Dragonstone Excerpt
“Great. First royal dragon egg stolen from Chalvaren in ten thousand years and the damn thing’s already hatched.” Kort Elias grimaced and stared at the remnants of the Aurora eggshell. When he crouched down and touched the enormous object—he could have easily crawled inside—it crumbled to dust in his hands. “Worse, it’s been at least a day, maybe two.”
A thieving mercenary had brought the egg here to this planet of humans, one dimension hop away from Chalvaren, and Kort had required a wizard’s help to teleport in pursuit. The queen his mother forbade him to give chase, but when Kort discovered the double-crosser took the egg from the royal hatchery, Queen Elissabet’s edict paled before the need to recover the dragonlet. Also, ignoring his mother’s wishes was a lifelong sport at which Kort particularly excelled.
He picked up three black dragon scales, smelled them, manipulated them in his fingers then held the fragile scales up to the sunlight: they were translucent, iridescent…baby dragon scales. “Where’d you go little one?”
Weekend Writing Warriors and Snippet Sunday
Hi Weekend Writing Warriors! Happy almost Halloween.
I’m switching gears with this week’s excerpt and rewinding time with the magic of creative writing. This week’s excerpt is from Dragonstone, the prequel to my fantasy romance novel, Chalvaren Rising. Some readers wanted to know how everything started out in The Kingdom of Chalvaren Romances. Dragonstone is where it all began.
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Elf prince Kort Elias journeys to a new world in search of a stolen royal dragon egg and discovers a lost elven princess, a prophecy, and danger; and only true love—and an erotic magic he’s never experienced—will set them free.
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Uh oh, that could be a problem. Where indeed is the little dragonling. I hope they find him!
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Hmmmm. What kind of damage could a baby dragon do? It’s a BABY for goodness sake! 🙂 Love the premise of this story.
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It’s good that Kort is here for the baby dragon and cares. I wonder why the Queen didn’t want him to go get the egg back.
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Great snippet. Poor little guy. I hope he is found. 🙂
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Hi Jennifer. Magnus is a scene stealer, that’s for sure. Thanks for commenting.
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I think I wanted to hug Kort when I read that last line “Where’d you go little one?” That is just such an endearing comment for a man to say (although I do wonder how quickly baby dragon’s grow after 2 days?) . Great story.
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Kort’s got a couple of hug-worthy moments in this short story, Chelle. I’m glad he’s tugging at your heartstrings already. 🙂
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I need to read this…it says so much about Kort and his nature. I also like the phrase “baby dragon scales.” 🙂
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This totally shows us who Kort is. And wait till you meet Mia. 🙂
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Oooh, I like Dragonstone!
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Me too, Ed. Seems the folks reading Chalvaren Rising crave a taste of Dragonstone, so I shared. The prequel is awesome, right?
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“ignoring his mother’s wishes was a lifelong sport at which Kort particularly excelled.” Love that line! And the descriptions of the eggshell and dragon scales are very vivid.
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Thanks, PT. Kort is such an interesting guy. He loves his mother so much, but they’re like oil and water.
Watching them navigate their way through The Kingdom of Chalvaren, in Dragonstone, and in Chalvaren Rising has been quite an eye-opener.
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Now I’m worried about the poor baby dragon. Hope he gives his captor a face-full of smoke, or worse! Some great character-building for Kort as well.
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Just you wait until next week’s excerpt, Christina. 🙂
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Love the line about his life long sport LOL. Excellent excerpt, can’t wait for more!
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Thanks, Veronica. Kort is such a boy.
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You’ve made me want to find the dragonlet.
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Aurora – Everyone is worried over that dragonlet!
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Sounds like they have a difficult job ahead. Good snippet, Paula. 🙂
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Delicious. My heart melted for the dragonlet. And I understand so well Mother/son conflict having many sons.
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Thanks so much Aurora. Great that you understand the conflict, and that your heart is melting for the dragonlet. He really is a special character. I’m glad everyone is keying in on him.
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What a terrific story concept, Paula! Great description in this snippet, I can’t wait to read more!
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Thanks man. I appreciate a guy’s perspective.
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“Where’d you go little one?” Nice way to end that snippet!
I love your descriptions, Paula.
Kort excels at ignoring his mother? I like a little spirit of rebellion. 🙂
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Kort’s bound and determined to find Magnus, Teresa. The other treasures he finds along his journey, well, they’re life-changing. Thanks for stopping by!
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Also, ignoring his mother’s wishes was a lifelong sport at which Kort particularly excelled. – loved this sentence Paula! Is speaks tonnes about Kort. He sounds like an interesting handful!
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Thanks, Kim! Kort Elias is one of my favorite characters to write. Oh, the conflict between his mother and him was super-fun to write. Glad you stopped by today.
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When I first read this story I was soo worried about the baby dragon. I love this book!
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The dragonlet totally steals the show. I’m glad you were worried about him. That means I hit the empathy nerve square on the head.
Thanks Bonnie!
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Carol Ratliff is reading the book. Said she will put a review out there.
Happy Saturday!!
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I’m thrilled people are liking the books!
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