Hi everyone and welcome to Sneak Peek Sunday.
Here’s a snippet from my medieval fairytale, Black is the
Colour.
Ciana
bit her bottom lip as she spied through the chink in the blacksmith’s wall.
Oran was stripped down to his waist, with only the heavy leather apron to
protect the front of his body. He raised his arm and brought down the hammer
onto the red hot metal. She suppressed a sigh as she watched his muscles work
along his broad shoulders. The heat of the fires made the air hot and there was
a sheen of perspiration across his entire back. He all but glistened. She wondered
what it would be like to run her hands over him.
A metallic
clang echoed through the workshop as Oran beat the anvil with his heavy hammer.
Ciana leaned a little closer to the wall so she could get a better look, her
hands resting on the rough wood. Dear Heavens, she doubted she would ever tire
of watching him. He lifted his arm again, but hesitated before dropping it by
his side. He turned his head and scanned the room.
“Ciana!
Ciana is that you?”
Ciana
jumped back and flattened herself against the wall. Holding her hand over her
mouth to stop her laughter escaping, she waited.
“Ciana!”
He
called her name in a soft, deep voice. It seemed to roll off his tongue as
sweetly as if it were honey. Even his voice made her stomach tighten and flip. She
heard the hiss of the metal as he doused it into the large barrel of water
which she knew stood by the anvil. She waited one more moment before stealing
another peek. The workshop was empty. Silently as she could she crept along the
wall but as she rounded the corner familiar hands caught her around the waist.
Blurb
Ciana
has loved Oran all her life and nothing, not even her father will prevent them
from being together. But the Mayor of Stonemark has higher aspirations for his
daughter than the village blacksmith. He engages the help of a witch and dark
magic to bend Ciana to his will.
Oran
knows that he doesn’t deserve Ciana. But their love is stronger than the metal
he forges and welds. She has his heart and he will never turn from her no
matter the cost.
Separated,
Ciana will need all her strength to journey through the deep forest and save
Oran from the witch’s curse. Alone and with only a trail of black feathers to
follow, Ciana will fight against the odds and attempt to bring her lover home.
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Thanks for stopping by.
Nicóle xx
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