Romancing the 8's ~ "The Promise"
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An excerpt from the novel ARC
He kept a firm hold of her hand, scared if he let go, she’d be gone, lost between the cracks of this barren wasteland. Though she didn’t lag or complain, he could tell she struggled to keep the pace. Yet, they had no choice but to keep going. The twin sun’s beat down upon them, heat searing through their protective clothing. He strained his vision to pierce the haze of the horizon. They would have to find shelter soon before night fell and the landscape came alive with predators. Nothing so much as a stunted tree offered itself up for protection and Evan wondered briefly where all these carnivorous animals hid during the day?
“How do you…” she panted, paused to swallow before continuing. “…keep going? Where you always this way? Tenacious in everything you do?”
It was easy to forget they’d only just met. He felt he knew her, had known her his whole life, yet he really knew so very little about this brave woman – the first to take on Project ARC. Just how much courage would you have to have to submit to an experimental procedure, risking death or a future unknown? But she did and here she was by his side wondering what made him go on? He shook his head at the irony.
The short answer would be You, but now was not the time for that explanation. Instead, he glanced down at her and winked. “Always.”
She swiped a forearm across her temple, revealing a raised quizzical brow. Her lips lifted marginally and a dimple announced itself in her flushed cheeks. “No, really?”
He paused his step and turned to her. Reaching with a free hand, he tucked a sweat-soaked lock of hair back within the confines of her hood and let himself dive into the deep pools of her sea-green eyes. “I go until I can’t go any further. When I feel like stopping I remember why it’s important to keep going and I just do. I try to see the end and picture myself there.”
“But what if you can’t get back?”
He cupped the curve of her cheek. “If I can get there. I can get back. Always.”
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He kept a firm hold of her hand, scared if he let go, she’d be gone, lost between the cracks of this barren wasteland. Though she didn’t lag or complain, he could tell she struggled to keep the pace. Yet, they had no choice but to keep going. The twin sun’s beat down upon them, heat searing through their protective clothing. He strained his vision to pierce the haze of the horizon. They would have to find shelter soon before night fell and the landscape came alive with predators. Nothing so much as a stunted tree offered itself up for protection and Evan wondered briefly where all these carnivorous animals hid during the day?
“How do you…” she panted, paused to swallow before continuing. “…keep going? Where you always this way? Tenacious in everything you do?”
It was easy to forget they’d only just met. He felt he knew her, had known her his whole life, yet he really knew so very little about this brave woman – the first to take on Project ARC. Just how much courage would you have to have to submit to an experimental procedure, risking death or a future unknown? But she did and here she was by his side wondering what made him go on? He shook his head at the irony.
The short answer would be You, but now was not the time for that explanation. Instead, he glanced down at her and winked. “Always.”
She swiped a forearm across her temple, revealing a raised quizzical brow. Her lips lifted marginally and a dimple announced itself in her flushed cheeks. “No, really?”
He paused his step and turned to her. Reaching with a free hand, he tucked a sweat-soaked lock of hair back within the confines of her hood and let himself dive into the deep pools of her sea-green eyes. “I go until I can’t go any further. When I feel like stopping I remember why it’s important to keep going and I just do. I try to see the end and picture myself there.”
“But what if you can’t get back?”
He cupped the curve of her cheek. “If I can get there. I can get back. Always.”
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Blog: http://www.transcanadaromancewriters....
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