Update and Excerpt
So…
I finished my very first fairy tale romance. Based (very) loosely off the story of Thumbelina, Ever Mine is a fun, cute novella that follows a fairy who suddenly finds herself human-sized and tossed into the middle of the human world. I’m very excited about this story, and as soon as I do one more edit and ship it off to my beta reader, I will get it prettied up for submission.
Now. The Dragon’s Heart! The line editor loved the story and thought it was very cool, which had me doing ridiculous amounts of happy dances. Plus, I’ve been given permission to share a couple excerpts, so without further ado, I’d like you to meet Daniel and his mate, Shelby.
She counted to ten out loud. Then backwards again from ten. “Look at me, Daniel. I barely hit five-foot-two with shoes on. The last time I weighed myself, I wasn’t even a hundred pounds. You are massive. You’re supposed to be the biggest, the strongest and most powerful. You’re. The. King!” she shouted. “It was okay when I thought you were going up against a regular-sized psycho, because you’re you and you’re…well, huge, but I can’t do this. I can’t just sit here, pretending I’m not terrified down to my damn soul knowing there are things out there capable of hurting you.”
He saw it then. There were tears swimming in her eyes. She could have sucker punched him and it wouldn’t have laid him out as bad.
Her hands clenched into fists at her sides as she closed her eyes. She turned her head away from him. “You have to come back to me. You get that, right?”
“Look at me,” he demanded, his voice a rough growl. When she met his eyes, he arched a brow. “I have you to come home to. Do you really think there’s anything in this world that can stop me from getting back to you? So stop crying, damn it.”
She let out an indignant snort even as she wiped at her cheeks. “I can cry if I want to.”
A frustrated growl rumbled in his chest. “I’m your king and I forbid your tears.”
His amazing mate laughed in his face. “I’m your queen,” she said, smiling sweetly. “I demand you take me back to the safe house and let me distract you until it’s time for you to…” her words cut off as her laugh bubbled out. “Daniel! I command you to let me down!”
He dropped her back on her butt and bowed low. “I am but my queen’s humble servant.”
She scrambled to her feet, then fisted her hands in his shirt and pulled his face closer to hers. “Daniel, did you know you have dimples?”
“The hell I do.”
She grinned up at him as she slid her fingers gently down his face, hesitating at the dimples that cut deep. “You do. Right here.”
“You know I’m armed, princess, right?”
She canted her head as she studied him, completely unfazed by the menace in his tone. “You know, when you grin like that, you almost look…boyish.”
“That’s it.” He turned quicker than she could prepare for, and before she could catch her balance or breath, he had her backed into a tree, his mouth devouring hers. He kissed her hard, his soul starving for one more taste of her.
“Ashborne. We’re waiting for you.”
Shelby groaned at Luca’s clipped tone, and just rested her head against Daniel’s. “I really will kill him.”
A soft chuckle escaped him at the irritation in her eyes. He turned and crouched low. “Hop up. I’ll carry you.”
She did as he commanded and climbed onto his back, hooking her arms around his neck as he tucked his arms under her knees to hold her in place. He headed back for the safe house.
She nipped at his ear. “You better be as affected by that kiss as I am.”
“More,” he murmured quietly.
Hehe, they are so much fun. A major pain in my backside, but still a ton of fun to work on, and I’m thrilled to be able to share them with you.
Anyway, back to work for me. I have the galley to read through, then edits to tackle. Thanks for checking in!
~Eden
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