Weekend Writing Warriors: Snippet 94- 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.

From Hammer of the Gods. This’ll be the last Braeden bit for a while, so he can get a chance to recover. After being shot in the shoulder and losing consciousness, he wakes up in a hospital tent in  the camp of Duke Trystan Martinek, Kendryk’s last remaining ally. Braden’s just woken up and is meeting the duke who rescued him. Slightly edited from the published version. Braeden asks:

“How did you know to look for me?”

“It was the strangest thing,” Martinek said, regarded Braeden with a piercing gaze. “A slip of a girl, riding as though she had demons on her back, came flying into our camp, practically bowling over the pickets. An ensign in Mattila’s cavalry, bearing a white flag.”

Braeden’s mouth dried up as he asked, “Dark hair, dark eyes?”

“Yes, and rather pretty, if you like ‘em skinny and fierce; which I do.”

“Trisa Torresia,” Braeden said, “of the Sanova Hussars. I can’t believe—” he fell back against the pillows, nausea rising again.

“Old friends?” Martinek asked, grinning.

Trisa’s only fifteen, and Braeden’s best friend’s daughter, so he’s a little annoyed she was sent on such a dangerous mission. And Trystan Martinek is only nineteen himself, so isn’t being creepy by thinking she’s cute.

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37 Comments on “Weekend Writing Warriors: Snippet 94- Braeden

  1. He may be upset she’d been sent on the mission, but if not, he likely wouldn’t be alive. Nice snippet!

  2. “How did you know to look for me?”

    “It was the strangest thing,” Martinek said, regarded Braeden with a piercing gaze. “A slip of a girl, riding as though she had demons on her back, came flying into our camp, practically bowling over the pickets. An ensign in Mattila’s cavalry, bearing a white flag.”

    I’m not quite making the connection here. Maybe it’s explained previously or later. Did the girl TELL Martinek Braeden needed help?

    I do like Martinek’s description of her.

  3. “Yes, and rather pretty, if you like ‘em skinny and fierce; which I do.”

    Absolutely love that line! =D

    Great snippet, Christina!

  4. LOL, I appreciate your explanation at the bottom, not that I found the excerpt creepy to begin with! It was very well-written, as always! Excellent work!

  5. One of the things I love about your books is how young girls are treated the same as boys when it comes to military service- no discrimination. Everyone has an equal chance to die horribly. Yeah Trisa for saving Braeden!

  6. The skinny, fierce girl was responsible for him being rescued. So he mustn’t be too annoyed about her being sent on such a dangerous mission. Excellent snippet, as usual, Christina.

  7. I’m glad she managed to save him, but charging full tilt with a white flag is NOT the suggested approach to an armed camp. You need to give the soldiers time to notice the flag’s color!

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