Weekend Writing Warriors Snippet Sunday "'Make For The Woods'

I'm back! I missed you all, last weekend, but this week I'm continuing snippets from my fantasy novel 'The Matchmaker's Mare which takes place in Wales. The  story is told from three p.o.vs. and two time-lines. Today's excerpt is again from Rhiannon's p.o.v. and takes place in the distant past. She and Sion are fleeing from her father and an arranged marriage with the evil Gwynfor Pryce who is pursuing them.

(This is the last snippet I'll be posting from Rhiannon's P.O.V.) Next time It will be characters from the present time. I probably won't be posting next week as I will  probably be away for a few days and won't have internet but I'll read snippets when I get back)

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Snippet:

“Make for the woods,” Sion yelled, turning his horse in the direction of a thick forest, that covered the lower slopes of the steep mountain range known as Mynyddoedd y Ddraig—The Dragon Mountains. “Perhaps we can lose him in the trees.”

They leaned low over their horses’ necks, urging them on as fast as they dared. Both the horses were swift and sure-footed, but the deep snow made it impossible for them to increase the distance between them and their pursuer. 

 

They had to slow their mounts again in order to wend their way through the trees, scarcely able to see through the snow which fell thickly around them, but Gwynfor Pryce  cast a spell over the forest. The trees the lovers thought would hide them turned traitor, stretching out their branches to twine around the horses’ legs. They threw themselves from their saddles, and Sion hacked at the branches with his dagger, while Rhiannon tore at them with ice-cold fingers. 

At last they were free, and turning away from the treacherous forest, they remounted and ploughed through the snow along the narrow track up the precipitous mountainside. However, the delay had cost them precious minutes, and soon their pursuer was upon them…

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Weekend Writing Warriors Snippet Sunday "...someone is following us!"

Continuing snippets from my fantasy novel 'The Matchmaker's Mare which takes place in Wales. The  story is told from three p.o.vs. and two time-lines. Today's excerpt is again from Rhiannon's p.o.v. and takes place in the distant past, a few chapters along from the last one. She and Sion are fleeing from her father and an arranged marriage.

Don't forget to visit the other authors at the link below the excerpt, there's something for all tastes.

Snippet:

For two more days and two nights they rode toward the next range of mountains, only stopping to rest and feed the horses, and to let them drink when they found a river or stream. The wind blew strongly from the north, bringing with it flurries of snow. 

They stopped at friendly farmsteads along the way, to purchase a few loaves of bread and some fruit which they ate while riding. On the fourth day since she’d fled her home, the snow started to fall in earnest, soon covering the ground in thick drifts, and riding fast became dangerous, forcing them to slow down to a walk.

After several hours Seren whickered softly. Rhiannon turned and looked back, peering through the white mist of snow. A rider appeared like a wraith in the distance. “Sion, there’s someone following us, it must be either my father or Gwynfor Pryce.…”

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I now have some audio codes for each of the three books in the Destiny Trilogy. If you would like one, or all three, just let me know with your email address at Lyn@hywelalyn.co.uk and I'll send you the ones you request, (Each book has its own code). If could manage to post a short review after you've listened, that would be greatly appreciated. 😍

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Weekend Writing Warriors Snippet Sunday - The Matchmaker's Mare - Sion's Camp

Continuing snippets from my fantasy novel 'The Matchmaker's Mare which takes place in Wales. The  story is told from three p.o.vs. and two time-lines. Today's excerpt is again from Rhiannon's p.o.v. and takes place in the distant past, a few chapters along from the last one.Some very creative punctuation to comply with the ten sentence rule.
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Snippet:

 At last, with only a few hours left before daylight, Rhiannon reached the clearing where Sion had made his camp. A glowing fire still burned outside the caravan, she heard the chomping of a horse, and just made out Sion’s black and white cob grazing nearby. Then she spotted Sion, lying on a blanket near the fire, he never did like sleeping indoors, not even in his wagon. He preferred to sleep under the stars whenever the weather permitted, even now in early winter. She leapt from the pony and knelt beside the young man, shaking his shoulder, “Sion, Sion wake up—for goodness sake, I need you to wake up, I don’t know what to do.”

Sion raised himself on one elbow, blinking, before sitting bolt upright, “Rhiannon. Rhiannon, cariad, what are you doing here? Shouldn’t you be tucked up in your own bed fast asleep, what’s wrong?”

"Sion, listen to me, my father has arranged for me to marry Gwynfor Pryce in a week’s time, what am I to do, Sion, I can’t marry him, I won’t.” She lowered her voice to a whisper, “you know it’s you I want, and only you.”

Sion threw off his blanket and jumped to his feet,“Rhiannon, my love, I will never let another man have you, not if you love me. We must get away—ride, as swiftly as our horses can carry us, we’ll find a preacher to marry us, in a town where no-one knows us and we’ll settle down somewhere far away and no-one will ever find us.”


 

I now have some audio codes for each of the three books in the Destiny Trilogy. If you would like one, or all three, just let me know with your email address at Lyn@hywelalyn.co.uk and I'll send you the ones you request, (Each book has its own code). If could manage to post a short review after you've listened, that would be greatly appreciated. 😍

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Weekend Writing Warriors Snippet Sunday - The Matchmaker's Mare ..the love of her life and her greatest aggravation.

Continuing snippets from my fantasy novel 'The Matchmaker's Mare which takes place in Wales. The  story is told from three p.o.vs. and two time-lines. Today's excerpt is again from Rhiannon's p.o.v. and takes place in the distant past, a few paragraphs along from the last one.

Don't forget to visit the other authors at the link below, there's something for all tastes.

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Snippet:

The last time Rhiannon and Sion met, he told her he had Romani family business to attend to on the English border, but he would see her in three weeks. Having consulted her scrying bowl in secret, before she left the cottage, she knew he was now on his way back, but still some distance away.

Sion Sienco—both the love of her life and her greatest aggravation. When she first met the young gypsy lad, he first teased her, and then wooed her. When she feigned disinterest, he took to playing

tricks on her, causing her milk cow to go dry, or her hens to take to the water, as if they were ducks. As it dawned on her he too had a little white magic, she scolded him until she was hoarse and ran out of words. Then he took her in his arms and kissed her until she was breathless and told her how sorry he was for causing her so much trouble. 

As exasperating as he could be, she knew he loved her and would never let any harm befall her. As she bent over the mare’s neck, feeling the powerful muscles beneath her, she prayed she would find him before her father noticed her absence.

I now have some audio codes for each of the three books in the Destiny Trilogy. If you would like one, or all three, just let me know with your email address at Lyn@hywelalyn.co.uk and I'll send you the ones you request, (Each book has its own code). If could manage to post a short review after you've listened, that would be greatly appreciated. 😍

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Weekend Writing Warriors Snippet Sunday - The Matchmaker's Mare "- there will be no more argument'

Continuing snippets from my fantasy novel 'The Matchmaker's Mare. This story is told from three p.o.vs. and two time-lines. Today's excerpt is again from Rhiannon's p.o.v. and takes place in the distant past, a few paragraphs along from the last one. I forgot to say last week that it takes place in rural West Wales (where I grew up) so some of the names may be very unfamiliar.


 (As usual, creative punctuation to comply with the 8 sentence rule.)

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Her father’s voice rang in her ears.

“It is all arranged. You will marry Gwynfor Pryce, we have already agreed on the marriage settlement and the wedding is arranged for a week today - there will be no more argument.” 

Rhiannon knew then she must leave the little cottage where she had lived with her father since her mother died seven years before. It pained her to leave the dwelling where she’d lived her whole life, the only home she’d known. However, she would not marry a man she hated, a man who she knew to be cruel to his servants and animals. A man she suspected might be a master of the dark arts. 

Along the edge of the forest and past the foot of craggy Bryn Glas, Rhiannon then turned southeast to follow the drover route she knew Sion would be taking on his return journey. “Faster, Seren, faster,” she whispered again, and the tiny bells she wore around her belt jingled as she urged the pony on. She clutched her hand to her breast to feel the reassuring bulk of the kerchief, holding the only wealth she possessed, and a fragrant sprig of lavender Sion had given her before he left…

 By the way, I now have some audio codes for each of the three books in the Destiny Trilogy. If you would like one, or all three, just let me know with your email address at Lyn@hywelalyn.co.uk and I'll send you the ones you request, (Each book has its own code). If could manage to post a short review after you've listened, that would be greatly appreciated. 😍

For insider news and subscriber-only info, subscribe to my occasional Newsletter. I promise not to spam and your in-box will only see an email from me every 3 or 4 months or so - unless of course I have something really Newsworthy to share! I also promise that I never have and never will share your information or email address with anyone or any organisation.  http://madmimi.com/signups/196357/join