{"id":8262,"date":"2020-02-15T22:05:05","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T03:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/?p=8262"},"modified":"2020-02-15T22:05:05","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T03:05:05","slug":"arrival-at-the-temple-warrior-priest-weekendwritingwarriors-8sunday-sciencefictionromance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/?p=8262","title":{"rendered":"Arrival at the Temple &#8211; Warrior Priest #weekendwritingwarriors #8sunday #sciencefictionromance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/wewriwa.blogspot.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-cWrW5h1cKkY\/UQaGUcSiNeI\/AAAAAAAABAA\/UxDMpIoXpJk\/s1600\/wewriwa_button.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nIn the WeWriWa blog hop, participating writers share 8-10 sentences from one of their stories.<\/p>\n<p>In last week&#8217;s snippet, priestesses Selena and Elspeth along with their guards were headed to the temple of the Warrior Priests of Covenant. The guards seemed certain that the temple would turn out to be a military base, and Elspeth agreed. Selena wanted everyone to keep an open mind. This snippet skips ahead to their arrival at the temple.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/kate-hill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/covercomingsoon.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><b><span>When they reached the temple, a wave of uncertainty broke over Selena. It looked more like a prison than a place of worship. Enormous and cylindrical, it was completely black\u2014even the windows. A tall iron fence surrounded it. Two guards armed with modern laser pistols as well as machetes\u2014the traditional weapons of warrior priests\u2014stood at the gate. Their high-collared black uniforms somehow managed to show off their strong physiques while concealing them completely. They wore their long hair bound in single tight braid reminiscent of a reptilian tail. <\/span><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><b><span>\u201cMilitary base,\u201d Grant said under his breath. \u201cTemple my ass.\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><b><span>Selena cast him a stern look. <\/span><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>About Warrior Priest<\/p>\n<p>(Science Fiction Romance)<\/p>\n<p>What happens when a warrior priest from a strict religion meets a free-spirited priestess from a new age commune?<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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?<\/p>\n<p>Coming in 2020.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read snippets from other authors in the Weekend Writing Warriors Blog hop <a href=\"http:\/\/wewriwa.blogspot.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the WeWriWa blog hop, participating writers share 8-10 sentences from one of their stories. In last week&rsquo;s snippet, priestesses Selena and Elspeth along with their guards were headed to the temple of the Warrior Priests of Covenant. The guards seemed certain that the temple would turn out to be a military base, and Elspeth&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[946],"tags":[783,794,472],"class_list":["post-8262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wewriwa-blog-hop","tag-blog-hop","tag-featured","tag-science-fiction-romance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8263,"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8262\/revisions\/8263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}