Hello fellow Snippeteers and readers. Welcome to my Weekend Warriors post. I'm continuing with another snippet from my fantasy novella, Dancing With Fate. Thank you to everyone who's been following my snippets so far.
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BACKGROUND:
Having fulfilled the mission set by Apollo, Terpsichore the muse of dance is preparing to return to Olympus when she meets the mysterious Myrddin. Unaware of her goddess status, he invites her to share a meal with him and falls asleep by the campfire. She is lured towards a host of glimmring, evil red lights, and although she senses the danger, she is now without her powers and has no means of resisting them. This is a few passges on from last week's snippet Feeling deserted by both Apollo and her father, Zeus, in desperation she cries out to Myrddin.
SNIPPET (as usual, some creative punctuation to comply with 10 sentence rule)
For the first time in her eternal life, she knew fear.
"Cora, look at me." She gazed into two pools of azure blue, filled with concern, and a pale face set in resolve, still she had an irresistible urge to look at those weird, flickering lights. She turned her head, and at the same moment, there was a flash like lightning. The ground behind her burst into a wall of blue flame, it blotted out everything, engulfing the demon lights and the hideous forms that a moment before had lured her onward.
"Look at me, look at me...don't look back again."
Before she could reply, he swept her up and carried her back toward the campfire.
Eos in her chariot had started her journey across the sky and the pearly light showed their camp and the two horses grazing nearby. Never had anything looked so welcome, never had Terpsichore felt so safe in a man's arms.
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Way to go. You completed this scene with an amazing ending.
ReplyDeleteAw thanks, Charmaine, glad you liked it! x
DeleteSounds like an intriguing start to this journey!
ReplyDeleteCertainly not without its moments! :)
DeleteHe's already proven himself a hero.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ed, yes, he has, and there's more to Myrddin than meets the eye! :)
DeleteLovely and romantic!
ReplyDeleteI'm staying near Bristol UK this weekend and may take a day trip into Wales.
Hi Aurora, pity you haven't more than a few days, there's a lot in mid and north Wales to see, places of myth and legends, but you'll probably only manage the tip of south Wales from Cardiff - south Walians are very friendly though!
DeleteWell done! Saved at her most vulnerable time.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sue, yes, she was very vulnerable, being without her powers, but she gets chance to return the favour later on!
DeleteGreat snippet. It really drew me in.
ReplyDeleteAw thanks Elyzabeth, glad you enjoyed it.
DeleteHywela, you've done it again. Thank for the ride into a different world.
ReplyDeleteThanks Charmaine, so glad you liked it! x
DeleteVery dramatic moment, lucky he was there and paying attention! Enjoyed the snippet!
ReplyDeleteThanks Veronica, you're right, only I think it was more than luck, really. I think he was keeping an eye on her while pretending to snooze!
DeleteThat was super creepy and cool at the same time.
ReplyDeleteThanks Alexis!
DeleteHywela, if possible, can you locate Teresa regarding Linky's no cooperation with me this week making it difficult to contact my When Double Meets Single. Frustrated here in NY. Thanks, my friend.
ReplyDeleteSure, I'll see what I can do - I thought it might just be me, I got your current post by clicking on last week's but it's annoying that it's playing up, isn't it. xx
ReplyDeleteI've tried contacting her through FN and Twitter but I don't have an email address for her, sorry.
DeleteJust had a message from Teresa - it's fixed now! :)
DeleteWonderful description of the destruction or dispersing of the evil lights! Exciting snippet!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jenna - glad you picked up on the dispersion of the evil ones - Myrddin has hidden talents! :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful description!
ReplyDeleteAw thanks, PT, so glad you enjoyed it.
DeleteThis is a very atmospheric excerpt. Well done.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Elaine, glad you liked it.
DeleteRescue, and not a moment too soon! I hope there's no permanent effects.
ReplyDeleteI missed the sign up, but here's my WeWriWa post
AS you say,just in the nick of time! (It's a bummer when you miss the sign-u- sn't it! I've done it myself once or twice.)
DeleteHe saved her! Thank goodness. Great imagery.
ReplyDeleteThanks Karen x
DeleteOh yeah, watch out for the flickering lights. Just ask the Scots. :D Great snippet, Hywela. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Siobhan - yes, those Welsh flickering lights are definitely kin to the Scots - after all they're both Celtic.:)
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