Hello, welcome to this week's round of The SFR Brigade Presents! Would you believe this is only the first time I've taken part?! Crazy. So I'm sharing an excerpt from my new #scifi #romance Tethered, and my heroine isn't impressed with her new assignment...
Tyree spun on her
heels, her long hair lashing around her as she faced the council. "You
want me to be a what?"
Thirteen elderly
Inc-Su met her scream of outrage with angry stares. The last syllable echoed
around the chamber. If sound could penetrate metaglass, it would have scattered
the saurian lowri gliding past the panoramic windows on membranous wings.
Tyree swore G'vorek,
one of her former mentors, winked at her, and her irritation eased a fraction
at his silent support. Some of the other council members shifted in their hover
seats as she cast her gaze over them. Several scowled. Beyond the oval table
and the council members, clouds drifted past the window obscuring the slender
sky towers of Refuge, a serene background that conflicted with the turmoil
suddenly seething in her chest.
"I didn't
think the phrase 'co-delegate' would be considered such an offensive term even
by you, Tyree," Great Mother M'roc said.
Tyree latched her
attention onto the matriarch. Unlike the majority of the Inc-Su, M'roc had a
generous, matronly figure and caramel-colored skin. Dark braids tinted with
gray framed her broad face. There was a saying among the Inc-Su, twisted from
the old Terran phrase—as solid as M'roc. Unbending, reliable, consistent, and
strong. Good traits in a leader, but it meant once she'd made a decision,
nothing could change her mind. If she'd chosen this role for Tyree...
"I'm an
assassin, not a frigging diplomat," Tyree retorted, but the initial fire
of her resistance had guttered. Arguing already felt like a lost cause, but she
had to make the point.
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Is it really your first?! Tut!
ReplyDeleteI've read this before, but it still makes me grin - Tyree's horror is palpable, and really very funny. :D
I know - shocking! I adore Tyree and how she speaks her mind. Thanks. :)
DeleteWow, seriously your first? Amazing. I really liked this scene. Very descriptive, made you feel like you were in the room.
ReplyDeleteYeah, too busy setting it up to play. :P Thanks. :)
DeleteI liked "solid as M'roc" :)
ReplyDeleteI love playing on sayings. :)
DeleteGreat opening line and great closing line!
ReplyDeleteThank you. :)
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