those times should ever come again as I lay down and stared up at the ceiling.I was too far gone to weep. I remembered how, at my father’s funeral, I had not been able to conjure tears. I had wondered, then, how that could be for I had loved my father dearly. I knew it now for what it was—the deepest sort of grief, a grief beyond tears. Now I had lost a child and, if Anton insisted on dueling with Jacob, I would soon lose my love. 

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Book One, Sweet Lenora, is currently available 
And, because it's new and I love showing it off, here's the cover for book two! To the Wind is coming out on October 7.