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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 and his 'crew' to her house.

 

This week, I'm skipping ahead a few chapters.  Emmily is making a supply run. At the grocery store, Kade--one of her abductors--doesn't know what bananas are.

 

Last week ended with this:
     He blushes and starts to stutter, trying to come up with some kind of explanation, I suppose.

Now, the  snippet:        

     “Bananas,” I say. "Lots of vitamins. Good choice." 

     We pick up several bunches, some ripe and some are green. I add bags of different fruit to let them try; they might have no idea what any of it is. In case, you know...they aren’t from around here…

     As I make my rounds of the store, I pick up canned food by the case, and add a couple of large containers of coffee, too. Most of the blonds seem to like it—and have admitted they’ve never tried it before. Huh? Who has not at least taken a sip? 

 

Yeah. Who hasn't at least tried coffee? More evidence that something isn't quite right.

 

           The working blurb for this story follows:

    

     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 next ridge over, 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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