Welcome to Eight Sunday, the blog hop where writers post eight sentences of their work.
I finished the first round edits for All Things Returned, the third part of the Anton and Lenora series, this week. Last week, I posted the introduction to Jacob Lowell, a man who causes Lenora a lot of trouble. Here's the next part--
“Well, well,”
Jacob said once he had steered me away from Anton, “the little kitten has
fallen on her feet after all.”
“I have no idea
of your meaning, sir.” This was not true. It was clear Jacob meant to insult me
and to remind me of the trouble Anton and I had left behind in Rio port when
we’d been forced to stop there for repairs. I had, at the time, been unhappily
promised to a man named George Settle, who had beaten his first wife and would
no doubt have treated me with equal contempt. Mr. Settle had, with Lowell’s
help, pursued us to Brazil.
We had fled that place, leaving Mr. Settle behind us,
dead in a pool of his own blood. His death had been by my hand, and this fact
vexed me. For more snippets, please visit Weekend Writing Warriors and Snippet Sunday
All Things Returned, part 3 of Anton and Lenora, comes out next April. For more on the series, please visit my Anton and Lenora page.
Nice summary of their relationship. (But the next time she kills someone she needs to make sure they stay dead...)
ReplyDeleteThanks PT. Oh, he's really dead. But the witnesses aren't.
DeleteI love her voice. Maybe Lowell should step back, the lady isn't afraid of protecting herself!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Millie. She's fun to write. He doesn't know when to quit.
DeleteUh oh. She sounds confused. Maybe next time she'll use whatever weapon she used the first time, harder! Nice eight Ute!
ReplyDeleteThanks Anne. She didn't mean to kill him, exactly. But, stuff happens :)
DeleteI like the understatement that he'd been dead by her hand, which vexed her. An interesting story, complex but draws a reader in. Great snippet!
ReplyDeleteThanks Veronica. She is bothered by it, but she feels she had no choice.
ReplyDeleteSounds like she has a lot on her mind but hopefully she's strong enough to move forward. Great 8.
ReplyDeleteShe's a strong women, Gemma. It's why I love her. :)
DeleteShe was vexed at having killed someone. Fascinating! I assume it was self-defence, given that description of Mr. Settle's character.
ReplyDeleteSometimes you have to do what you have to do, she couldn't possibly stay with a man who was going to beat her.
ReplyDeleteIt was worse than that. He had to go--and she actually did kill him in self-defense.
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