“Kadrek! You’ve seen me without my...” Dainzel’s normally calm voice had a slight tremor to it.
“As have you.” Hari heard the Diabane Warrior chuckle amid soft splashes of water.
One of the joys of writing YA is that I can use interrobang.
Liam rubbed his neck. “How about we go to breakfast, you meet the team and we’ll get through it point by point. Sorry for throwing you off the deep end like this, but I’ve figured you’d be more receptive after you’ve met Annabelle.”
“Receptive?” Volya gawked at him. “Receptive?!”
Annabelle giggled behind his back.
"You are aware the production and sale of any and all products of witchcraft is strictly prohibited, and punishable by law?"
"This isn't witchcraft!" said Faine, indignantly. "And these potions are all on the Governor's list of approved items."
“What is that?” Kadrek asked and reached out to touch the side of the Alvaine’s bare hip. She took a sharp breath but did not move back.
“Old wound.” Dainzel replied softly, still not flinching away from the Diabane’s lingering touch. Hari couldn’t believe his eyes.
"breaking the condition would mean you are a criminal."
"and trust me, you don't want to be one right now."
“Huh?” His mouth fell open.
“Yes, we all felt that way... at first.” Maedra grasped his wrist and drew him to sit down at the table.
“How about you stay the fuck away from my band mates?!” Leticia warned.
“Amelia, isn’t that the heifer that harassed you in the woods?” Nicola pointed out as Leticia went red with anger.
“Heifer!? This girl tried to fucking kill me!” Leticia raised her voice which Nicola giggled at her outburst.
"You might be wondering why I called you."
"Yes," Xiao Lin replied with mouthful.
"I want you to become my concubine."
Cough! Cough! Cough!
He chuckled at her as he inspected the pipe, his pipe hung out of his mouth. Eliza, doing as she’s told, put the polish back in the leather pouch.
“This was your mother’s, I got it for her as a gift for our eighth wedding anniversary.” He passed it back to her as he continued. “You’re more than welcome to it.”
“That’s a shame, it’s a beautiful pipe.” Eliza said.
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“So the medical applications of the combat suit will give the medic a reading of your heartbeat, blood pressure and conscious state whenever you show signs you’re in distress.” The medic explained as we patrolled along.
“Huh, but I wasn’t in distress, maybe it’s a glitch?” We turned a corner only have walked into a wall of gunfire.
An ambush.
I dropped down to the ground immediately and started shooting rounds down in the opposite direction, none of my bullets hitting anyone but forcing a couple to duck into cover.
“What about now?” The medic replied sarcastically.
It's in a much later chapter in my novel.
“Hari?” Rubia shook him by the shoulder. “What’s gotten into you?”
“Uh... I’m just tired. Have any of you slept at all?”
"Hey!" Leena stood between the two. "We haven't even started walking yet. Paluk, your plan is good, but do not boss us around. No-one is in charge. We work together. Okay?"
The boys looked at each other, slightly taken aback, and nodded.
"Leena's in charge" they said in unison and began to walk along the dusty road.
“Well, how are you going to repay me for this favor?” Sandra cocked her head to one side, soft bangs covering her twinkling eyes.
Thomas’s eyes widened. Color tainted his cheeks. “Umm.”
Damn. Here goes nothing.
“Would dinner and drinks be enough?” he blurted.
Double or nothing day - four lines of dialogue instead of two -
“That the Alvaine are deceptive goes without a doubt.” The commander gave his warrior a stern look. “This one may be using this pretence to get closer to our Outpost.”
“What possible gain will Dainzel get by doing that.” Kadrek persisted, though with some care.
“Is that her name?” Eldrek’s immense square jaw clenched tightly. “You are quite familiar with this Alvaine, it seems.”
“She has aided... the Humaine in their need, as much as I have.” The younger warrior stubbornly held his ground, “I see nothing to doubt her intentions yet, Commander.”
"You are not suicidal and I’m sorry I said that. Although... You did punch a skeleton.”
“Don't undersell it. I punched a skeleton made of stone. I didn't have time to grapple with it, with his friends chasing me."
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“Wandersmead was once a sacred place for the Humaine, back in our early years.” Sora’s lilting voice reached her sharp hearing. “I’ve read much about it in the historical scrolls in the Winnowood library.”
“Do those scrolls mention anything about treasure being buried there?” Hari asked her in a tone that gave away his cynicism.
“I did no such thing, Chantel!” Her father put his newspaper down and looked at her, “What’s wrong?”
“Darren told me you tried to keep him from being friends with me. Now I know there was a reason you didn’t want him at my sixth birthday party!” Chantel exclaimed, slamming her fork on the table.
“And that reason is because he is a strange boy and-” Her father scratched his head, then Chantel interrupted him.
“H-hello”, Professor Arga greeted, and hesitantly waved his hand. “We are human beings from Planet Earth. We come in peace.”
“Hu-mann?” the tailed being asked back with a heavy growling voice. Their tail was no longer lashing, but pointing up in attention.
“And you? What do you think?”
“I think that there is plenty in our ancestral history to drive a man to madness.”
“Oh...I think I’m a little drunk.” Eliza giggled as Julia helped her upright, a ghost of a smile showed on the wizard's face, she cupped her face before she pushed her brown strands behind her pointed ear. Eliza chewed her bottom lip as she inhaled deeply, as she stared at Julia with growing desire; she really should leave now.
“Just a little?” Julia responded mirthfully before she continued speaking.