Part 2,
The Midnight Trial, is in beta stage now! Yay! And in a fraction of the time that
Fate's Crossing took, haha! To celebrate that, I want to explain something that I am going to do for the second part of
The Black Blood Legacies Series.
As a part of my studies at Full Sail University, I have had to develop a thesis script of some kind. I chose to do a feature film and I placed it as a prequel to the series. There were details that were created as a result that carried into
The Midnight Trial. A couple of my betas have already caught these details and started asking questions.
So before I send it off for official editing, I will be adding a special section to book 2. A section of journal entries based upon my film script. :) Hopefully this will answer any and all questions that emerge from the readers regarding details that came to life as a result of my studies. Hehe!
Here is a longer snippet from book 2,
The Midnight Trial:
The wreck took it out of me worse than I had realized at the time. Adrenaline, it’s a damn powerful thing. Raising a hand up, I went to touch his nose. His hand shot up and grabbed mine as one eye creaked open a crack and a beautiful smirk crossed his face.
“Ah, sabotaging my rest huh?” I couldn’t help but laugh a little bit.
“I was just going to wake you up and see if you knew where we could eat.” It was in this moment my stomach made one hell of a noise, sending Sean into a fit of laughter. “Not funny kind sir. I’m starving.” And he started laughing even harder.
“The look on your face when your stomach spoke up!” He buried his face into a pillow, his body shaking with laughter. It was all I could do to lay there with my jaw agape. I poked him in the ribs.
“Seriously dude. Come on. Food.” I whimpered. Being as smart as he was, he started gathering his composure.
“Okay. Okay. I’d be awful as your guardian if I didn’t make sure you were fed. Get up and get dressed. We’ll meet everyone down stairs in the conference room.” He pushed himself off the bed as he spoke. Conference room?
“By the way, where the hell are we?” I scratched my head as I sat up. He looked like he didn’t want to tell me but the look in his eyes told me he knew better than to keep quiet.
“We are in the Order compound outside of Quebec.” Quebec? That is hell and gone from where we were.
“Just how long was I asleep?” He started whistling as he exited the room into the bathroom.
“Damn it Sean! Tell me!” He started cackling again.
“You are so easy to annoy and so adorable I can’t help myself, love. You were out for almost two days. That’s how we got here without you realizing it. That wreck hit you and hit you hard. Adrenaline – “
“It’s a hell of a thing.” I finished his statement.
“Yup! Dressed. You got ten minutes.” He all but commanded me. I mock saluted him without him seeing. Ai aye Captain! Sean exited the room and I sighed. I’ve got to separate myself from him. But he won’t be easy to ditch… Even though he was determined to make this situation work, I wasn’t. I knew it was for the best. I wouldn’t put him through that. In fact, I had a plan to sacrifice myself at The Temple without having to have him intervene. Slowly, I drug myself out of the big, comfortable four-poster bed. Wincing, I stretched out my limbs one by one. Two days asleep tends to cause the muscles to tense up.
You are getting too used to these ‘naps’.
Roslyn’s voice snarked from the back corner of my mind and all I could do was grimace internally at her. I could almost imagine her sticking her tongue out at me like a little kid. But she was right. As I dug my clothes out of my bag, my mind drifted. How much have I actually missed during these little sabbaticals? Shuffling through my bag for a heavier, long-sleeved shirt and jeans, I heard voices outside my door. Unable to fight the curiousness anymore, I stepped forward and pressed my ear to the cold, hard Oak door.
“You need to tell her what all has happened… And the truth.” A soft female voice demanded. A male cleared his throat and the sound of shuffling feet made its way to my ears.
“I don’t want to frighten her any more than need be. She is going through enough.” The voice cut through to my heart. I knew it all too well. Sean knew something about my most recent incident. And there was something else he didn’t want to tell me. My heart sank. Fine. If he doesn’t believe I am strong enough to handle it, I am out of here.
Yep. A longer snippet. I thought it would be an interesting piece. Formatting had to be fixed to look right on the blog. Ugh.
Hehe. I am just so proud to already have book 2 into beta stage. Could a release date be available by the end of the year? We shall see!
J.R. - out!
