Welcome to the WeWriWa blog hop, in which writers share 8-10 sentences from one of their stories.
In this week’s snippet, Ari Tobias, second in command of the warrior priests, has escorted Selena, Elspeth, and their guards into the temple.
Chanting male voices echoed faintly in the enormous foyer. A gray stone staircase stood to one side of it and an archway to the other.
“The high priests’ barracks is upstairs.” Ari Tobias pointed. “The ones for the field priests are on the other side of the training ground and there is yet another with homes for priests with spouses and children. I’ll take you to the prayer hall. A session is about to start, if you would like to join us.”
“We’d be honored,” Elspeth replied. Her gaze hadn’t left Ari Tobias for a second.
About Warrior Priest
(Science Fiction Romance)
What happens when a warrior priest from a strict religion meets a free-spirited priestess from a new age commune?
Jade and Selena are as different as two people can be, but to facilitate an alliance between their worlds, they engage in a cultural exchange. With their galaxy in danger from a planet that wants to conquer or destroy all others, they realize the importance of their assignment, but it is difficult for a warrior priest and a nonviolent priestess to understand each other.
Selena is both attracted and appalled by his old school masculinity, and Jade is tempted to break his vow of celibacy until marriage due to his powerful desire for her. Will this unlikely pair not only find common ground, but unconditional love?
Coming in 2020.
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I like how you set up describing your setting before introducing the characters. I can see the foyer and staircase. I love your ending of Elspeth’s gaze never leaving Ari Tobias.
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Yawatta
She seems more interested in Ari than the temple.
Sexual tension always make a story percolate nicely. They’re doomed and should just give in… oh wait, then there’d by no story. 🙂
I wonder if the session will be as they expect, or be something completely different.
Good scene-setting, not too many details but let’s the reader feel oriented to the surroundings. Interesting how fascinated she is. Terrific snippet!
She’s definitely more interested in him than her surroundings! Nice snippet! Tweeted.
I could hear the priests chanting. Really enjoyed the subtle intensity going on here.
Interesting background – some priests are married. But where will the visitors stay?
You give us just enough scene setting to orient us without boring. Love your last sentence. She’s fascinated by him.
This snippet is wonderful with priests and others.
The reader can tell so much in that final line. Really cleverly done, and nice description, too. 🙂
Wonderfully descriptive writing–put me right into the scene. Nice use of the senses–I could hear the chanting.