Welcome to Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday. Snippets of ten sentences or less are yours for the reading!
It’s great to be back after several weeks away. At long last HERO’S END is finally finished and waiting on the deft hands of my editor Laurel Kriegler to beat it into submission. Since I’ve been on vacation and still basking in the post holiday glow as well as the novel completion high, I thought I’d change things up a little this week with a trip to Kah Lahtrec, that exotic paradise Blade likes to call home. This time, Bo is the one in need of a safe place to recuperate from injury, so Blade takes her to his sanctuary. His friends are so pleased to meet her that they throw a little party for them.
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The warm, night breeze gently swept across the wide terrace overlooking the gardens. Lights flickered in the trees and hovered in the air over the crowd like so many starbugs. Lush, beautiful flowers, their colors surprisingly vivid in the dim light, spilled over onto the cream-colored stones of the terrace, filling the air with exquisite fragrance. Tables, draped in richly colored and elegantly textured fabrics ringed the area, around the dance floor. The treasures of the Lahtrecki people dominated the décor and delighted the guests, the prominent, the wise, and the influential of Kah Lahtrec. Live musicians played lighthearted, airy tunes as optimistic and energetic as the people who listened and danced.
Despite her initial misgivings, Bo was thoroughly enjoying herself. With a sigh of contentment, she snuggled deeper into Blade’s chest as they swayed together in time with the music.
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Sounds lovely. A great place to book my next trip!
Grats on completing Hero’s end, too.
Kah Lahtrec is kind of hard to get to. It’s in the Outland Fringe and there are no regular flights. You’d either have to have your own transportation or charter a ship. I think that’s why Blade loves it so much.
Thanks! Shipping it off for editing has really taken a load off my mind.
Beautiful imagery! I was right there with them…trying to get in between Bo and Blade. 😀
You have an awesome world, JC.
Thank you.
I’d like to snuggle up to him myself. I’d say don’t tell my husband, but I think he already knows.
Very idyllic, indeed. And vivid! Congrats on completing Hero’s End. Woo hoo….now we wait until it’s out. Hurry up!!
Thank you, thank you! You know I love a good tropical paradise!
Sounds like a lovely spot.
It is to me. I grew up in the Tampa Bay area so I’ve based a lot of Kah Lahtrec on my own experiences growing up in a tropical paradise.
Love the descriptiveness of the snippet, and I always enjoy the interactions between Bo and Blade. Is this part of the new novel, or out of something else entirely?
Thanks! This is the beginning of a pivotal scene from HERO’S END.
Precious moments like this don’t come along very often for our characters.
Looking forward to getting my hands on a copy of HERO’S END. Hurry up, Laurel! 😉
They really don’t, do they? Given what happened to them before this and what I do to them later, I think they deserved this one perfect moment.
How romantic. It does sound like a perfect moment. I love it!
Too bad it can’t last.
But…but…
Great description and a very sweet last line. 🙂
Thank you. It’s a necessary moment for them to hold on to later.