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This is my first snippet for the SFR Brigade Presents. I know - what a slacker?! Lol. Anyway, I present an excerpt taken from my short story Imprint, part of the Tales from the SFR Brigade - a free scifi romance anthology. Having been rescued from a rather nasty fate by Deluvian Marshall Tevik who'd been pursuing her, my thief Jiona has woken up in what might seem a compromising situation at first assessment...
“Care to explain why I’m half-naked in your bed?”
“Care to explain why I’m half-naked in your bed?”
Tevik
quirked an eyebrow and perched beside her on the edge of the mattress, still
keeping out of reach. “My bed, because there was nowhere else to put you. And
as for your clothing…” He had the grace to look sheepish. “Strip search. After
that trick in the vaults with the knife…” With one hand he gestured to a long,
dark bruise over his ribs that matched those on the opposite side from where
she’d kicked him. She flinched. “I couldn’t be sure what else you might have
tucked away.”
“Bet
you enjoyed searching me.”
A
faint blush colored his cheeks. “I did what I had to do, for my own safety as
much as yours. I didn’t want any booby traps going off in your outfit. You are
known for them.”
She
smirked. “Thought I might have a weapon tucked away in my panties?”
His
blush deepened. Her panties had been little more than a strand of lace. Less
restrictive, but certainly no cover for a weapon. Not even a very small one.
“With
you, anything is possible.”
Jiona
laughed. “Ah, now there’s a reputation I can be proud of!”
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Ohhh! Love the banter! Crisp and witty. :)
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