Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Tuesday Teaser - Bound by War

 

Excerpt for Bound by War


He was used to the odors of blood, sweat, and the atmospheric bitter scent of a discharged phasers. Added into that was often anger, which had its own acidic flavor. He’d lived with that one for longer than he cared to remember. But this scent made him hunger for something he’d never had before: a partner.

He forced his brain to wade through the fogginess of pain medication, plus dehydration, and reason this out. He discreetly inhaled, and it finally dawned on him.

What he smelled remined him of the ocean and the Ne Reyn. But this was fresh and invigorating, unlike many of Ne Reyn who now carried the scent of anger and fear thanks to a civil war.

This scent was different. Gentler. There was sweetness to it. Unsoiled. It called to him, invading the darkest part of his soul, and teased him with a promise. He just didn’t know a promise of what, though. It had been unit years since anything had touched the very core of him.