Sunday, February 19, 2012

The Open Season Party Rocks On...

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Excerpt from Open Season by Cassandra Curtis, ©2012.

Whether the humans only acted as observers, or full participants in the hunt, he knew the decision would mean sweeping changes to his people’s way of life…and his own. The opportunity to call Season his life mate should be worth any price—except her safety. He’d do anything, including push her away, to keep her safe from harm.

If he showed too much care for her welfare, or treated her any differently than other fawns he’d trained in the past, his enemies would know. The war had already placed a high a burden on him, and cost him dearly. Ignoring Season pained him, but losing her through an act of revenge or retribution for something he’d done in the war, twisted his guts in knots.

Quinn stretched, back arched, his shoulders pulled forward in preparation for the change. Dense connective tissue twined together, forming elongated fingers on the underside of his arms. Leathery membrane grew between the new cartilage and bone. Stretched from wing tip to tip, the span neared twenty feet long.

He lowered onto his haunches and gazed one last time at the building across the street. Smoke unfurled from his flared nostrils as he saw Nalita lock the heavy double doors and chain them tight. She turned, a stun-stick in her hand. Good girl. The weapon was a nasty piece of work, hard to obtain unless you had connections inside the police force or within the upper echelon of black marketers—both of which Nalita had.

“I take it we’re not driving?” Jace dropped to his knees, as similar bat-like wings sprouted from his back. His clothes dissolved beneath shiny blue and gold scales, absorbed into his very DNA matrix.

“Not this time. We fly!” Quinn stepped off the roof and soared into the emerging dawn of an amethyst streaked sky.



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13 comments:

Cory said...

Jace's scales are blue and gold. Sounds beautiful!!!

Cassandra said...

Hi Cory! Oh Jace is a hottie, too. He's like a blond Josh Duhamel. ;-)

Anonymous said...

Shiny blue and gold! Sounds yummy AND hunky ;) And just so you know, Josh Duhmel is prolly my favorite flavor!!

menina.iscrazy said...

His scales are shiny blue and gold. Loving the posts today! :)

Cassandra said...

Hi Toni! Oh my yes! I've had a fangirl crush on Josh Duhamel since I saw the TV show Vegas, where he played the character Danny. Jace is only a secondary character in the story, but he plays a good supporting role, plus he makes a yummy dragon. :D

Cassandra said...

Thanks, Menina! I hope everyone is having a good time and has enjoyed the peek into my story world. :-)

Cathy M said...

That was a great excerpt to share.

His scales are shiny blue and gold.

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Cassandra said...

Thanks, Cathy. I love the way they shape shift and felt I should let readers see that transformation in the book at least once.

Mary Kirkland said...

His scales are shiny blue and gold. That sounds awesome.
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hotcha12 said...

shiny blue and gold CASSIE

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LOVE LOVE DRAGONS!!

Anonymous said...

Shiny blue and gold. Thanks for th great posts and big congrats once again!

felinewyvern said...

Lovely colour combination, shiny blue and gold :D

Great excerpt too :D

ilona
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Christy said...

They are shiny blue and gold. Thanks so much christina_92 at yahoo.com