Today, I am showcasing a snippet from my sweet medieval romance – A Voice in the Air.
Scene
Set – Cadi is trying to find out what happened to Ewen. He did not return with the wounded nor the dead. The sherriff refused to speak to her. Next she tries the abbot.
Excerpt -
The abbot raised his right hand. “I will pray for Ewen’s soul this evening.” He made the sign of the cross over her, then walked to a grieving family.
Why pray for his soul? Her head spun as the answer revealed itself. The abbot thinks he is dead. If he is dead and was not returned with the others. Then… no, stop thinking. Fighting to hide her worry, she wandered through the families, offering a bit of comfort.
Sad eyes gratefully smiled, but some glared. Rage filled them. She understood the unspoken message. What was she doing there? She was not suddenly a widow with five children to raise. She had lost no one. Why was she not suffering like they were?
She had suffered. Many years ago.
Chilled from the incessant drizzle, Cadi walked to the well. She closed her eyes then lifted her voice. The voice God had given her. She sang not a song but calming sounds. No words could make this moment heal. People needed to grieve. They needed a release of pain and anger. She raised her voice as their wails built, then softened it when grief ebbed for a moment.
One by one, bodies were shrouded and removed. The few elderly men who had not gone off to battle and the monks would be busy, building coffins or digging graves. She would sing at many gravesides.
But not Ewen’s.
She stood alone in the square. The bodies had been removed to be laid out in their homes. The monks called to church.
Cadi drank in the silence. The chaos and horror of the day ended.
Tomorrow the sun would rise, and the villagers would begin to live again.
Not she. She could not live until she knew the fate of Ewen. Good or bad.
Blurb and Links -
Leading an army of faeries and pixies into battle against mountain trolls was not what Cadi expected when she accepted the task of rescuing Ewen - the son of the Overseer of the Faeries.
Squire Ewen followed his liege into battle with a head full of romantic notions of knights, heroics, and damsels in distress. Being captured by a troll, thrown into a cave, and awaiting a hideous death was not how he had foreseen his adventure to play out.
Can Ewen stay out of trouble long enough for Cadi to rescue him? Will Cadi overcome her doubts and fears and bring her beloved Ewen home to Plucks Ridge?
Or will the petty evilness of The Scorned One defeat all and destroy the magickal realm?
If you love action, humour, quirky characters, and romance, then Daryl Devoré’s latest medieval fantasy romance – A Voice in the Air – is a must read.
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Even in her grief, she's tending to the needs of others. Well done.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteReally emotional excerpt. Wonder where Ewen is
ReplyDeleteI'm not going to tell ;-)
ReplyDeleteShe is the best. She was always graceful. Shared
ReplyDeleteWill she find him in time to save him from the trolls planned fate? Tossed in a cave, not good. Exciting. Thanks for sharing.
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