Welcome to Snippet Sunday.
Enjoy a snippet from last week: Flowers and Fangs Chapter 4 #1
This week's snippet is another snippet from Flowers and Fangs.
Chapter 4. What happened last week: Before Derek arrived, Tim told Sloane he was a vampire. Now, it seems he is proving his claim when he attacks Derek. They are locked in a fight to the death.
This is in Derek's POV.
*The excerpt may have been modified to fit the 10 sentence limit.
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Derek pushed the heel of his hand into the guy's jaw, trying to shove him away before fangs sunk into his flesh, and with his other hand he fumbled to find something to hit the vamp with. He managed to get a hold of a glass shard. He jabbed it into the side of Tim's neck. Tim leapt away like a spider springing up its web, but he screamed like a wounded beast. Instead of attacking again, he chose escape and dashed toward the front door.
Derek leapt to his feet and lunged for his crossbow. He loaded and rolled to get off a shot, but he was too late. Tim was gone.
The dog in the backyard continued its excessive barking and scratched at the door.
"Omigod, omigod!" Sloane kept repeating the word as if she expected the Lord almighty to explain what had just happened.
No such luck.
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I loved the line “Tim leapt away like a spider springing up its web…” Great visual, Karen, for an intense scene.
Paula,
So glad you liked that line and the scene. 🙂
Love that last little bit about the Lord explaining it (and ‘no such luck’). Fun snippet. Enjoyed the action.
T.M.,
Thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed the action.
I could really see the scene as you described the action! Liked the analogy of the spider and the web…great snippet.
Veronica,
Thank you. So glad you liked the analogy. 🙂
Nice action scene, Karen! Very visual and exciting. Good job!
Nancy,
Thank you so much. So glad you enjoyed the scene.
*Pant pant* Okay, I think my heartrate is back to normal now. Great snippet, Karen. 😀
Siobhan,
lol- So glad you’re okay now.
I hope her hysteria will clue him in that she’s not infected yet. I love the humor in the last lines. Great snippet as always!
Joyce,
So glad you liked the bit of humor too. 🙂
Great fight scene and love that last line. Hopefully Derek will explain since the Lord Almighty seems reluctant to do so.
P.T.,
lol- I think he will have to.
Awesome action sequence, and I love the last couple of lines with Sloane’s reaction. Nicely done.
As a passionate arachnophile, I loved the line comparing Tim to a spider. Fight scenes are so fun to write and read.
Carrie-Anne,
You are so right. They like blood and suck it out of their victims as well. 🙂
Nice irony in the vampire getting it in the neck when that’s what he was trying to do to her.
Ed,
You’re the first person who got that. (hee hee)
She is in a sort of shock I guess, but at least she is still alive. Now how are they going to break her the news that she needs to be relocated until her boyfriend dies?
Linda,
Stay tune and you shall see.
Love the description of the spider on a web! Great visuals. That last line is an LOL moment as well. I think someone better sit Sloane down before she passes out in shock, good luck explaining this to her though since Tim got away. Though I’m not sure which explanation would have been worse: having to explain why he’s a vamp and the danger she’s in, or having to explain why he’s a vamp and why Derek just killed him in front of her.
Strong visuals and very faced paced action scene. Enjoyed it, and great finish too!
Great snippet. I’m really loving this story! Got to go read the first one.
Emmy,
Thanks so much.