Concealed In The Vegetation
The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I were trekking around Newport, Rhode Island recently and we saw this awesome tree (and mansion but mostly the tree – grins).
I love how we can see the trunk and branches through the greenery.
And I could envision a cyborg warrior camouflaging himself this way.
Imagine walking along a path at dusk and approaching a tree. At first, we think it is a normal tree. But then we look closer and we see the trunk and branches are in the shape of a huge cyborg warrior.
He is gripping daggers in both hands and he is glaring right at us.
(shivers with excitement)
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Provoking Odium
A Beautiful Cyborg
While accompanying his leader on a mission, Odium, an E Model cyborg, hears a distress call over the communication lines. The voice on that message makes his circuits surge with energy and all his systems light up. He has to respond to the mysterious female, would risk his lifespan and the lifespans of everyone on board their ship to protect her.
A Human Female Others Call Beast
Briella gained her nickname due to her flying abilities, her fearlessness, and her scarred countenance. Her verbal-only relationship with the sexy cyborg who answers her distress call is a steamy yet short-lived fantasy. His kind is physically perfect, and she is…not. He will uncover that truth when…if they survive the attack upon her freighter.
Provoking Odium is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a human female intent on remaining mysterious, a cyborg warrior determined to uncover her identity, and an enemy seeking to destroy them both before they have the opportunity to meet.
Pre-order Today:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/provoking-odium/id1605490349
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/provoking-odium-cynthia-sax/1140894003
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Provoking Odium And What We Notice First
When Briella, the human heroine of Provoking Odium, meets someone for the first time, the first thing she notices about them is their eyes. That’s where her gaze is drawn.
And that little detail tells us so much about her.
She’s extremely self-conscious about her own eyes. Having been judged in the past for her eyes, she places quite a bit of importance on them.
I usually notice and describe hair first. I was the sole brunette in a family of redheads and my hair was always remarked on…for being unremarkable. (grins) I also like to touch…everything. And hair always looks soft.
What do you notice first?
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Provoking Odium
A Beautiful Cyborg
While accompanying his leader on a mission, Odium, an E Model cyborg, hears a distress call over the communication lines. The voice on that message makes his circuits surge with energy and all his systems light up. He has to respond to the mysterious female, would risk his lifespan and the lifespans of everyone on board their ship to protect her.
A Human Female Others Call Beast
Briella gained her nickname due to her flying abilities, her fearlessness, and her scarred countenance. Her verbal-only relationship with the sexy cyborg who answers her distress call is a steamy yet short-lived fantasy. His kind is physically perfect, and she is…not. He will uncover that truth when…if they survive the attack upon her freighter.
Provoking Odium is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a human female intent on remaining mysterious, a cyborg warrior determined to uncover her identity, and an enemy seeking to destroy them both before they have the opportunity to meet.
Pre-order Today:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/provoking-odium/id1605490349
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/provoking-odium-cynthia-sax/1140894003
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https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/provoking-odium
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Provoking Odium – Fourth Scene Of The First Chapter
Provoking Odium, the first story in the Cyborg Unity series, is releasing next week! Woot!
Today, I’m sharing the fourth and final scene from the very first chapter.
You can read the first scene here:
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Metal shrieked as the freighter’s wings scraped the stone. They burst free of the funnel. The ship spun. She fought, fought, fought to level their flight. It took all the strength in her body.
But she did it. Their trajectory straightened. The strain on her arms eased.
They had escaped the dormant volcano, the planet and, temporarily, the Humanoid Alliance.
“Take that, asshats.” Briella slapped the console. Her success made her giddy.
It didn’t make her stupid. Or careless.
The Humanoid Alliance might send out ships to pursue them. That had happened in the past.
She continued to monitor their surroundings and didn’t slow her freighter’s speed, while she celebrated. “I pulled off the impossible. That warrants some tunes.”
She pressed the button and music filled the bridge.
“There’s nothing left of mine.” She sang with everything she had. Her heart pounded in her chest. She was high on danger, grateful to be alive. “Ohhhhhhh…”
“Are you hurt?”
“Fuck.” Briella hastily donned her goggles and muted her music yet again. “What the fuck did I tell you? The bridge is off-limits.”
“I thought you were in pain.” Mohini lowered herself gracefully into the chair next to hers. “I heard moaning.” Her fingers fluttered against her chest. “It was such a horrible sound.”
“That wasn’t moaning, you unappreciative music hater.” Briella shook her head. “I was singing.”
The female’s eyes widened. “It was—”
“It was horrible. I heard you.” Briella loved singing, didn’t want to hear any criticism of her vocal abilities. “Go back to your chambers. There are nourishment bars, containers of beverage, a medic pack if you need it—everything you should require.”
Silence stretched.
Her unwanted guest didn’t leave.
Briella tapped her fingertips against the console. She was tempted to blast the music again and frighten the Praecipuan away with her horrible singing.
“Look at me.” Mohini dared to issue a command on Briella’s own blasted bridge.
“I’m flying the fuckin’ ship.” But she obliged her because the humanoid had been through battle trauma and other shit, and, despite that name everyone called her, she wasn’t a complete beast.
It also didn’t take much effort to fly the freighter in a straight line, even at the speeds they were traveling. She looked at the female.
The Praecipuan attempted to meet her gaze through the goggles. “We require transport to Keid 9.” Her voice lowered. “You will take us there.”
“Like Hyadum I will.” Briella couldn’t believe the gall of the female. “The deal is, I take you to the first friendly planet—and that’s not it. Keid 9 is halfway across the universe, and it’s a Humanoid Alliance-controlled planet.”
Mohini’s forehead furrowed. “Look directly at me.” She grabbed Briella’s face and forced her to comply with her order.
The female was stronger than she appeared.
“You will take us to Keid 9.”
“Fuck you.” Briella slapped her hands, breaking the female’s grasp on her. “I will jettison you into open space before I do that.”
Mohini stared at her. “My abilities don’t work on you.” She tilted to her head the side. “How is that possible? They work on everyone.”
The fucker must’ve tried some Praecipuan mind tricks on her. “Figure that out somewhere else.” She returned her gaze to the main viewscreen. “You’re in my private space.”
“There’s no one else on the bridge.” Mohini leaned back in her seat.
Briella gritted her teeth.
The female had no intention of leaving.
“You must get lonely in here.”
She was also determined to chatter.
“I don’t get lonely anywhere.” That was a lie. Briella did get lonely, but that was preferable to the pain of rejection. “There are beings you can talk with in the back chambers.”
“They’ll ask me about our next actions, and I don’t know what those actions are. Yet.”
The way Mohini looked at her made Briella uneasy.
“If we had credits, would you take us to Keid 9?”
Briella lifted her eyebrows. “Do you have credits?”
“No.” The female’s lips quirked upward. “But I might be able to get some.”
“I require the credits in advance.” Briella’s tone was dry. She wasn’t born last planet rotation.
“You would require that.” Mohini laughed. “I like you, Beast. We’re going to be good friends, you and I.”
“Fuck no, we’re not going to be friends.” Briella hadn’t been friends with anyone since she’d been ejected from her home planet.
Being friends with someone required sharing confidences, telling the other being about one’s past, spending time together. Eventually she’d have to take off her goggles.
She wasn’t willing to open herself to that kind of rejection, of pain.
“Yes, we will be friends.” The Praecipuan propped her surprisingly sturdy-looking boots up on the console.
“Get your fuckin’ feet off the control panels,” Briella barked at her.
The female didn’t move her boots. “What are those two red dots on the screen?”
Red dots? Briella looked at the main viewscreen. “Oh shit.” Those two red dots were shaped like Humanoid Alliance warships.
“What is it?” Mohini finally lowered her booted feet.
“Could be something,” Briella muttered. “Could be nothing.”
The warships were situated far away from them, on the edge of their monitoring range. They might be en route to another destination, might not be tracking them.
Seeking to test that theory, she deviated from their course, steered the freighter toward a nearby moon.
The two warships immediately changed direction.
“Fuck.” She corrected the freighter’s course. “It’s something.”
The warships’ appearance on their monitoring systems was no coincidence. They were following her freighter, following them.
That frightened the shit out of her.
She wasn’t scared for herself. The missions she accepted were dangerous. She knew she’d eventually die during one of them.
But she didn’t want to die with innocent souls on board her freighter. She didn’t want to fail yet another group of beings.
“We’re being followed, aren’t we?” Mohini leaned forward. “What should we do?”
“You don’t need to do shit.” Briella was the captain. She was responsible for keeping her passengers alive. That was her primary role.
She quickly ran through her options.
Warships were much faster than freighters. If she stayed on their set path and all three vessels flew at their top speeds, their pursuers would catch up to them.
When the Humanoid Alliance warships reached them, they were fucked. The weapons on the freighter weren’t designed for battle. She didn’t have the firepower to down anything substantial.
They would be blown out of space, because their shields were equally shitty. Their defenses couldn’t withstand a bombardment of missiles.
There was only one way out of their increasingly dire situation—they had to deviate from their set path. She’d travelled amongst the stars since she had eleven solar cycles, knew the sectors like she knew the hum of her freighter’s engines.
Briella lifted her chin. She would utilize all that knowledge now to save them. “I’m going to shake these fuckers off our ass, lose them in the depths of space.”
No one else would die on her watch.
***
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Provoking Odium
A Beautiful Cyborg
While accompanying his leader on a mission, Odium, an E Model cyborg, hears a distress call over the communication lines. The voice on that message makes his circuits surge with energy and all his systems light up. He has to respond to the mysterious female, would risk his lifespan and the lifespans of everyone on board their ship to protect her.
A Human Female Others Call Beast
Briella gained her nickname due to her flying abilities, her fearlessness, and her scarred countenance. Her verbal-only relationship with the sexy cyborg who answers her distress call is a steamy yet short-lived fantasy. His kind is physically perfect, and she is…not. He will uncover that truth when…if they survive the attack upon her freighter.
Provoking Odium is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a human female intent on remaining mysterious, a cyborg warrior determined to uncover her identity, and an enemy seeking to destroy them both before they have the opportunity to meet.
Pre-order Today:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/provoking-odium/id1605490349
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/provoking-odium-cynthia-sax/1140894003
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Cynthia Sax Weekly Update – June 12th
I’m continuing to work on the first draft of Grin And Bare Him (releasing in October). I love this story and I think you will love it also!
I’m sharing the final scene from Chapter 1 of Provoking Odium this week. It is almost release day. Woot!
Have a wonderful week, my friends. (big hugs) Look up at the stars. Eat some great chocolate (if that agrees with your system). Tell yourself you’re awesome…because you are!
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Provoking Odium
A Beautiful Cyborg
While accompanying his leader on a mission, Odium, an E Model cyborg, hears a distress call over the communication lines. The voice on that message makes his circuits surge with energy and all his systems light up. He has to respond to the mysterious female, would risk his lifespan and the lifespans of everyone on board their ship to protect her.
A Human Female Others Call Beast
Briella gained her nickname due to her flying abilities, her fearlessness, and her scarred countenance. Her verbal-only relationship with the sexy cyborg who answers her distress call is a steamy yet short-lived fantasy. His kind is physically perfect, and she is…not. He will uncover that truth when…if they survive the attack upon her freighter.
Provoking Odium is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a human female intent on remaining mysterious, a cyborg warrior determined to uncover her identity, and an enemy seeking to destroy them both before they have the opportunity to meet.
Pre-order Today:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/provoking-odium/id1605490349
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https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/provoking-odium-cynthia-sax/1140894003
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Provoking Odium And Cool Under Pressure
Most of the heroes and heroines I write about act cool under pressure. They can think semi-logically. They take action. They respond well to dangerous situations.
That’s not the average human experience.
Most people do NOT respond well to peril. We freeze. We run. We get emotional. We make bad decisions or no decisions at all.
And every situation is different. As are our responses.
I’m cool under most situations. Now.
(When I was younger, I didn’t know what to do and would freeze.)
Unless fire is involved. If fire is a part of the emergency, I freak the heck out.
If you’ve responded sub optimally during past emergencies, that’s normal. Be kind to yourself. That has happened to everyone, even the people we now view as heroes.
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Provoking Odium
A Beautiful Cyborg
While accompanying his leader on a mission, Odium, an E Model cyborg, hears a distress call over the communication lines. The voice on that message makes his circuits surge with energy and all his systems light up. He has to respond to the mysterious female, would risk his lifespan and the lifespans of everyone on board their ship to protect her.
A Human Female Others Call Beast
Briella gained her nickname due to her flying abilities, her fearlessness, and her scarred countenance. Her verbal-only relationship with the sexy cyborg who answers her distress call is a steamy yet short-lived fantasy. His kind is physically perfect, and she is…not. He will uncover that truth when…if they survive the attack upon her freighter.
Provoking Odium is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a human female intent on remaining mysterious, a cyborg warrior determined to uncover her identity, and an enemy seeking to destroy them both before they have the opportunity to meet.
Pre-order Today:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/provoking-odium/id1605490349
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/provoking-odium-cynthia-sax/1140894003
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https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/provoking-odium
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Provoking Odium And Talking To Ourselves
Briella, the heroine of Provoking Odium, talks to herself.
She spends much of her time alone. No one is around to hear her. And it is nice to hear a voice, even if it is her own, once in a while. The silence can been challenging to endure.
When the Dear Wonderful Hubby is away, I sometimes talk to myself also.
I come from a large family, am accustomed to chatter, am now married to a very talkative man. A little quiet is nice, can be a treat. Too much of it can be unnerving.
I also give myself pep talks when I have to do something difficult. I find it pumps me up and makes the tasks easier.
Do you talk to yourself?
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Provoking Odium
A Beautiful Cyborg
While accompanying his leader on a mission, Odium, an E Model cyborg, hears a distress call over the communication lines. The voice on that message makes his circuits surge with energy and all his systems light up. He has to respond to the mysterious female, would risk his lifespan and the lifespans of everyone on board their ship to protect her.
A Human Female Others Call Beast
Briella gained her nickname due to her flying abilities, her fearlessness, and her scarred countenance. Her verbal-only relationship with the sexy cyborg who answers her distress call is a steamy yet short-lived fantasy. His kind is physically perfect, and she is…not. He will uncover that truth when…if they survive the attack upon her freighter.
Provoking Odium is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a human female intent on remaining mysterious, a cyborg warrior determined to uncover her identity, and an enemy seeking to destroy them both before they have the opportunity to meet.
Pre-order Today:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/provoking-odium/id1605490349
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/provoking-odium-cynthia-sax/1140894003
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Frogs And Alien Planets
The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I recently visited our local science center where they had a great display of various brightly-colored frogs.
These frogs have evolved to be seen, to stand out in their lush predominantly green environments.
But I can imagine alien worlds where they are camouflaged, where their environments are so brightly colored they blend in.
I’ll likely use these froggies as inspiration for future story settings!
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Provoking Odium
A Beautiful Cyborg
While accompanying his leader on a mission, Odium, an E Model cyborg, hears a distress call over the communication lines. The voice on that message makes his circuits surge with energy and all his systems light up. He has to respond to the mysterious female, would risk his lifespan and the lifespans of everyone on board their ship to protect her.
A Human Female Others Call Beast
Briella gained her nickname due to her flying abilities, her fearlessness, and her scarred countenance. Her verbal-only relationship with the sexy cyborg who answers her distress call is a steamy yet short-lived fantasy. His kind is physically perfect, and she is…not. He will uncover that truth when…if they survive the attack upon her freighter.
Provoking Odium is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a human female intent on remaining mysterious, a cyborg warrior determined to uncover her identity, and an enemy seeking to destroy them both before they have the opportunity to meet.
Pre-order Today:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/provoking-odium/id1605490349
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/provoking-odium-cynthia-sax/1140894003
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Provoking Odium And Briella’s Name
The heroine of Provoking Odium is named Briella but she often introduces herself as Beast, a nickname she dislikes, because she doesn’t think she looks like a Briella.
Briella is a pretty name. I think of it one a princess might have. And, when I hear it, I picture a beautiful female with long flowing hair and a big sparkly dress.
That’s not our heroine. Our heroine dresses in flight suits and clunky military boots. She carries weapons. And she doesn’t view herself as pretty.
Odium, the hero, however, DOES see Briella’s beauty.
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Provoking Odium
A Beautiful Cyborg
While accompanying his leader on a mission, Odium, an E Model cyborg, hears a distress call over the communication lines. The voice on that message makes his circuits surge with energy and all his systems light up. He has to respond to the mysterious female, would risk his lifespan and the lifespans of everyone on board their ship to protect her.
A Human Female Others Call Beast
Briella gained her nickname due to her flying abilities, her fearlessness, and her scarred countenance. Her verbal-only relationship with the sexy cyborg who answers her distress call is a steamy yet short-lived fantasy. His kind is physically perfect, and she is…not. He will uncover that truth when…if they survive the attack upon her freighter.
Provoking Odium is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a human female intent on remaining mysterious, a cyborg warrior determined to uncover her identity, and an enemy seeking to destroy them both before they have the opportunity to meet.
Pre-order Today:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/provoking-odium/id1605490349
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/provoking-odium-cynthia-sax/1140894003
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https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/provoking-odium
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Provoking Odium – Third Scene Of The First Chapter
The countdown to the release day for Provoking Odium continues!
I’m sharing the third scene from the first chapter this week.
You can read the first scene here:
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The humanoid floated away. Her tread was soundless. Her gait was level.
“If she could truly hover above the ground, she would’ve gotten her tiny ass out of here.” Briella muttered that reminder under her breath. The female’s beauty unsettled her. “She needs you. She isn’t going to reject you.”
An unnatural rumbling rolled through the warm air.
Trepidation filled her. The Humanoid Alliance troops weren’t waiting for them to starve to death. They were mounting an attack.
“Decide quickly.” Briella yelled that advice at the female’s back.
The Praecipuans looked at her. One male, as tall and slender as the first female, grimaced. A female visibly paled.
Briella touched her goggles. They were in place.
All they’d seen were the scars on her cheeks, her forehead, and her chin. And those had horrified them. She pressed her lips together. Her eyes would cause them to flee.
“What is your name?” The first female stood in the middle of the group. She must be their leader.
Briella hesitated. If she relayed her name, they wouldn’t believe it. It was too beautiful for someone who looked like her. “Folks call me Beast.”
The female blinked once, twice. “I’m Mohini.” She smiled and turned her attention back to the others. Her hands skimmed through the air as she chattered. Her words were too softly spoken for the newcomer to hear.
Briella surveyed the group of beings. They all seemed capable of moving unassisted. Their wounds appeared minor.
Her ship was in rougher shape than they were. She clomped around the vessel, inspecting it.
New scrapes decorated the wings. There was a burn mark on the undercarriage. That was minor damage.
The freighter should hold together on the ascent.
She hoped it would. If—
“We’re going with you.” The female—Mohini—ushered her kind toward the ramp.
“Great.” She would try not to kill them all. “Turn left after you enter. You can use any of the chambers in the back. The bridge, to the right, is off-limits.” That was her space. “Strap yourselves in. This will be a rough trip.”
Mohini translated her words to the others. “We understand.”
Some of the Praecipuans didn’t look at her as they passed. A couple braver souls peered down at her, trying to gaze past her goggles. They wouldn’t see enough to scare them.
Briella waited, quashing the urge to tell them to hurry. They didn’t have all fuckin’ planet rotation.
Once the beings were finally loaded, she retracted the ramp, closed the doors, and returned to the bridge. She plunked her generous ass into the captain’s chair and took off her goggles.
Their escape would require the usage of both her eyes.
She placed her hands on the control panel. The engines continued to hum.
“We’re ready to go.” Briella guided the freighter upward, then circled the funnel, accelerating faster and faster.
The opening at the top was too narrow for a horizontal takeoff, and the speed would be needed. The rock walls were high. The freighter would require all the power it could get to climb it.
“A little faster. A little faster.” She forced herself to be patient. It wasn’t a trait she was known for. She preferred to rush into dangerous situations.
Because if she waited, if she thought about it, her survival instincts would kick in, and she would leave beings to die. That couldn’t happen.
And it wouldn’t happen now. Finally, she reached the desired speed.
She swooped the freighter downward, grazed the sand, and shot her ship straight upward. The force of the ascent pushed her form back into her chair. Screams originated from the rear of the vessel.
They should be scared. Briella was an experienced pilot, and she had fuckin’ concerns.
The opening at the top of the funnel was tiny. She focused on it, used her mechanical eye to center the ship.
“I can’t fail them, can’t fail another being.” Her knuckles whitened against the control panel. Her muscles cramped. The pain ripped at her.
She held firm because she had to do that. The only other choice was failure, death.
***
Read the next scene (available June 13th) here:
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Provoking Odium
A Beautiful Cyborg
While accompanying his leader on a mission, Odium, an E Model cyborg, hears a distress call over the communication lines. The voice on that message makes his circuits surge with energy and all his systems light up. He has to respond to the mysterious female, would risk his lifespan and the lifespans of everyone on board their ship to protect her.
A Human Female Others Call Beast
Briella gained her nickname due to her flying abilities, her fearlessness, and her scarred countenance. Her verbal-only relationship with the sexy cyborg who answers her distress call is a steamy yet short-lived fantasy. His kind is physically perfect, and she is…not. He will uncover that truth when…if they survive the attack upon her freighter.
Provoking Odium is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a human female intent on remaining mysterious, a cyborg warrior determined to uncover her identity, and an enemy seeking to destroy them both before they have the opportunity to meet.
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Cynthia Sax Weekly Update – June 5th
I continue to write the first draft of Grin And Bare Him. (grins) Grin and his female are having such an adventure. There are explosions and gunfights and so many near misses in their story.
I’ve been doing quite a bit of gardening also. The tomato plants are getting big. And I’ve harvested the first set of radishes. I like growing radishes. They are ready to eat in about 5 weeks, which is super quick.
Have a wonderful week, my friends. (big hugs) Take note of the little things today – the insects on the ground, the breeze on your skin, the flavors in each bite of breakfast. Marvel in how varied and complex this amazing world is! We are truly fortunate to be here.
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Provoking Odium
A Beautiful Cyborg
While accompanying his leader on a mission, Odium, an E Model cyborg, hears a distress call over the communication lines. The voice on that message makes his circuits surge with energy and all his systems light up. He has to respond to the mysterious female, would risk his lifespan and the lifespans of everyone on board their ship to protect her.
A Human Female Others Call Beast
Briella gained her nickname due to her flying abilities, her fearlessness, and her scarred countenance. Her verbal-only relationship with the sexy cyborg who answers her distress call is a steamy yet short-lived fantasy. His kind is physically perfect, and she is…not. He will uncover that truth when…if they survive the attack upon her freighter.
Provoking Odium is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a human female intent on remaining mysterious, a cyborg warrior determined to uncover her identity, and an enemy seeking to destroy them both before they have the opportunity to meet.
Pre-order Today:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09NRXGLFW
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/provoking-odium/id1605490349
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/provoking-odium-cynthia-sax/1140894003
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/provoking-odium
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1127119
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