I’m glad to be back with my regular Sunday snippet posting with Weekend Writing Warriors and Snippet Sunday. Thank you to everyone who visited last week. I am continuing on with my brand new story, Bet on Me, which is book three of my Green Rising Series, which is SciFi romance. Last week, we met our heroine, Rianne Liu, in a Spaceport slum bar talking with Sam Ryder, our hero, who is a Casino Lord. They discover they are both on route to the planet of Jin Macao, where cyborgs security guards just walked off their job. Sam’s last lines to Rianne are — “You might be good to have around. It’s more dangerous since the cyborgs walked off their jobs.”
Today’s snippet follows directly from there. As a reminder, since I’m sharing the very first draft and I’m still feeling my way around the characters and the plot, I warmly invite all comments and feedback.
“Not interested.” Being near him and the blondes would shred what was left of her.
“We’ll see. Put her bill on my tab. And don’t worry, my lovely Rianne, I won’t tell anyone I saw you.” He winked at her and headed back to his table.
He was a wily old goat. Even if they were both on Jin Macao, she would stay well away.
Cas gave her a double this time. “Why does he bother you so much?”
“He doesn’t.”
“Bullshit.” His storm grey eyes rippled with concern. The only feature she had in common with her half-brother.
She smiled. It was almost real.
“You going to be okay? You haven’t been back since…” He let his voice fall off. He knew how much she hated to talk about it.
“I’ll be fine. I’m on orders.” Work kept her sane.
“You should go see him.”
“You can’t be serious.”
“I think it would give you closure. Help you move on.”
“I’m not the only one hiding. When are you going to sell this place?”
“You don’t have to take care of me anymore, Big Sis.”
“Habit. Now just give me another.”
He poured them both a triple.
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It seems they both have issues from the past they need to deal with
Love how you gave us hints of her past in this snippet! Definitely intrigued to read more!
If they are up to triples – things weren’t great. So that’s a fabulous hook of great reading to come and things get sorted out.
You have to deal with the past to move on. Great snippet. I want to read more to find out how they figure things out.
It sounds as if they are both in danger. I don’t think the drinks will help. The excerpt makes me curious about her history with Sam.
Enjoyed the new details you provided, with the conversation with her stepbrother. Great snippet!
Way to string us along with tantalizing tidbits! Very interested to find out what’s up between her and Sam.
Nice glimpse into their relationship . . . and great dialogue!
Very intriguing. She apparently has issues. I like the relationship between her and her stepbrother who also seems to have issues.
Very natural flow to the conversation. I want to know a lot more about what is going on and what happened before.
Excellent reading! I love that she thinks he’s a wily old goat, and he calls her his lovely Rianne. 🙂