Welcome to Weekend Writing Warriors!
It's time for snips and bits of amazing tales by talented
writers! Weekend Writing Warriors is a weekly bloghop. Each week,
participants sign up HERE
at wewriwa.com, then post 8 to 10 sentences of their work, published or
unpublished, on their own blog to go live by 9:00 AM Sunday,
EST. Then we visit each
other and read, comment, critique, encourage--all those things that do a
solitary writer's heart good.
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This week's snippet is from "The Sands of Dhor". Lily, abducted from Earth by alien slavers, is with Theusand (not a slaver--an apparent rescuer) has just told her that Earth was destroyed and her husband and children are dead.
This week's snippet picks up directly from last week's--which ended
with Theusand offering a kindness...sort of: “I can take
away this pain, this… what your people call heartache.” Her reaction continues this week:Snippet Sunday group from facebook--not us, but many of our participants do both, can be found HERE
This week's snippet is from "The Sands of Dhor". Lily, abducted from Earth by alien slavers, is with Theusand (not a slaver--an apparent rescuer) has just told her that Earth was destroyed and her husband and children are dead.
“My people? My people don’t call
anything…anything anymore! Your people killed them. Killed them all!” Her hands
flew up to his chest and she started pounding on him. He made no attempt to
stop her. When she finished pommeling him, she crumbled into more sobs.
Once again, time lost all relevance. Where she was going no longer mattered. Her goal to get back home was all she'd been clinging to since the filthy slavers grabbed her and dragged her off into space.
It'll be interesting to see how she reacts to this news after she's had time to digest it. BTW, whatever happened to her dog?
ReplyDeleteHe didn't try to deny it, so it was a deliberate act, then, and not some cosmic catastrophe that they just managed to escape.
ReplyDeleteOh, this is heartbreaking.
ReplyDeleteThe emotional pulls continues in this snippet. Very well written!
ReplyDeleteI suspect her energies will now turn to thoughts of revenge, on Theusand or all of his people. And I too wonder what happened to her dog.
ReplyDeleteI feel for her. So sad. Is her dog still with her?
ReplyDeleteSuch an emotion filled snippet, I could really feel her anguish - is her dog OK?
ReplyDeleteThanks for adding my link.
ReplyDeletePoor Lily. I'd certainly feel terrible about losing everybody and everything. (Shades of Arthur Dent)
Her emotions are certainly clear, and her despair. I'm wondering what Theusand will say next...quite the snippet!
ReplyDeleteWell done. I can feel her despair and agony.
ReplyDeleteSuch heartbreak and futility. C'mon Theusand, step up!!
ReplyDeleteFrom the beginning, your heroine lives; more than brave, her spirit has no end. Thanks, Teresa.
ReplyDeleteVery emotional scene, great job!
ReplyDeleteBut she won't let him take away the heartache, will she? It's all she's got left. That and thoughts of revenge. And her dog (had to get my vote in). Great snippet.
ReplyDeleteReally emotional snippet! Such a big loss to try to wrap your head around.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if there are enough enslaved humans to keep the species going...
I feel for her. You have done such a great job writing this!
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