This next excerpt is from near the end of DARK HEIRLOOM. It’s the scene where Ema must trick Jalmari into drinking a concoction that will knock him unconscious. The problem is, Ema has a run-in with Jesu on the way to finding Jalmari. I love the tension between Ema and Jesu and how carefully they guard their feelings while still letting them unfold: *** I looked away. Heat rose to my face as anger and frustration boiled beneath my skin. I didn’t have time for this. I needed to get Jesu off my case, but how? The words spewed from my mouth like vomit. “Jesu, I want to marry Jalmari!” His face shattered, but only for a second. Then it turned cold. His brows pulled tight in the center and his blue lips pressed into a thin, hard line. “No you don’t,” he firmly stated. “Yes, I do.” “No, you don’t. I may not know everything about you, but I know you despise my brother.” He was right, of course, but that was the lie Leena told me to use with Jalmari, so I ran with it. “It’s not because I like him. He owes me a new life. And he’s offering me the chance to be a queen. Can you imagine?” I spoke a few octaves higher so I would sound excited. “I was dirt poor before, living in the slums of an infested city. Now I’ll be rich and powerful. A vampyre queen. I’ll be a celebrity.” Jesu frowned and looked away. “You do not really want all that.” “Yes, I do.” I crossed my arms. “No.” He shook his head. “You want love. Real love. You do not care about material things.” He looked into my eyes. “You are better than that.” I rolled my eyes and muttered. “Humph. I bet you think you could be the one.” “Maybe.” My jaw nearly dropped but I caught myself and fixed my face into a hard scowl. “Too bad, Romeo, that Ema is dead. This Ema isn’t going to make the same mistake. I’m all about the cash now. Excuse me I have to go find my fiancé.” Jesu sagged against the wall, his expression broken. I phased and left him behind. In my phantom chest, a sharp pain pierced my heart. Available at Amazon tinyurl/darkheirloom
Posted on: Tue, 01 Jul 2014 23:04:09 +0000
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