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I’m still posting from an unnamed M/M fantasy trilogy WiP. This follows from last week’s snippet and is very rough draftish, so please squint and ignore the “half-remembered memory” line.

“I don’t suppose I need to tell you to be careful in the city, do I? You’ll be safe enough here, and in the castle itself, but the home base of the Temple of Misdem is here and its clerics don’t like wizards.”

Ta’elsin nodded, his mind shying away from another half-remembered memory. “What is this place?” he asked, searching for safer ground.

“It’s a guest house of sorts. Maintained by the crown for visiting dignitaries, including wizards.”

Ta’elsin frowned. “But if the Temple of Misdem hates wizards so much why do they allow this place to stand?”

Berrebren chuckled. “Because the Crown wants it here and they don’t dare go against the king – yet. It may happen someday but for right now they follow the King’s Rule.”

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Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, bloggers, and readers to gather once a week and share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation (no spoilers please!).  Check out all the other awesome snippets by clicking on the picture above.

I’m still posting from an unnamed M/M fantasy trilogy WiP, but am skipping ahead from the prologue to the first chapter. (Arrek rescued Ta’elsin and “earned” the right to call his father (the king’s younger brother) “Father” and was taken from the temple back into the castle.)

This is set roughly thirteen years later and follows from last week’s snippet.

“What has gotten into you? You were more than eager to come along on this trip when we started out.”

“I don’t know. I just…”  He looked at the walls again and shuddered, plagued by something that he couldn’t quite put his finger on.

Berrebren watched him for a moment, frowning slightly. “You don’t remember this place, do you?”

“I don’t… I don’t know. I think I should but…”

Berrebren nodded. “It’s been thirteen years. I’m sure it looked different to you then.”

Thirteen years. Ta’elsin’s mind shied away from the events of thirteen years ago but he nodded. Thirteen years ago Sagyl had carried him away from a place of pain and terror. It had taken over a year for the nightmares to end and Ta’elsin did not want them to start again.

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Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, bloggers, and readers to gather once a week and share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation (no spoilers please!).  Check out all the other awesome snippets by clicking on the picture above.

I’m still posting from an unnamed M/M fantasy trilogy WiP, but am skipping ahead from the prologue to the first chapter. (Arrek rescued Ta’elsin and “earned” the right to call his father (the king’s younger brother) “Father” and was taken from the temple back into the castle.)

This is set roughly thirteen years later.

Swallowing the nameless fear that sucked the air from his lungs he (Ta’elsin) forced himself to continue. Berrebren was not the most patient of men and he swallowed the ache that came as he remembered Sagyl, the wizard who had begun his training. 

Sagyl had been warm and kind and loving, and Ta’elsin had felt safe with him and had thrived under his gentle tutelage, but he had grown ill and had been unable to continue teaching him. Ta’elsin had stayed with him until he yielded to death, then had followed his instructions and had gone to Berrebren’s tower, bearing a letter of introduction. 

Berrebren had been expecting him, but even so the welcome was not a warm one. He made it clear from the start that Ta’elsin was only there because he owed a debt to Sagyl and in the last two years he had never wavered from his original stance that Ta’elsin was a nuisance and an unwelcome intruder, and he had spent every minute of the time missing Sagyl.

“Well, come on.” 

The sheer impatience in Berrebren’s voice startled him: he hadn’t realized that his steps had begun lagging.

“I’m sorry, Berrebren.”

“What has gotten into you? You were more than eager to come along on this trip when we started out.”

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