Good afternoon, Snippetteers! — my publisher likes to include the first chapter of the next SoulShares book at the end of the book just coming out. So I’ve just finished the first chapter of STONE COLD, and you’re the first to get a look at a piece of it!
This lovely gentleFae, incidentally, is Maelduin, a Fae obsessed with avenging his father’s murder. But there are a few things he doesn’t know about the male he’s sworn to kill…
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By my own hand and will, I do resign to you all rights and titles and magicks falling to me as Head of House...
The ancient words were pretty, but carried little true meaning, at least the part about the magicks of a Head of House. Some of the Great Houses, the lap-dogs of the Royals, invested their Lords and Ladies with unique magicks. His own House had been poor even before its fall, and now possessed little more than its pride. Which had been destroyed, utterly, before Maelduin had been born.
And which he was now going to reclaim.
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Oh, I feel sad for him, but I love the words!
I wonder how he’s going to accomplish this.
Poor guy. Looks like an interesting uphill climb for him.
Ooo, what an interesting premise you’ve set up, interwoven with world building in just a few words!
Great intro with awesome world building and strong look at the character.
great premise, lovely picture 😀
Always amazed at author’s ability to world build.
I loved the whole series and I’m sure I’ll love this one just as much