WeWriWa: EU46

 

                                      
          

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     This snippet is from Emmily, Unbound, an SFR story.  To read a compilation of all snippets posted for this story, click Here: Emmily Unbound, Chapters 1 & 2  Emmily, the main character, has lost pretty much everything in the last twelve months: her marriage, her parents, her job, and her house. She and her dog, Murphy, have moved to the mountains of Pennsylvania into an old, remote, hunting camp her parents willed to her. On her first day there, along a desolate road she's been forced at gunpoint to haul a wounded man to her house.

Last week ended with this: In only a couple of minutes, as I park in the shade of the lone hemlock among oaks and maples in the yard, my heartbeat is already speeding up again. Thank heavens his drug is short-lived.   

Now, the  snippet:

 

     Kade’s already coming around the car when I open the door. I exhale when I realize he no longer holds his plastic ray-gun. 

     I'm being held up with a toy gun? It might be funny in a dozen years. That is, if I live to see it. But for right now, I have to show some caution. The gun could be real, even if I can’t imagine how. 

     Nope. Even in distant hindsight, this will never be funny. 

     They still wear their sunglasses and I’m afraid I know why. 

 

 That's the snippet. A few more lines if you're interested. :-)

They might all have those same goofy pupils as the bleeding guy. Why on Earth would they wear contact lenses that make them look like they have wild animal eyes? What’s the point? Unless… I shudder. What if they aren’t contacts…   

     Yeah. Right, Emmily. Bigfoot will wander into the yard, next.

 

      Poor Emmily. She's a doubter at heart. :-) She's flip-flopping back and forth, trying to come to a conclusion that makes sense.

              

The working blurb for this story follows: Tagline:

   

     Sometimes the simplest plan doesn’t turn out so simple...

     After losing everything that bound her to her ordinary and happy life, Emmily has one plan: move to the mountains. Oh, and never give her heart away again.

     But everything goes sideways when a UFO crash-lands on the ridge next to hers, and on a desolate road she’s waylaid by men demanding help for their injured ‘General’. He’s confused, bleeding, and sweet Lord, good looking—even while sneering and growling at her.

     Fleeing an ambush meant to kill him, Gen Rael is gravely injured when his ship crashes on Earth. The human woman his crew captures to aid them is a confounding mixture of terrified, defiant, and beautiful. A female distraction is the last thing his hindered mission can afford. But this Emmily woman is cutting through the steel wall he keeps around his heart.

     Despite being their hostage, Emmily isn’t blind to the peril they’re in: there’s a threat coming from the stars, and it’s lethal to all of them, including her.

     And her simple plan to never-ever fall in love again? Looks like that’s in peril too…

 

 

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