I know I said last week was the final excerpt from my new book Wreck of the Nebula Dream, science fiction with romantic elements, available from Amazon and Barnes & Noble, BUT then I thought maybe I’d introduce some of the other characters in Nick and Mara’s little band of survivors.
The situation: Nick Jameson, Sectors Special Forces, has unexpectedly wound up traveling to his next assignment via a new luxury liner. The ship has had problems already on the voyage but now has suffered a catastrophe of Titanic proportions.
In this scene, Twilka, a young woman Nick rescued earlier, is afraid to re-enter the gravlift due to her fear of heights. Khevan, member of a for-hire, assassins/bodyguards guild, who is temporarily allied with Nick during the crisis, talks her into going with them, rather than remaining behind alone:
It was as if he hypnotized her. A minute later the couple, entwined so closely they could have been enjoying a romantic encounter, floated past Nick in the gravlift. Reflexively, he checked to be sure the children weren’t watching this too closely.
Of course they were.
Khevan shot Nick a knowing glance, eyebrow raised, as he descended.
Hmm, I seem to remember the Red Brotherhood of D’nvannae aren’t sworn to celibacy…
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Children always watch everything far too closely. Especially the good stuff.
SO true!
Can’t wait to read this one. It’s in the Kindle, just have to get past all my homework first. Ergh. I’d rather read! 🙂
Oh me too, as far as reading vs almost anything else!
Ditto, ladies, but alas…duty calls… 🙁
LOL! Can be watching a totally clean movie, but the second anything even remotely sensual or graphic appears on the screen, in walk the kids. Great six…I love how we must have sidetracked her thinking.
lol always watch. They’re the best observers.
I love being inside Nick’s head, he has such a protective/watchful way of looking at the world, and I loved the image you painted of Khevan and Nick’s observation at the end…. well done!
Of course the children are watching! LOL
I like how you gave her a fear of heights. Nice!
So now he’s concerned for her virtue as well as the impact this might be having on the children?
I love this touch of humor. And an oh-so-ordinary intimate moment in the middle of some extraordinary events really makes this leap from the page. (Er, screen.) Fab six!
Lol, fab snippet!
Oh, what a sweet six! I love how he helped her through her fear of heights. Great snippet!
Great six! I loved the touch of humor. 🙂
I love that the kids’ eyes are glued to the couple! So true, so true! =D
Sounds like a romance is about to happen here, too. I love a good secondary love story subplot.
Great six!!
LOL, loved the part about the children. You can never keep anything from them.,
🙂 You captured that awkward moment well. On a side note, I always wondered how it would be possible to do anything, um, intimate in zero gravity.
Thank you! Much appreciated…well I haven’t solved the zero g issue, since Khevan & Twilka just “look” like they’re um *really* involved. LOL!
I’d like a ride on a gravlift!
Me too! I totally crave the invention of this device – SO much better than an elevator!
I really appreciate the comments today folks. I’m glad that the scene works for most people, with the over observant children…..MY kids sure would have noticed, LOL!
LOL Fun ending.