Weekend Writing Warriors: Snippet 39- Braeden

weekend writing warriorsIt’s time for Weekend Writing Warriors! Every Sunday, a bunch of writers post 8-10-sentence snippets from their WIPs on their blogs. There’s a lot of reading, commenting and great writing. Click on the link to see the full list.

I finally bit the bullet and started posting this on Wattpad. I’m committing myself to putting up three chapters weekly in hopes that it will inspire me to stop editing at some point. You can start reading it here.

Last week, Flavia Maxima indicated she might be flexible when it came to sentencing the rambunctious Father Landrus. Braeden knows this is only because she fears civil unrest if there’s a big public execution. So I can finally move on from this chapter, I’ll summarize a bit. Flavia offers Landrus clemency if he will confess to heresy, recant everything he’s said and go into exile. Kendryk looks hopeful (though I don’t know why), but Landrus immediately refuses, forcing Flavia to sentence him to death. But then Teodora shocks everyone by being diplomatic and reasonable. For now.

“Your Holiness,” Teodora said, her voice low but carrying. “I wish to propose an alternative. I do not think the mood of the populace is such that we should carry out the execution here in Kronfels. It would have greater impact throughout the empire if the execution took place in Atlona. Naturally, I would bear sole responsibility for the prisoner’s security until that time.”

Flavia stared  at her, then looked at the temple doors, which someone had opened onto the square. News of the verdict had gone out already and ugly noises rose from the crowd. If the woman had any sense, she’d take Teodora’s offer. The last thing she needed was the public execution of a popular rabble-rouser on her front door. She’d clearly sought to avoid that situation in the first place by giving Landrus a way out.

Maybe Braeden nagging Teodora about angry mobs finally got through to her?  She does have moments of sanity, though they never last.

Previous snippets are here.

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26 Comments on “Weekend Writing Warriors: Snippet 39- Braeden

  1. The journey could give Kendryk a chance or two to get Landrus out of there . . . or give Braeden a chance to get his head out of his rear and switch sides?

    Either way, love this!

    • Aw, thanks! I’ve had a lot of fun choosing names, and have only torn out a few clumps of hair in the process. 🙂 I’m hoping to have this out in mid-June.

  2. You always do such a marvelous job with your dialogue, Christina! Best of luck with the Wattpad-ing! 🙂

    • Thank you! My brother and cousin are already reading it on Wattpad and since I have a large extended family, I’m highly optimistic! 🙂

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