The settlement Kralj built and rules on Carinae E is called the Refuge. There’s a reason for this name. Even the roughest, most violent ‘monsters’ (as he calls himself and beings like him) deserve to have somewhere they can feel safer, where they belong, where they find a sliver of peace, of self-care, of self-acceptance.
When I was a kid, there was a weeping willow type tree on our property. The tips of the branches reached the ground. It was like having a closed room in the middle of the field. No one could see the trunk, could see past the branches.
That was one of my favorite refuges (and, in recognition of that, the Dear Wonderful Hubby and I planted a weeping willow type tree in front of our current home). I would take a book, slip between its branches, sit on the ground and disappear from the world, from everyone. I felt safer there. I felt at peace. The place calmed me.
Today, that refuge is the writing cave. When the world is dark and my soul is tired, I turn on my laptop, open either an unfinished story or a blank page, and I write, disappearing into the world I’m creating. It calms me. It restores me. It gives me the strength to face the rest of the world.
That’s where I am today. I hope that you also are able to spend some time today in your refuge, your sanctuary. That could be between the pages of a great cyborg romance or in a bubble bath or sitting on your front steps where you can watch the kids run through the sprinkler. I hope you go wherever you find peace.
You deserve to escape for a few moments.
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Testing Truth
A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.
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Truth lives each moment as though it were his last. The cyborg warrior rushes into danger, teases beings he shouldn’t provoke, accepts every call of adventure he encounters.
When a prissy little human princess floats into the Rebel structure Truth is occupying, seeking a mercenary to assist her and her unusual entourage, he volunteers to be her warrior. She claims their assignment is dangerous, warns him he might not survive the task.
That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.
Princess Nanette of the planet Royaume must rescue her estranged brother from an enemy prison ship. That is her duty, and she has been trained to always place the needs of her planet and her subjects before her own. Nancy doesn’t have the freedom to indulge her passions for a certain dark-haired, gray-skinned cyborg. Not permanently and not publicly.
But she is unable to resist the warrior. Truth, with his laughing eyes, smiling lips, and rough hands, tempts her as no one else ever has. He could be her one fleeting act of rebellion before she’s matched with the powerful ruler her planet requires.
If they survive their current mission.
Their love is doomed. Their lifespans are at risk. This cyborg and his princess will need the help of every ally they have if they wish to see another sunrise.
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