Weekend Writing Warriors: Snippet 184- Henryk
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Picking up right where we left off last week, but switching to Henryk’s POV. He managed to capture Devyn and is trying to get him to Carina’s estate, but now they’re under attack.
“Vica’s tits,” Henryk snarled as he whirled his horse around; he should have expected an ambush. Of course Duke Devyn would have brought reinforcements.
All was chaos on the road behind him as his dragoons struggled to stay in formation, musketfire raining down on them from both sides of the road.
“Run for the estate,” Henryk told his page, “and send the reserves here.”
The page nodded, his boyish face white and terrified, and was gone.
Duke Devyn was still there, bent low over his horse’s neck, though his guards had disappeared.
Henryk pulled out his pistols to shoot at figures in the trees, but didn’t know if he’d hit anyone. When he looked again, Devyn was fighting with one of the guards – how had he freed his hands?
Swearing under his breath, Henryk put his head down and reloaded, then looked for Devyn once more. He was gone.
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Sounds like utter chaos going on all around. You’ve painted the scene very well!
Even if he escapes, it seems he’s already lost, what with Devyn vanishing.
I hope he didn’t think that capturing Devyn would actually be easy. 😉 Great snippet
The tumult of combat came through clearly in the snippet and I’m kind of happy Devyn escaped…at least for now, right? Because events take many twists and turns in your novels! Great excerpt!
Too late – the duke’s escaped.
Always an exceptional snippet with fighting and danger at every turn!
Eek! I hope he really is gone. Great fight scene, as usual.
You never take your eyes off the prize! Great scene, Christina.
Good snippet, Christina. Danger, excitement.
Great action scene, this gets more intriguing every week!
Gah, I love the action going on here!