Hunted
~ A Vampwitch Novel ~ Alice Quinn’s playlist.
1.
Daniel
Powter~ Brave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkVkV49Axjg
2.
Runrig
~ Protect and Survive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TxnNoxSwoo
3.
Chris
Rea ~ Working on ithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0fOoyiIq7M
4.
John
Mayor ~ Edge of Desire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt-jb5JHWB8
5.
Aurora
~ Running with the Wolves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06ht9MyJLT4
6.
Rupert
stroud ~ Set me Free https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vCJ0dqCfDA
7.
Cyndie
Lauper ~ Trye Colorshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vCJ0dqCfDA
8.
Radiohead
~ High and Dry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qFfFVSerQo
9.
Jake
Bugg ~ Broken https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EL20VKlvbs
10 Sia
~ Courage to Change https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWQACEqf4QY
11 Imaginary
Future ~ Forever on your Feet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FflHqpHULG0
12 Imagine
Dragons ~ On Top of the World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5tWYmIOWGk
Excerpt Two:
“Arthur’s going
to assist with today’s lesson, dear, along with Jack.”
I want to ask
why, but I’m not prepared to make Grumpy, grumpier. “Right, I’ll get something
to eat and then we can start.”
“There’s no rush,
dear.”
“Take your time,
I’ve only been waiting three hours, what’s another three.”
I roll my eyes
at Arthur’s comment.
“You’re being
facetious. It won’t take me three hours to eat breakfast.”
Arthur folds his
arms over his vast stomach. “Humph, I’ve seen what you can eat.”
I take no
notice. The gnome will always need to vent out his opinions
“If I have to
wait, I might as well have some elderflower water… warmed it’s cold out there.”
He sends me an expectant look.
“Don’t look at
me, I’m not your molly-maid, besides I don’t want to keep you waiting.” I pull
out a chair next to Ethan, as Aunt Dot cooks my breakfast.
“You know where
everything is Arthur.” The gnome huffs at Julian as he jumps from the stool.
“This wouldn’t
happen in Faerieland. They look after gnomes there.”
“Doesn’t the
word gnome come the from nineteenth century fairy tales?” I enquire, snagging a
sausage off Ethan’s plate. “They use it in their stories to reference little
people like brownies, or leprechauns.”
Arthur’s face
reddens, angry at the downgrade in his status to the same as brownies and
leprechauns.
“Alice.” Aunt
Dot shouts at me and I drop the half-eaten sausage on the table.
“What?”
She shakes her
head at me. “Never take food off a wolf.”
Everyone is
watching Ethan.
I look at the
sausage. “Oh, do you want it back?” I hand him the half-eaten stick. “I’ve only
had a big bite.” My lips twitch.
Arthur walks
over, pulling out a chair and placing his glass on the table. A low growl omits
from Ethan.
“She took the
sausage not me.” The gnome takes his drink backing away.
Amber sparks light Ethan’s eyes. The wolf coming to the surface. I place a hand
over Ethan’s and his eyes meet mine.
“Sorry, wolf, I
didn’t mean any disrespect.”
The room is
quiet, everyone is waiting for a storm to hit, and no one’s sure how to break
the growing pressure.
“We’ve shared
before and I didn’t think,” I say trying to explain my lack of thought
and calm the wolf.
Ethan shrugs and
the wolf recedes. The tension in the room relaxes. “Not to worry.” His fingers
graze mine as he pushes the sausage in my hand towards my lips.
Arthur huffs.
“I think you’re
the one he’s mad at for sitting too close to him, not me.” Meat swirls round my
mouth.
Aunt Dot places
a plate of food in front of me, and I pick up a sausage. “Here, have one of
mine,” I say handing the sausage to Ethan.
“I don’t believe
it.” Arthur throws his hands in the air.
“Ok, what did I
do now?”
“Nothing, Alice,
don’t worry,” Ethan says as he pulls his chair back, accepting the offered
food.
“It’s getting
late, we’d best go.” Ethan nods at Julian.
I watch the two
men leave, tucking into my breakfast, aware something significant has happened,
but not understanding what.
“Well, that was
interesting,” Jack says from my right, making me jump.
“I thought we
agreed you wouldn’t do that anymore.”
This looks like a good book
ReplyDeleteThe synopsis and excerpt have intrigued me, Hunted sounds like a must read for me and I am adding it to my TBR. Thank you for sharing the author's bio and book details
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