Welcome to Snippet Sunday.
If you missed the last weeks snippet from The Gryphon & His Thief, here's the link.
Set up: Last week Darrien told Calli he's a shape shifter. Find out how she's processing the information.
*The excerpt may have been modified to fit the 8 sentence limit. 
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Darrien stood still and waited for what he told her to sink in. Any false moves would result in—what did she call it? Ah yes, she'd go all Nicky Santoro on his head. He didn't know what that entailed, but he had a good idea he wouldn't like such a treatment.
"You're a Gryphon?" she more or less condemned rather than asked the question as her voice raised a few octaves in the telling. He usually liked the cadence of her voice, but not now when it made him feel bloody awful. "The very Gryphon that tried to rip me to shreds?"
"Yes," he said with a long frustrated sigh, knowing there was no reason to pretend otherwise.
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Hmm... Dude, you just told her you tried to rip her to shreds. Definitely not making points here. lol
Thanks for stopping by! Love to know what you thought of the snippet. Until next week, take care.
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Blurb:
Some Treasures are Priceless…
A long time ago, a Gryphon shifter’s duty was to guard and protect the people of the tribes, but Darrien Andros failed to keep his human wife safe from harm. Cursed for the crime, he must guard everything in the Museum of Cursed Antiquities forever, never to truly live and never to die. Centuries have passed, but when he encounters a thief, who uncannily resembles his dead wife, he is convinced he has a second chance.
Calli Angelis is hired to steal Hecate's Stone from the Museum, believing she would be returning it to its rightful owner. She never really trusted the person who hired her and now Darrien makes her doubt her motives, too. He also has her questioning the possibility of reincarnation when the attraction between them ignites into something she can no longer ignore.
As the two work together to unravel the mysteries behind the stone, it becomes apparent an old and dangerous enemy from Darrien’s past is determined to have history repeat itself.
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Oh, I don’t know — he gets points for honesty!
PT,
lol– Glad you liked his honesty.
Great tension in this dialogue exchange as he notices the way her voice changes from pleasant to…not. 😀
Gem,
I’m so glad you enjoyed the snippet!
well, you can’t blame her for feeling a teensy bit put out.
Christina,
No, you can’t. lol Thanks so much for stopping by!
“Ah yes, she’d go all Nicky Santoro on his head. He didn’t know what that entailed, but he had a good idea he wouldn’t like such a treatment.” You have quite the way with stringing words! It’s so candid, yet felt like there was slapstick visual behind the wondering.
I just bought it on Amazon. I have so many books on my tbr… I will get to it. 🙂
Teresa,
I’m so thrilled you liked the snippet enough to pick up a copy of The Gryphon and His Thief to read! I hope you enjoy the rest of the story!!
And yep, I can definitely understand about having so many books and not enough time to read. lol
I love that hint of impatience in his voice:
Yes, dear, but can’t we get beyond that? 😀
Excellent scene, Karen.
Sarah,
lol– So very true.
I always enjoy reading your snippets. Your prose is so… alive.
Jeff,
Thanks so much for the lovely compliment. 🙂
Nice tension! I like how you wrote, “she’d go Nicky Santoro on him”. I’m assuming you’re referring to the character from Casino. I loved Joe Pesci in that movie! Great snippet!
Frank,
Yes, I did mean Joe Pesci’s character. I agree, Casino was a great movie.
I do think honesty was the best way for him to go here. Love this story and the excerpt today was excellent.
Veronica,
As always thank you! 🙂
Spirited snippet with humor thrown in the way you write it so well. The situation is comical to begin with and here she is with a real live Gryphon on her hands. A nice honest Gryphon.
Charmaine,
So glad you enjoyed Honest Darrien. lol
It’ll be hard for him to explain his way out of that one! At least he’s honest.
Carrie-Anne,
We’ll see where is honesty leads him. 🙂
As introduction goes this one went sideways in a hurry! 🙂
Rafael,
Yes, it did. lol
Take your lumps, big boy. You got some ‘splaining to do. Great snippet, Karen. 🙂
Siobhan,
Oh he does have a whole lot of ‘splaining’ to do. lol
What a great snippet! I can’t wait to see what happens next.
Siren,
Thanks so much!
I’m be a little angry at him myself! Nice snippet.
Elaine,
I don’t think I’d be overly pleased either. 🙂
That would be a hard one to get past…the whole “trying to rip her to shreds” deal. Sounds like a great story, though! 🙂
Charley,
Thanks so much!!
At least he is being honest. But I’m not sure that “I tried to kill you, but I made a mistake, sorry” is going to work so easily on her.