FAITH by Angelique Voisen
- File Size: 234 KB
- Print Length: 66 pages
- Publisher: Decadent Publishing (January 16, 2015)
Blurb:
In a society where a common servant girl doesn’t have much
in the way of prospects, Faith’s plain appearance and sharp tongue make a good
match even more unlikely. But finding a husband is the least of Faith’s worries
when she finds herself caught between a beautiful swordswoman and her
grotesque, monstrous prey.
Given as a reward to the huntress, Faith is beyond
terrified. According to rumors, these less-than-human slayers share too many
qualities with the creatures they kill for a living, but Faith can’t deny the
strange spark between Valac and her.
Val used to think cutting away parts of her humanity was a
worthwhile exchange for wreaking vengeance on the monsters who threaten her
people, but lately she’s gotten tired of her profession. Val believes her
assignment in a remote city in the mountains is simple until a servant
girl’s arrival stirs emotions Val thought she’d abandoned long ago. If Faith is
capable of invoking unbridled passion then the best thing Val could do is stay
away, but when Faith’s life hangs on the balance, can Val risk all to save
her?
Excerpt from FAITH:
Maya twitched at a stab of negligible pain.
“Oh! I’m so sorry!” exclaimed the young woman tending her wounds. “My
sewing needle went in too deep.”
Maya studied her more carefully. Although cleaned up pretty and proper in
her plain brown servant’s dress, there was no mistaking the girl she had stolen
from death’s jaws. Saying nothing, Maya let her finish her work in silence. For
a moment, it had been tempting to scare her off.
I debated whether to
let the Tiny Stranger have you. But, you’re so skinny, I doubt you’d make a
good meal.
Her hands shook violently as she peeled Maya’s torn brigandine off. She
nearly asked her to leave, but the small face tightened with a firm, somewhat
charming resolve. The girl shook her head and let out a sigh when her small
fingers exposed only bruised and bloodied human skin. Had she expected scales
or feathers perhaps? Braver now, she traced the neat stitches of her work, and
then moved to the path of mottled blue-and-black flesh. It amused her at first
to see how far she dared to go. When she reached the old messy scar tissue spanning
from her stomach to her abdomen, Maya caught her wrist.
The servant swallowed nervously, and her reaction didn’t help the
Exterminator’s mood. Maya inhaled the mixture of soap and sweat emanating from
the girl’s skin.
Can you taste her
exquisite nervousness, Pretty Monster? Can you taste her fear? Ask her to come
closer. Ask her to come closer, if she dares! Maya silenced the
internal voice.
“Did your master send you to provide me some entertainment?” she asked
instead.
Her mouth hung open for a few amusing seconds, before anger flared in her
eyes as she tugged at her captive wrist. Maya refused to release her. She has some spirit, at least. Besides,
refusing a gift from a lord would be rude.
“I didn’t know Exterminators still remembered desire,” the girl retorted.
Maya inhaled the sour odor of her ill-contained fear. She had, no doubt,
been raised on the ridiculous and ill-founded rumors surrounding Exterminators.
“Of course we do. We’re still human, you know. Sometimes even more human
than you and your kind.” Maya sat up, and stared into large brown eyes far too
big for the girl’s face. “We also have certain needs.”
Ignoring ache in the lower half of her body, the Exterminator wrapped her
arms tightly around the slender frame.
“I’ll scream,” the girl threatened.
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Author Links:
Website/blog: http://www.angelvoisen.blogspot.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/frances_ac
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/angelvoisen/
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