A Little Scene

Hello, lovelies. I felt drawn to work on my book this morning instead of the blog. I hope you don’t mind. Here’s an excerpt of a scene that I was working on:

Jade looked exhausted and fragile, which was not a word anyone would normally be able to say about her. Lili wanted so badly to hug her or even just touch her but that would not be a good idea right now.

“Where were you?” Lili asked.

Jade’s face filled with wonder. “It was so amazing Lili. I was swimming in the water that flows under the ranch. I lost all track of time, and I was just exploring. I could feel the river and the pond as I swam under them. I could have moved up into them, but it felt too hard, and I didn’t want to work that hard. Then I heard you calling me. I felt a tug. I tried to answer but suddenly the water all around me, I don’t know, sung I guess. That’s not quite the right word because I felt more than heard it, but it was as though it was trying to drown you out.”

Jade paused to take a drink of her tea. “I was lost in it, Lili. Nothing else mattered. But then I felt or heard, whatever you call it, that you wanted me to come to you. Your call broke the hold the magic had on me. “

“I was so scared, Jade. And I admit a little bit pissed too. Here I finally admitted to being attracted to you and the universe was going to yank you away. I wasn’t having that. It was the anger that gave me the strength to push out my want for you to come back.” Lili said shyly.

Jade grinned. “Guess I’m lucky you stopped living in denial then huh?”