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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.

 

This week, I'm skipping ahead a few chapters.  They've run out of supplies, so Emmily is tasked with going to the store in the County Seat--for a supply run. Genrael sent Kade with her, and he's keeping Murphy at the cabin so Emmily doesn't betray them while she's in a store.

Now, the  snippet: 

    

     When we reach the four-lane highway outside of the county seat, he’s sitting rigid; his eyes search the surroundings.

     “Kade? It’s okay. I really doubt anyone is going to threaten you.”

     “Us.”

     “Alright… us. No one is going to threaten us.” I check him over, then add, “By the way, we need to pick up some clothes for you guys. You look pretty bad. I should have given you a good look-over before we left; there’s blood on your shirt.” 

 

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

     “That is a…problem?”

      “Well, if you were wearing hunting clothes, no, but a uniform? It might stand out.”

     “I do not know how to fix this.”

     I pull into the shopping center and park next to the second time around shop. “Kade, maybe you should stay in the car. You’ll just have to trust me on this.”

      “No. Even if I were willing—and I am not—Genrael would never depend on me to follow his orders again.”

      It is what it is. The worst is that someone will be alarmed by his appearance and call the cops. Problem solved, at least for me.

 

That's the snippet.

              

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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