Crimson – #Fantasy #Preview

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Turning the shadowy corner, she thought to press on, in spite of the many Legionnaires filling the encampment; crowding round its many sulfur braziers with faces half-covered to protect themselves from the malodorous fumes while hoping to extract some measure of warmth from the ineffectual fires.  Disguised beneath the veil of bent light she had cast round herself in order to traverse the dangerous avenues of the Uunglarda unseen, Ilys stepped onward lightly without a sound or any indication of her presence; yet as she came to the end of the street, where a black tent marked the Centurion’s quarters,  a Legionnaire in crimson leather strode purposefully into the middle of the street, stopped directly in her path, and glared at her.

She froze; catching her breath and refusing to breathe so not to give herself away as her mind spun, seeking some means of escape.  She remained invisible behind the ripple of light she bent round herself, but his crimson stare pierced into her from beneath a broad, brown leather bandana, which kept his shoulder-length, jet black hair from falling into his eyes.  In the mustiness and reek of the Bathracht encampment, he had turned the collar of his coat up and had cinched it tightly to avert some measure of the noxious fumes poisoning the air. He stood unmoving with his arms crossed assertively across his broad chest while, in an incongruously non-threatening gesture, his held his wings tightly folded behind him.

“Yes, I can see you.”  His voice was little more than a hoarse whisper, but it sent a shudder through her that made her teeth chatter…..

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This snippet introduces one of several new characters in Breaking Into The Light.  His name is Nunvaret and he is a Captain of Demonfey.  He is a tortured soul, one who knows he cannot escape the darkness consuming him, but one who also desperately wants to. Occupying a position of power as a Captain of the DemonFey of the Realm, he is expected to be ruthless and unfeeling, but each act of cruelty tears away another piece of his soul.  Secretly, he is one of The Watchers, those who understand the Ancient Texts and await the arrival of The One, foretold to bring liberation for all Dark Fey.

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Dark Fey is currently being re-written to take it from being a Young Adult fantasy to a Dark Fantasy for Adult readers.  The Reviled will be rereleased soon!

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~Morgan~

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