April
7, 2013
Hello!
A lovely day, gorgeous weather, spring temps, and I got to spend most of it
outside. YAY!
Tonight's
snippet is from Picture Perfect. Faeryn has an image of her picture perfect
future, but she's really not certain it'll ever exist…because she's not quite
clear if she actually exists. But
she'll most definitely discover the answer as the story unfolds. :D
Here's
the tagline:
Faeryn Carnes, a fire
elemental, crossed through the Veil, leaving the mortal plane. But when she
returned, an unheard of occurrence, Seth Jacobson, an air elemental, is the
only person she can count on, which seems impossible because Faeryn believes air
and fire can't mix.
And
here's the preview snippet…
Faeryn Carnes had truly become
lost.
The loud, sometimes constant litany
in her head had been replaced by a deafening silence and the questions echoed
in her mind creating chaos to replace a purpose that had once been clear.
Things didn't add up. Her return
from the 'dead'—and she believed it now…after visiting the pyre—could not have
been to lead the fae to a ravaged wasteland. It didn't make sense.
She had no idea who…or hell…maybe
what she'd become. It terrified her to think her existence represented nothing
more than a fulfillment of a vaguely worded prophecy. She had to have come back
for more than that.
Her past gone…burnt to a cinder
by a wandering flame. Her present shrouded in mystery…unexplainable, illogical,
and uncertain. The future could be shaky at best. At worst, it wouldn't exist
for her at all.
How could she think about a
future when she didn't trust herself anymore? Were her memories her own? Could
she count on the way she felt about anyone or anything? For all she knew, she'd
come back as a totally different person.
Would she just wake up one
morning and turn against those she loved? Or thought she loved? Maybe she wanted
to hold onto something that didn't exist…or belonged to someone who no longer
happened to be her.
Faeryn questioned all she thought
she knew, and everything seemed more intense. She used to pull it out of the
fire to walk a fine line between sane and crazy on a regular basis. At least
she thought had…but the memory blurred now. Her balance gone, she didn't trust
anything enough to ask for help.
But she needed answers and
couldn't find them alone. Whenever she tried to picture the future…Seth's face
solidified first in her mind. He'd seen her consumed by Fae Fire, yet he
believed in her…no questions asked. Even now when everything got twisted
sideways and upside down. Maybe the time had come to put her trust in him to
help her discover what she needed to know…like where she would fit in the big
picture and how she should carry on from here.
Maybe if they worked together and
she let him in, she'd find the sense of peace she desperately sought…and the
questions would answer themselves. One big hurdle held her back. If she went
poking around, she might not like what revealed itself. If she posed any kind
of threat to the Elementals, the smartest course of action would be to
eliminate the danger. She craved Seth's help and steadying presence, but didn't
know if he could do what might be necessary. Didn't know if she wanted to put
him into the position by asking him to assist in finding out what happened and
why. Then again, she couldn't trust anyone else. Taryn certainly wouldn't have
the wherewithal to handle the deed. But she needed to find out if Seth had the
stones to send her back across the Veil if she proved to be too much of a risk.
Hey,
it's not too much to wonder about, right? Trying to figure out if the love of
your life can send you away again. Faeryn's got some big issues to work
through, don't you think?
And
that's it for this week.
Cheers!
Skye
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