Saturday Snippet: Fight!
Morning Loverlies,
Yes, it's that time again! Snippet Saturday! Which is hosted by the absolutely and totally kick ass Lauren Dane. Today's theme is the "Fight!" and of course the excerpt I've chosen for today is from my most recent release, Reign of Pleasure.
We all chose our battles for different reasons and chose to fight them in different ways. Rhiannon had chosen to be passive about certain things and along the way forgot who and what she was. In this scene she remembers…
Reign of Pleasure can be found at Elloracave.com, and if you're interested in reading another excerpt you can find two here and/or here. Enjoy! And make sure to stop by and visit the other Saturday Snippet Authors.
"Shut up." I whispered the words.
My breathing was so erratic I thought I'd have a panic attack but it wasn't panic that was charging through my veins. It was pure, unadulterated rage and it was fucking marvelous. Somewhere along the line, with the grieving for what had never been, the guilt of what had been between Soren and me, I had totally forgotten who I was. What I was.
Queen.
Descended of women grown men feared yet I had sniveled for years, playing rebellious brat when the crown had always been mine by right of the very blood in my veins.
Closing my eyes, I concentrated and tamped down the rage until it was controllable and my breathing was nearly normal. Ignius would not come to me, so I would go to him. Not to beg at his feet but to confront him for daring to treat me as he did.
"How dare you talk to the council in such a manner?" William screeched.
Turning, I didn't hesitate but put the full force of everything I embraced behind the blow as I punched William dead in the face.
The sight of blood and crunch of breaking bone shocked the court and everyone else.
Consilium Claris swallowed hard and even Ignius' wisecracking sibling took a step back.
"Get him from my sight." My voice was a whisper, yet the guards scrambled to obey. As they dragged a bleeding and unconscious William from the council room, I walked toward the dais and addressed the council.
"His life is your gift. Thank me."
Their fear outweighed the confusion on their faces as all three mumbled the words until I raised my hand.
"You three and your fucking obsession with the crown have ruled my life nearly from the time of my birth and I am sick of it." Consilium Claris looked as if he would speak and I quelled him with a glare. "No more. I am done and before I let you do the same to my child, I will flay the skin from your bodies and take your heads with my very own hands." Satisfaction roared through me as I watched the three of the most powerful men in Ether pale nearly simultaneously at my words.
"Are we clear?" Each nodded in turn. "I understand you want what is best for the crown, for Ether, but there comes a time when too much is simply too much."
I turned away from the council, looked at Ignius' brother and crooked my index finger. He came without hesitation and for a moment I thought I saw a bit of admiration in his wolflike eyes. "What is your name?"
He bowed and this time the movement was sincere. "Dante Sebastian, your Majesty."
I nodded as he stood again to his full height. "Where is your brother, Dante?"
He looked vaguely uncomfortable. "Abyssus, Majesty."
I didn't ask why, because I knew Ignius probably thought it was the one realm I wouldn't dare to traverse. Too bad he was wrong—and he was just about to find out just how wrong.
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