If anyone understands making and surviving mistakes, it’s Sylvia Terriot, a heroine in her own right in PRINCE OF HONOR, but doing empathetic secondary duty in my WIP, PRINCE OF DREAMS, as she quizzes our hero on his choice of lady loves. This scene immediately follows last week’s as Sylvia teases Kip about replacing her in his,ummmm, heart.
"I had to let go of the dream or risk Row taking my life," Kip teased, grinning as she rubbed her lipstick off his lips.
"Hmmm, and now you have a new dream that Turow hinted is inappropriate, so I like her already."
"She's part of the job I'm doing in New Orleans."
"The job's not all you've been doing. Good for you." Catching his uncomfortable squirm, she frowned then prompted,"Not good?"
"Not one of our kind."
"Mia Guedry is here in these hallowed halls tonight and the ceiling hasn't caved in."
"She's more than just an outsider, Syl, she's . . . human."
A startled blink and a stammered, "A . . . what?"
Of all the objections a family might have to a prospective new member, who would have thought THAT would be it? Of course, if you’re part of a secretive band of shapeshifters . . . and being human isn’t the WORST of her sins. I guess that leads us to next week’s post.
And while we’re on the subject of our hero, meet Kip Terriot, my PRINCE OF DREAMS (or should that be DREAMY?)
Sigh. Now you know why it’s taken me soooooo long to get to the end of this book.
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