Hello and welcome to Thursday Tasters.
This is where I get to share 400 words of my current work in progress, so here goes.
I am currently working on two manuscripts, but today I am sharing a snippet from Yoseph, which is the follow on from my first publication Alana.
This is unedited, so bare with me.
Ayasha pulled her T-Shirt out from the waistline of
her jeans and pulled it off over her head. Then she toed off her shoes and
wriggled her jeans down her thighs. The anger that was bubbling in the pit of
her stomach rose up another notch and thoughts of Joe. The one man she wanted.
The one man she couldn’t have.
Ayasha flicked her head back, her long black hair
slapped her back as it connected. Then her body started its painful
transformation. Her fingers shrank back and into paws at the same time as her
nose and mouth stretched into a muzzle. The shoulder joints and hip joints
clicked out of socket as she got down on all fours, and then realigned
themselves. He body sprouted thick black glossy hair that shimmered blue in the
sunlight. The pain of the transformation was over. Now she could run off her
anger. She had repress the desire to howl out. Joe would hear it and there was
no way her grandmother would approve of her showing him what she really was.
She ran flat out on all fours trying to shift her
thoughts from her mind. Even in wolf form she still thought of Joe. Ayasha
weaved in and out of the trees and she made her way to the lake. She could
smell the fresh water and hear the trickling of the stream in the distance. The
trees thinned out and she could just about make out Joe sitting by the wooden
shack fixing the hole in the fishing net. Her grandfather was nowhere to be
seen.
Joe was hunched over, his brown curly hair blew in the
breeze and his eyes squinted in the sun. Stubble covered his jaw that was held
tight in concentration. The white T-Shirt he wore was tight against his chest,
showcasing his rippled abs. With her gazed fixed on Joe, she hadn’t notice the
transformation back to her human self.
Joe looked in her direction and she did her best to
hide behind the bush. She wasn’t sure if he had noticed her, but thought it
would be best to walk away quickly.
“Ayasha?”
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Jessica xXx
This is a wonderful start. I like how you incorporated sensory details like this one: "shoulder joints and hip joints clicked out of socket"
ReplyDeleteMakes me squirm at the thought - ouch. I laughed when she turned back human
I must admit they made me cringe hen I pictured it in my head lol Thanks for commenting xx
DeleteSo far so good for not letting him see her this way. Now she is totally naked in front of him. This promises to be fun.
ReplyDeleteI promise next week will get a little more *fun* ;-) Thanks for stopping by
Deleteimpressive opening .... I like the imagery of this story
ReplyDeleteThanks Magnus xx
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