by Jaden Sinclair
The year is 9045 and the Nations control almost everything
in the universe. They have brought order to many planets and cultivated others but
behind closed doors, they’ve raided and pillaged the planet’s resources for
their own gain.
She is one of the many children who have been ripped from
their home for their selfish cause. Trained at a young age, she was developed
into just what the Nations hoped to accomplish. A perfect weapon. But when
control is lost and the weapon goes rogue, the Nations learn firsthand just
what they’ve created and just what their weapon will do for her freedom and for
a family she can never forget.
He is sent to find her. Another trained and burned by the
Nations, Byron Suthland is hired to find the weapon, only he doesn’t want to
find her for them. He wants to find her for himself and bring back a woman, not
a weapon. Knowing she can kill him instantly means nothing, but caring about
her means everything.
Severine!
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EXCERPT from SEVERINE:
“And where are you going
to go?”
“Home.”
“Do you even know where
home is?”
“No, but you do and
you’re going to be kind enough to give me the information.”
“It isn’t that easy.”
She lost her temper and
walked right up to him, bringing the gun she had tucked behind her right
out. He didn’t fight her when she put her hand up to his throat, shoving him
back against the wall, her gun now pressed right between his eyes.
“What are you going to
do, Severine?” Byron asked. “Shoot me?”
“If I have to.”
“Then what kind of
information will you get?”
They had a kind of
standoff. Both, refusing to back down or look away.
However, Byron made a
move, one she wasn’t expecting. His hand came up slowly, his body didn’t move.
With the back of his hand, knuckles only, he touched the side of her face.
Severine moved back.
“What are you doing?”
She frowned at him.
“Something I think
hasn’t been done to you in a very long time.”
“Don’t do that.”
His hand went back to
her ear and into her hair.
“But I want to do this.”
When his face began to
lower down to hers and both of his hands moved to her waist, Severine changed
the position of the gun. She now pressed it up under his chin.
“I can shoot you and
keep you alive.”
His face was mere inches
from her own, lips so close she could feel his breath upon her own. “And I
think this will be well worth getting shot.”
They touched. His lips
touched her own gently, softly.
She had never been
kissed before. The only type of touching she’d been subjected to had always
resulted in pain of some kind. Yet this wasn’t painful, but it confused her
none the less. He didn’t do much of anything else either. In fact, if she
wasn’t mistaken, she thought he was trying to show her how to kiss. Why she let
this happen, she couldn’t answer. But Severine did give in mostly due to her
curiosity. She wanted to know what this felt like. What it was like to be held
by another and not made to suffer for it.
However, before anything
more could go on, the gun she held under his chin was taken from her hand and
the light kissing simply stopped. He pulled back enough to look her once more
in the eye, one arm still around her. Keeping eye contact with her, Byron
uncocked the gun, let it drop with his finger still on the trigger so it would flip
butt first back to her.
“I’m not going to hurt
you, Severine. Ever. And I will help you find what you need, but not with a gun
at my head. Next time, just say please.”
She took the gun from
his hand, he let her go, and moved around her toward the steps, taking them two
at a time up, leaving her right where she stood. ***
About the Author:
Jaden Sinclair lives in
a small town in Kansas with her husband of eighteen years, two boys and a few
pets that keep her hopping. Between sports and the animals it’s a wonder at
times how she is able to keep the flow of her writing going. But she does. She
has many series in the works and out for your enjoyment, and most known for the
Shifter series. Between werewolves, vampires, scifi, new worlds, or simple
romances, one never really knows what will come out next. So to keep up with
what she doing, visit her website, or just simply email her. She’ll love
to hear from you. Feel free to follow her on Twitter and Facebook as well.
SEVERINE by Jaden
Sinclair, Beau Coup Publishing, available now in ebook format at Amazon.
***click on link or cover for purchasing information
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