From Warrior of the Nile, currently out on submission
(Khenet, a warrior of ancient Egypt, is assigned by Pharaoh to journey down the Nile as bodyguard to Tiya, a noblewoman who has been selected by the goddess Nepthys to help her put a stop to black magic threatening all Egypt. Tiya is to die in the attempt and Khenet will also perish.) Nepthys is most displeased to find that Khenet has fallen in love with Tiya:
“You tread on dangerous ground in your desires, warrior.”
Khenet’s eyes watered and his chest tightened further. The image of Nepthys wavered and became Tiya, but the eyes fixed on his were the endless black onyx orbs of the Great One.
Reaching up with her free hand, Nepthys broke the chain of the tiny necklace adorning Tiya’s slender neck, throwing the adornment in his face. Reflexively, Khenet caught his humble gift before the beads could shatter on the deck. “Don’t forget your place,” the goddess admonished harshly.
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Great six, and an amazing piece of jewellery. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you! I loved this necklace even though the one in the novel is a lot more humble.
Awesome snippet. It makes me want to learn more about the characters. I’ll be back for more next week!
Fabulous neckpiece. Interesting setting.
Ancient Egypt does provide a lot of latitude for an author – thanks!
Thanks, Heather! I am kinda working my way thru the novel here in 6 sentence bites, hope it gets bought before I’ve told it all! LOL
Hey Veronica! Love the six! Hope you have a fantastic Sunday!
Ooo. Great setup.
Eleri, coming from you, a special compliment! Thanks!
oh man that sounds great!
Love stories about ancient Egypt.
Interesting setup. You rarely see stories containing Egyptian gods/mythology. Very nice.
Thanks to Tarah and Hailey, really appreciate the encouragement about my choice of Ancient Egypt to do world building. I do have fun with it!
Intriguing six! I’m fascinated to read more. 🙂
Ooooooh! I love ancient Egypt! Can’t wait to see where you take this one!
fabulous six! best of luck your submission 😀
Fantastic set-up, awesome six. I really enjoyed it. I can tell this story is going be one good read. This glimpse of the characters paints them to be totally out of this world. Good luck with your submission and I can’t wait for next week’s six!
Thank you very much for the kind words!
I’d like to read more (both back story and what’s coming up). But why do they have to perish? 🙁
Ah well that’s the crux of the story! But rest assured, since this is a romance, there’ll be an HEA! The trick is getting there LOL. Thanks for taking a look today!
Great six and good luck with your submission.
Good luck with your submission. I find the process eats away at my soul.
Very vivid! Well done. 🙂
Heather, Jen & Vivien, thanks for the good words re the submissions process and for my six sentence offering this week! Much appreciated!
Aww, I feel for him. Good luck with the submission! I’m interested to read more and find out if they have a HEA waiting for them at the end of the book. 🙂
Khenet is one of my all time favorite characters so thanks on his behalf!
Wonderful tension for such a short piece — nicely done!
Thank you very much, I’m really flattered!
Sheesh. That goddess is harsh! Definitely not a goddess of love.
No, she’s not really too fond of humans, keeps her eye on a bigger picture, at least in MY version! Thanks for stopping by & commenting!
Love it. Can’t wait to read more.
Thank you! I’ll probably keep doing my Six from this novel for a while, until Priestess of the Nile is about to come out, in January. WIP is the third one in this connected series, so some good stuff there I can use as well.
Her plans have been thwarted and she sounds pissed. A great six! 🙂
Nepthys is pretty scary all right – thanks for the visit!
The depth of his emotions hit me hard. I could feel it in my chest. Very well written six. I look forward to reading more 🙂
Thank you very much for the comment, I’m so glad the excerpt managed to convey the emotional content of the scene!
This is very nicely done. I really can’t wait to read more!
Thanks, Dee! I hope I don’t end up publishing the whole thing in six sentence increments! LOL.