Well, I think I’ve finally settled on a title for the WIP formally known as Araneae. The hero said something a few pages back that struck a chord with me. I think it fits the heroine, and the book. Baring complications down the line, I rather like it. 😉
I steeled my spine, ready for punishment. I deserved no less than his worst for what I’d done.
His large palms landed with such force upon my shoulders, my knees buckled beneath the weight of them. Leaning in close, I trembled as anise on his breath filled me with his scent. Lips I knew to be soft were ice hard now. His voice lowered as he said, “This is going to hurt.”
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Kerrianne says
Ooooooh, so good! Great SSS
Gem Sivad says
WEll. I want the rest of this post. *scowling* You must have left some off. What a way to leave us. “This is going to hurt…”
Jessica Subject says
Great description! I can feel her anxiety.
Sarah Grimm says
So cruel to leave us hanging! Great six!
Jenna McCormick says
Oh but is it going to be the good kind of hurt? Sometimes the warnings are worse than the follow through.
Heather Thurmeier says
I hope next weeks six pick up directly from where these six end. Cruel to leave us hanging like this! LOL. Congrats on figuring out a title. Sometimes those come very fast and easy, other times it’s a real struggle to find the perfect fit.
Rebecca Royce says
Oh my goodness, that just made me shiver!
Ada Hoffmann says
Lots of tension, and implies a lot about their relationship. I like it!
Tanya Eby says
Ohhh. Interesting. I like that he smells of anise. That feels dark and magical at the same time. Nicely done.
Liia Ann White says
I love that she’s going to take her punishment with a strong will.
Great six!
Sandi Sookoo says
oh wow, fantastic snippet!
Vivien Jackson says
Always the best kind of punishment!
Lisa Sanchez says
Argh! I want to know what happens next!
Cherie Marks says
That’s tension! Great SSS.
Taryn Kincaid says
Great title!
Cate Masters says
Wonderful teaser. Now I need more…
Tigris Eden says
NICE! Love the word anise…Great Six!
Joanne Stewart says
Ohhh, love that last line. Fabulous six!
jayel kaye says
great tension here. I really want to know what happens
Lindsay says
Love the snippet and how you used anise to describe his scent
Kimberly Nee says
Ack! I want to know what happens next!! Great six!
Barb says
Ouch!
Great six, thank you! 🙂
Kim Knox says
oooo, very nice, Hailey!
J.A. Beard says
Good tension and a lot of interesting relationship dynamics implied.
Misa Buckley says
What has she done? Who is punishing her?
I need to know!
Lucy Felthouse says
Awesome six – very powerful 🙂
Laura Kaye says
Such intensity and tension! Great!
Eleri Stone says
I wish you had kept going with this scene. Just a few more sentences …or all of them. Love.
Monique James says
MEOW HOT HOT HOT! Nice Six
Devin Harnois says
I want more!