Welcome to Snippet Sunday.
Enjoy a snippet from last week: Flowers and Fangs #7
This week’s snippet is from Flowers and Fangs. We’re skipping ahead a few paragraphs.
The three Hayes brothers arrived at the Wilkins’ home. They’ve dusted the Nosferatu (one of the more nastier vampires and the most lethal), and they’ve just found out Trent Wilkins(newly made vamp) has a twin who may have infected his girlfriend also. Trent Wilkins gives the brothers the information they need to track down Trent’s brother Tim and his girlfriend.
*The excerpt may have been modified to fit the 10 sentence limit.
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Wade turned toward Axel who stood leaning on the hilt of his broadsword. It was an ancient weapon belonging to a highlander back in the sixteenth century. Axel kept it in good shape and extra sharp. “He’s all yours,” Wade said as he stepped aside and Axel took his place.
“Hey, you said you’d let me go.” Trent’s voice held a note of panic.
“I said I might consider letting you go,” Wade said with a grin. “I considered…ain’t goin’ to happen.”
Trent’s fangs lengthened as Axel brought down the sword. Trent’s mouth opened in a silent scream before crumbling into dust like his fallen master.
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Derek believes the Tim’s girlfriend, Sloane McBride, could be a girl he once dated in high school. After his brothers showed no mercy with Trent, do you believe they’ll give Sloane a chance?
About Flowers and Fangs, “Stake and Dust series, Book II”:
Derek Hayes and his family are preternatural hunters. Stake and dust is their motto, but Derek has a difficult time accepting his sworn duty when Sloane McBride, his ex-girlfriend from high school, is the one he’s been sent to eliminate. Once infected from a Nosferatu bite, there is no turning back. Sloane has been bitten and she will eventually change.
It proves a race against time when Derek puts aside his core beliefs and teams up with Sloane. The Nosferatu wants Sloane for his own, Derek’s brothers are hunting her, and every second brings Sloane closer to changing into the very fiend they want to kill.
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Stake and Dust, Book I- These are stand alone stories.
A Lamia, a sea creature worthy of John Keats’ prose, teams up with a vampire with serial tendencies. When young promising artists are found dead, the Preternatural Bureau sends Cassandra Hayes to the Hamptons to help a fellow hunter track down this lethal duo. She’s only spoken to Mr. Green once on the phone and when she meets him in person, he is not what she expects. His hunting skills are spot on, but there is something the man is hiding, and she’s determined to find out what it is despite the attraction developing between them.
Tremayne Graystone, a vampire from one of the oldest septs, is not pleased when he finds a dead hunter left on the doorstep of his pub. He should have never answered the hunter’s phone, but someone is trying to frame him and he wants answers. Surely he can masquerade as Mr. Green, the hunter Cassandra is supposed to meet, before she figures out his true identity and stakes him. She’s a Hayes, from a long line of vampire hunters, and fraternizing with the enemy is simply not done, but as they work together and follow the clues, the lines become blurred when he falls for the hunter’s charms.
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Uh oh, poor Trent. Great snippet–like the description of the ancient weapon.
Nancy,
Glad you enjoyed the description.
The brothers are really cold and efficient at their jobs. I guess they have to be. 🙂 Good snippet, Karen!
Yes, they do have to be efficient. They were born into a hunter’s way of life, but things are about to change.
Aw, I kinda felt sorry for Trent at the end there. Poor sucker. 😉
In a vampire context, “poor sucker” seems like a pun. Intentional?
lol- Love your intentional pun.
Joyce,
Don’t feel too sorry for the vamp. He’d think nothing of infecting the next human he came across. Remember, he’s been infected with the most vile of the vampire septs.
Oooo,love this snippet! Always be sure to listen when you’re dealing with supernatural creatures. Great job!
Amy,
Love the supernatural, too. 🙂
Efficient? Without a doubt! A bit harsh. Oh yes. I’m happy to know things are about to change.
Charmaine,
The hunters have to be harsh. It’s all part of their training, but they’ll soon see that not all in black and white.
I guess the vampire heard what he wanted to hear. I’d feel a little sorry for him, except for the fact that he threw his brother under the bus pretty quickly!
Caitlin,
He did give up his brother quickly in hopes of saving himself. lol Now, aren’t you glad it didn’t work?
Trent – another not too smart vampire in this world! Intrigued by the mention of the sword…excellent excerpt.
Interesting snippet! Silent scream ? Well done.
“I considered…ain’t goin’ to happen.” LOL! I love that line. So much sass into it. Great snippet, as always!
Oh hey, I kinda liked Trent. Wonder what his twin will be like… Loving this story!
hahaha I wonder how he ever thought that they might let him go.
Lovely loophole, there!