I Make Up Worlds


Fantasy and science fiction writer Kate Elliott.
I'm interested in writing, reading, culture, history, social media, outrigger canoe paddling, schnauzers, and obviously in science fiction and fantasy in all its forms. Plus this is the short version of my actual interests which are multitude. I welcome questions. I have a lot of questions, myself.

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28th January 2012

Short Excerpt from Cold Steel (Spiritwalker 3)

Spoilers if you haven’t read Cold Magic & Cold Fire. Otherwise, nothing you don’t already know.

    When one of Kofi’s brothers appeared escorting Rory and Aunty’s granddaughter Lucretia, I sighed with relief that Rory had made it here safely. Then I saw that he was holding Luce’s hand in a most inappropriately intimate manner, their fingers intertwined like those of a courting couple. I rose, feeling a towering rage coming on that diverted me from my other looming problems.
    Rory released Luce’s hand. He sauntered right past me to greet the older women, his smile as bright as the lanterns. With his lithe young man’s body well clad in one of Vai’s fashionable dash jackets and his long black hair pulled back in a braid, he surely delighted the eye. The men watched in astonishment but I knew what was coming. He offered chastely generous kisses to the women’s cheeks and tender pats to their work-worn hands.
    “My apologies. I mean no offense by charging in to your territory without an invitation. But I must obey my sister. You understand how it is with a sister who speaks a bit sharply to one even though she is the younger and ought, I should suppose, look up to her older brother. Please, let me thank you. Your hospitality honors and humbles me. The food smells so good. I’m sure I’ve never smelled better. ” He had routed two already and turned to the remaining skeptic. “That fabric is beautifully dyed, and looks very well with your complexion, Aunty.”
    A cavalry charge at close quarters could not have demolished their resistance more devastatingly. He turned his charm on the old men, drawing them out with irresistable questions about their proud and memorable youth.

  1. astroprojection reblogged this from jhenne-bean
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    Put under a spoiler tag because duhr! :) (HOWDOESTHISNOTHAVEMORENOTES?) ((I’m practically foaming at the mouth over...
  3. impulsiveobsessions said: Immediately paused Lost Girl and shut off Pandora to read this. Then I proceeded to melt into a fangirling puddle. Rory and Luce? I’d ship it. ;]
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