Snippet Saturday

I'm way late on my snippet. Oops.  I left the house this morning and completely forgot. It took updating my website tonight before I realized it had slipped my mind.

The theme is vacation. Some of us just don't take enough vacations and that comes through loud and clear in our books. In Slave To Pleasure, a fantasy fae story, Nissa takes a working vacation but ends up with a lot more than she bargained for.

Here's a snippet:

Under the cloak of darkness, Nissa made her way across the deck of the cruise ship in the direction of the gallery. Her body vibrated with energy and adrenalin as she tuned in to all of the surrounding sounds. The dull roar of the ocean as the boat sliced through the water, the tinkling of music drifting from the ballroom in the distance, even a few hushed voices from people milling around on the opposite side of where she stood.

Nothing out of the ordinary for a luxury cruise except for the increased ache in her own body, a sure sign there were more than humans aboard. From the moment she'd stepped on board her heat had surged. Since her mother had neglected to teach her all she needed to know about her own sexuality she had no idea who or what she could be facing. Logically she hoped only fae, but Kian had taught her to be prepared for the unexpected. So she'd spent the day in her cabin strategizing.

She'd seen the online article about the Mogul Emerald touring on the adults-only cruise ship and couldn't believe her luck. The solution to her problem had fallen proverbially in her lap, which even to her seemed too good to be true.

The smart thing to do would be to leave as quickly as possible before she got caught, but the lure of two hundred and seventeen carats of pure healing energy was too great to deny. Her heat had become unbearable since she'd left home, and leading a normal life seemed out of the question. The emerald represented her best opportunity for a cure, something she wouldn't pass up despite the risks to her freedom.

Physically the fae closely resemble humans, so it didn't take long to get lost in the human world. But staying safe wasn't easy. She considered looking for her relatives since her father had been a human witch. Many years ago he'd accidentally opened the veil between worlds and called her mother, the love of his life, to his side. However, telling people of her whereabouts would only endanger them and she had no idea who she could trust. There were still a few witches in Otherworld who could open the veil and if Cirdan came through… So she'd changed her hiding place every few days, making it difficult for anyone to track her, but the need to fuck drove her crazy as much as it scared the shit out of her.

The first few days had not gone well. Despite everything her father had taught her about this realm before his death, she'd still come in half blind with nowhere safe to go and no human money. Dreams of two gorgeous fae tormented hersleep. Once she'd even come close to returning to them. Roane and Erik.

In her condition there would've been nowhere in Otherworld to hide. In the end, coming here, despite the fear of the unknown, kept her safe. Although it wouldn't last if she didn't do something drastic. A seven-night cruise with the world's largest exotic gem collection on display sounded perfect for a fae witch itching to weave a healing spell.

Now she just needed to get her jewel and hope it would fix her heat because she couldn't go back.

Roane and Erik's attention may have sparked an unwelcome desire in her, but that didn't make up for the fact that they'd bought her to be a sex slave, something she couldn't stomach on a good day. The last of the nearby voices faded away, leaving only the din of the ocean and the humming of engines behind. She needed to stop worrying about the past and focus on the here and now. If there were fae here to trap her, and there most likely were, she'd deal with it when the time came.

Nissa slipped into the dark corridor ahead, keeping herself hidden in the shadows. The map she'd studied for the last several weeks helped her now. After finding out the gallery was located midship, she knew she'd have some cover for her movements.

Magic would be so much easier for this job, but she didn't want to leave a trail. Until she had that gem in sight she'd have to do this the good old-fashioned human way. Maybe if her plan worked out she'd use this obsession with precious jewels as an opportunity for something more.

A girl had to make a living somehow.

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