Today as my part of the blog tour we have an excerpt from Tallis.
This was her moment. Tallis
understood that, if ever she were to stand against their will, if ever she were
to challenge the fate ascribed to her, the task must be undertaken now at
the onset. The immortals feared her, and that fear would serve the Gods in
whatever plan they had for which her coronation had been orchestrated. They
would need that fear intact to control the immortals through her. In front of
the assemblage now, they would seek to maintain that reverence of her ability
to strike even them down at her will. Therefore, they sought to appease her
request.
Except that
Graffin was not to be so easily outmaneuvered. “To name a co-regent, Empress,
you would have to wed.”
Her words were
soft, so that the others would not hear. “I have an intended.”
Graffin matched
her in volume. “Surely, you don’t mean the mortal.”
“Surely, I
do.”
“Sadly for you,
Tallis,” remarked Owos, the most curious and assured smirk hatching onto his
face, “we will not allow it.”
“I will permit
you no say,” Tallis declared,firmly standing her ground. “Deal with the
consequence of making the gilteren mortal. As a mortal, I am obligated
to have a heart, and my heart wants Tarameen. I know this as I know the sun and
the moon’s path, as I know the place and purpose of every star in the heavens,
as I know that I could not endure without him.”
His lips
quivered, redness filled his cheeks. The words, however, died on his lips. But
as Owos began to recover and shape his retort, it was another’s voice, ghastly
and haunting that reverberated in an echo of Tallis’s memories, that spoke from
the back of the assemblage.
“Does she
not recognize my claim upon her, then?”
M.C. Rae (aka Killian McRae) is a
cross-genre author whose works include elements of history, fantasy, science
fiction, and romance- sometimes all in the same novel. She hails from the
midwest but currently makes her home in Northern California. She is a
devout student of history,a podcaster, an amateur graphics and web designer, a
coffee enthusiast, and has an unhealthy obsession with world music.
Thanks so much for participating in the tour and hosting today! Hope you're doing well these days, sweet.
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