Dark Fire – Second Scene From The First Chapter
While we wait for Dark Fire (Releasing on June 12th! Woot!), I’m sharing the first chapter with you.
Read the first scene here: http://tasteofcyn.com/?p=6383
Today, I’m sharing the second scene.
He turned and stomped down the stairs. Gazes lifted to him as he descended. Warriors greeted him warmly. They didn’t view him as an outcast.
Females smiled and waved at him. He smiled back. They tittered behind their hands. He didn’t stop moving.
They weren’t his female. Although he was in no hurry to find his mate, he wouldn’t be untrue to her. She already had all of him – his beast, his humanoid, his body, his soul.
He stalked through the settlement. Merchants called out, trying to attract customers for their containers, weapons, and other goods. A pleasure worker negotiated with a bearded male, flashing her three breasts in a bid to increase her price.
Metal clanged against metal as two males fought, sparks flying from where their swords connected. Blood dripped on the white sand, the scent exciting Dare’s Drache. The males’ forms were covered in gashes and cuts. One of them limped, his thigh cut to the bone.
As long as they didn’t kill their opponent, Kralj would look the other way, allow them to work out their differences. If someone did die, breaking one of the Refuge’s few rules, the killer’s body would be added to the display of corpses impaled on spikes outside the settlement’s walls.
Kralj’s justice was swift and inescapable.
Dare respected that and his Drache enjoyed the violence, the wildness, the unpredictability. It was now awake and fully aware, pacing inside him. The scents of battle and sex filled his nostrils. Blood rushed through his veins.
He neared the beverage outlet, which served as the Refuge’s command center. A presence barreled toward him, detectable only by the air being displaced.
Dare extended his claws, raised them to block the assault. Another set of claws caught his. His attacker grunted, tried to push him forward. Dare, being bigger and stronger, propelled him backward.
“Your speed is increasing.” He softened the boy’s defeat with praise.
Hulagu’s scrawny form came into view. The boy was a Chamele, had the ability to disappear into the background. “I almost defeated you.”
“Almost.” Dare retracted his claws. He, and many of the other warriors in the settlement, had been training the kid. “Build your strength and you’ll be a worthy opponent.”
“I’m already a worthy opponent.” The boy swaggered, his bare feet kicking up sand. “I’m the greatest Warlord”—he paused—“in the settlement.”
Dare swallowed a laugh. The kid was currently the only Chamele Warlord in the settlement.
“Kralj asked me to meet with him.” Hulagu’s chest puffed with importance. “That’s how much he values my skills.”
Dare lowered his eyebrows. “Kralj asked me to meet with him also.” Why would the Ruler require both of them?
They entered the beverage outlet. Warriors lingered around the entrance, chatting, polishing weapons, their presence adding an extra layer of protection to the structure.
“We’re part of the same mission.” Hulagu grinned, his dark eyes lighting up. “It must require tearing the enemy apart.” The bloodthirsty Warlord-in-training spread his fingers, having not yet retracted his claws. A passing warrior turned his body to the side to avoid being gouged. “I like that.”
If the kid was correct, part of Dare’s mission would be ensuring Hulagu didn’t maim innocent victims. The Chamele was still learning how to use his natural weapons.
The doors to Kralj’s working chambers opened.
“I asked the two of you here for separate reasons.” The Ruler of the Refuge clarified that point right away.
Kralj was seated behind a horizontal support. Shadows shrouded his scarred face. Dita, the Ruler’s tiny human mate, sat beside him. The two of them were always together.
As Dracheon warriors and their mates were always together. A male without his female felt incomplete. Dare knew that truth well.
But he’d rather feel incomplete than guilty. His female had a better chance of remaining alive if they didn’t meet.
He was accustomed to the solitude, would survive it.
“Hulagu.” Kralj turned his focus on the kid.
“Yes, sir.” The Warlord-in-training straightened, pride and excitement radiating from his slight form.
“Your older brother, Oghul, communicated with me moments ago.” The Ruler relayed the information without emotion. “He and his warriors will be arriving in two planet rotations.”
“He’ll take me back to Chamele 2.” Hulagu wrinkled his nose. “Azalea won’t want to accompany me and I can’t leave without her. She’s my gerel, the light to my darkness.”
The kid’s mate had been brutally attacked outside the Refuge’s walls. Since then, she refused to leave the settlement.
But Hulagu, like Dare, had no choice about leaving. Their traditions dictated what they could do and what they couldn’t.
And one of the things they couldn’t do was stay on Carinae E.
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Dark Fire
What the Beast wants, the Beast gets.
Dare’s savage nature has made him an outcast among his kind. The silver-scaled Dracheon warrior can’t control his inner beast. It’s too strong. When his primitive instincts told him his destined mate was on Carinae E, he had no choice. He had to travel to the outlaw planet. There, he hoped to meet a female powerful enough to survive his Drache.
He finds Faylee, a delicate little human.
Faylee is the best thief on the planet. Everyone she encounters mistakes her for a young boy…except for a tall, shiny warrior from off-planet. When she gazes into Dare’s flame-filled eyes, he makes her feel, for the first time, like a desirable female. The fire-breathing male has her yearning for hot kisses, fierce embraces, and a future filled with love. She doesn’t realize mating with him might be the last thing she ever does.
Dare’s beast isn’t the only danger on the planet. An enemy from the past has returned and he’s determined to stop Dare and Faylee…permanently. They’ll need luck and the assistance of every warrior in the Refuge to stay alive.
Dark Fire is a STANDALONE SciFi Romance set in a gritty, dark world.
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Dark Fire – First Scene From The First Chapter
Dark Fire is releasing on June 12th! Woot!
While we wait, I’ll be sharing the first chapter with you. Today, we see the first scene.
Dracheons prided themselves on having two things – honor and absolute control.
Dare was a being of honor. He didn’t lie, didn’t cheat, fought fiercely yet fairly, had earned everything he possessed.
What he lacked was control. His humanoid side couldn’t restrain his inner Drache. The beast was too strong, always prowled at the surface, was visible to all.
Dare stood at the top of the Refuge’s white stone walls where he wouldn’t be disturbed. The space was quiet, occupied only by one guard—a friend.
Squaring his shoulders, Dare held up his silver scale-covered fingers. That would be his focus, his everything. He shut down his other senses, narrowed his view to the tip of his right index finger.
His beast fought him, snarling, clawing, clinging to its position. He ignored that part of him, concentrating on the curve of a single scale.
The Drache became bored and gradually retreated deeper inside him. His scales faded from view.
Expanding his sphere of awareness, Dare observed the blue of the sky, the heat of the sun’s rays. His skin remained human-like.
He could do this. Satisfaction flared within him. He would learn to restrain his beast and would no longer be seen as an outcast among his kind. His fellow Dracheons would accept him, would welcome him back to his home planet.
His mate, whoever she was, would be proud to claim him as her male. When he finally found her, she would gaze at him with warm admiration, with lust, with caring. He—
Carinae E’s arid breeze blew over him, bringing with it the scent of blood. It was faint yet strong enough to provoke his Drache.
The beast roared, surging to the surface, prepared to fight, to maim, to kill. Dare’s scales shone, lit by the solitary sun.
He’d lost control. Again. Fraggin’ hole. He curled his fingers into fists, frustration flaying him.
He was running out of time. His female was somewhere on the small outlaw planet. They would eventually meet and his instincts would drive him to bond with her.
Mating was savage and extreme. It provoked even the most docile of Draches.
His much more primitive beast would tear her apart. He grimaced, staring down at the beings swarming around the Refuge’s main gates.
Dracheons’ emphasis on control existed because in the ancient past, precious females had been killed during the mating process.
Dare, a genetic throwback to that time, had been the focus of debates. Some believed he should be put to death. Many, including his parents, supported a movement to ban him from ever mating and possibly passing his affliction on to his offspring. All had considered him to be an outcast.
That made it easier for him to leave the planet undetected and travel to Carinae E. His Drache had located its mate. It would not be denied.
He was her male. He could also be the being who would cause her death. Hoping not to find her, yet driven to look, Dare searched the crowd below him.
All of his senses, including his vision, were more enhanced than any human’s. He studied every female’s eyes, lips, other facial features, seeking to feel something, anything.
He experienced only relief. She wasn’t one of the newcomers. The identity of his mate, the female he’d traveled across the universe to meet, continued to be unknown.
He had more time to learn how to master his beast.
Before trying again, he would fight, burn off some of his excess energy. On Dracheon, physical confrontations were frowned upon. In the Refuge, they were embraced.
Especially if the skirmishes were with the Humanoid Alliance.
A group of those males approached the main gates, guns in their hands. The Humanoid Alliance had tortured many of Dare’s friends, the fellow warriors guarding the Refuge. The humans weren’t welcome in the settlement, knew that, were clearly planning to create trouble for Balvan, the giant green male positioned at the entrance.
Dare leaned forward. The males would give him the fight he yearned for.
Balvan can handle those males. Kralj, the settlement’s all-knowing, all-powerful Ruler, pushed that thought into his head. The modified humanoid monitored the thoughts, speech, and actions of everyone within his wide range. He was aware of the situation. Meet me in my working chambers. Now.
Duty called. Dare perused the activity before him one more time, noting the newcomers. None of them belonged to him, and for that, he was grateful.
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Dark Fire
What the Beast wants, the Beast gets.
Dare’s savage nature has made him an outcast among his kind. The silver-scaled Dracheon warrior can’t control his inner beast. It’s too strong. When his primitive instincts told him his destined mate was on Carinae E, he had no choice. He had to travel to the outlaw planet. There, he hoped to meet a female powerful enough to survive his Drache.
He finds Faylee, a delicate little human.
Faylee is the best thief on the planet. Everyone she encounters mistakes her for a young boy…except for a tall, shiny warrior from off-planet. When she gazes into Dare’s flame-filled eyes, he makes her feel, for the first time, like a desirable female. The fire-breathing male has her yearning for hot kisses, fierce embraces, and a future filled with love. She doesn’t realize mating with him might be the last thing she ever does.
Dare’s beast isn’t the only danger on the planet. An enemy from the past has returned and he’s determined to stop Dare and Faylee…permanently. They’ll need luck and the assistance of every warrior in the Refuge to stay alive.
Dark Fire is a STANDALONE SciFi Romance set in a gritty, dark world.
Pre-order Today:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Fire-Refuge-Book-4-ebook/dp/B07CW2Y8B7/
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Taking Vengeance and Second Buoir
This could be one of Astrid’s ancestors.
Astrid, the heroine of Taking Vengeance, lives on Second Buoir, a small planet. I don’t go into a lot of detail about Second Buoir in the story as Astrid has other things on her mind (the main one being trying to kill Vengeance – grins) so I figured I’d give you a little bit of a history here.
Second Buoir is a terraformed planet. Beings, Astrid refers to them as gods, altered its atmosphere, temperature, surface topography, etc. until the previously inhabitable planet resembled Earth. (With the Humanoid Alliance blowing up inhabitable planets – angry face – terraforming is a must.)
The ‘gods’ stocked the planet with prey, deer-like creatures. Then they brought in predators, HUGE cat-like creatures, to control the prey population (or the prey would reproduce unchecked, eat all of the vegetation and then starve to death). The third large species (of course, there are insects also) they brought in was an entire village of humans. These humans hunted the predators and the predators sometimes killed the humans. The ecosystem was in balance…until the Humanoid Alliance, those bastards, threw the system off.
Astrid’s kinfolk have lived on Second Buoir since Viking times. Their culture has evolved, has been influenced by the ‘gods’ and by other alien cultures, so don’t expect it to be the same as Viking culture but some aspects, like the pride in being a strong and tough warrior, are similar.
I hope you find Second Buoir as interesting as I do. (big hugs)
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Taking Vengeance
The only force stronger than their hate is their love.
Vengeance hates all humans. They killed every being he ever cared about. When the huge C Model cyborg is told he’s genetically compatible with the enemy, he makes it his mission to capture the female and use her to expel all humans from his home planet. That should be disappointingly easy. She’s a weak, fragile human.
Then she blows up his ship, blasting to bits his preconceived notions about the enemy.
Astrid, aka the Buoir Berserker, hates all cyborgs. They killed her entire clan, including her baby sister. The warrior female has vowed to hunt down and destroy the enemy. When a savage cyborg arrogantly puts his hard, sexy body within her reach, she does the only thing a female can do—she peppers his muscular physique with projectiles.
The more passionately they fight, the stronger their attraction becomes. Neither of them will relent on their missions, yet they can’t keep their hands off each other. Their battle will either end in love to last an eternity or in death.
Taking Vengeance is Book 12 in the Cyborg Sizzle series and is a STAND-ALONE story.
It is also an enemies-to-lovers Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, often violent universe.
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Taking Vengeance – Final Scene Of The First Chapter
Taking Vengeance, the next cyborg romance, will be releasing April 17th!
I’m sharing the final scene from the first chapter today.
You can read the first scene here: http://tasteofcyn.com/?p=6259
Vengeance studied the female’s image. He had expected to see the round face, unblemished skin, smiling lips of her kind. Humans liked softness in females.
This female was anything but yielding. She had a defined chin, firm flat lips, numerous scars. One scar streaked down her forehead, somehow missed her eye, then carved her cheek in two. Another scar lined her jaw. Her nose had bumps, as though it had been broken and not reset properly.
He liked those irregularities in her countenance. A bit too much.
His gaze dwelled on her eyes. They blazed with raw, unfiltered anger, the emotion in them taking his breath away. What could have made the human female that furious?
Why did he care? He shook himself, returned to his perusal of her, his enemy.
The human female’s hair was long and twined into numerous small braids, the brown strands matching her eyes. Her skin was tanned, not golden as some were but a lighter shade of brown. She would blend into the shadows.
If it weren’t for her size.
He scanned her measurements. She was tall and broad and heavy…for a human. The female, this Astrid Ragnhild being, would tower over many of the human males.
She wouldn’t tower over him. Vengeance drew himself upright. He was a C Model, one of the largest cyborgs still in existence. She was small by comparison.
According to the databases, the female had joined the Rebel forces after her planet had been invaded. One of two survivors, she had been fighting since that planet rotation, a member of several elite ground teams.
Fighting face-to-face appealed to him also. As did the look of the human female.
She appeared strong, fierce, able to hold her own.
Picturing her with one hand curved around the hilt of a sword and the other wrapped around his cock, he hardened, his organics betraying him.
Fortunately, he was a cyborg, half machine. His processors recognized her for what she was—bait.
The humans had chosen her because of her façade, because her physical appearance would arouse him, would corrupt his databases with visions of savage breedings, allowing her to influence him, control him with his desire.
“She won’t tempt me.” He wasn’t that easily fooled.
“She scares me a little,” Death’s human female whispered. “They call her the Buoir Berserker, say she hacks apart the corpses of her fallen comrades.”
Damaging the already dead was more futile than scary. The female, this Astrid creature, was human. He would retrieve her easily.
But he would wear his body armor and bring his weapons. If it was a trap, he’d be prepared, would fight his way to victory.
Vengeance’s circuits surged, that challenge exciting him. “I’ll leave this planet rotation.” He removed more of his weapons from the display on the wall. “If Power asks you where I am, don’t answer him.” Cyborgs couldn’t lie, but they didn’t have to answer every question posed to them. “I’ll return with the female within four planet rotations.”
Death lifted his eyebrows. “She’s a former warrior. Do you require assistance?”
Death’s human female elbowed the warrior in the stomach, shaking her head vigorously.
“We can’t accompany you.” Death looked at her. “We aren’t authorized to leave the Homeland, but we can arrange for another warrior to escort you.”
“You’re asking if I require an escort?” Vengeance snorted. “I’m a C Model. She’s a human female. I can handle her.”
Death’s human female turned her head and stared at him. “She won’t be the one handled.” Her lips twitched. “She’s going to hand you your ass on a serving container.”
Her doubt irked Vengeance. The humans had always underestimated cyborgs, viewing them as processor-less machines, never thinking they’d rebel.
Vengeance and his brothers had proven their enemy wrong. He would prove Death’s human female wrong also.
“I’ll leave my transmission lines open if you should need me.” Death guided his human female out of the chamber.
“I won’t need you.” Vengeance was certain about that.
By this time next planet rotation, Astrid Ragnhild would be captured. Ten planet rotations of resisting her and their bond should be sufficient to prove his point.
They would then expel all humans from the Homeland.
His brethren would be protected.
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Taking Vengeance
The only force stronger than their hate is their love.
Vengeance hates all humans. They killed every being he ever cared about. When the huge C Model cyborg is told he’s genetically compatible with the enemy, he makes it his mission to capture the female and use her to expel all humans from his home planet. That should be disappointingly easy. She’s a weak, fragile human.
Then she blows up his ship, blasting to bits his preconceived notions about the enemy.
Astrid, aka the Buoir Berserker, hates all cyborgs. They killed her entire clan, including her baby sister. The warrior female has vowed to hunt down and destroy the enemy. When a savage cyborg arrogantly puts his hard, sexy body within her reach, she does the only thing a female can do—she peppers his muscular physique with projectiles.
The more passionately they fight, the stronger their attraction becomes. Neither of them will relent on their missions, yet they can’t keep their hands off each other. Their battle will either end in love to last an eternity or in death.
Taking Vengeance is Book 12 in the Cyborg Sizzle series and is a STAND-ALONE story.
It is also an enemies-to-lovers Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, often violent universe.
Pre-order Now:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Taking-Vengeance-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B079YGMLD2
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Taking Vengeance – Third Scene Of The First Chapter
Taking Vengeance, the next cyborg romance, will be releasing April 17th!
I’m sharing the third scene from the first chapter today.
You can read the first scene here: http://tasteofcyn.com/?p=6259
“We’re aware of your stance on humans.” Death’s tone was dry. “Power has authorized my female to find genetic matches for warriors.”
“I disagreed with that decision.” Vengeance recognized the genetic matches for what they were—part of the humans’ strategy to infiltrate the cyborg forces. Weak-willed warriors were paired with strong-willed human females. Those females then used breeding, clever words, and other psychological warfare tactics to convince the warriors they were destined to be together, that the warriors had no choice but to be with them.
Warriors had choice. They’d fought for and won the right to process situations for themselves.
“He has authorized her to find genetic matches for all warriors, except for those serving on the cyborg council, Power being the only exclusion.” Death expanded his statement.
Why would Power omit council members from the search? Vengeance frowned, his processors whirring. “If one of us were paired with a human female, we’d uncover the ruse.” That was the most logical explanation. “We’d realize there was no genetic bond.”
“There’s no ruse, you human-hating speciesist,” the human female murmured. “A genetic bond does exist.”
“Power didn’t confide in us why he doesn’t want matches found for council members.” Death ignored her. “We investigated and there is a match for you in the Rebel database.”
Vengeance scowled, insulted by that finding. “The humans think I’m weak, that I can be influenced?”
“It’s genetics, not some battle tactic humans are utilizing against you.” The human female glared at him. “Are your processors malfunctioning? Should we use smaller words?”
Fraggin’ hole. The human female was irritating.
Vengeance removed an ancient battle-ax from the weapons display on the wall. The weight felt good in his hands, familiar and right.
She stopped chattering, correctly viewing it as being the threat he intended.
“You know my stance on humans.” Vengeance repeated what Death had said earlier. “I plan to expel all of them from the Homeland. Why would you come to me with this information?”
The female who had fooled Death would be one of the beings expelled. She would be banished from the planet forever, viewed correctly as being the enemy.
“We are prisoners here.” Death’s gaze locked with his. “We were ordered to return to the Homeland, and now we can never leave the planet.”
“Being expelled would give you back your freedom.” Vengeance dipped his head, understanding that desire. He and his brethren had risked their lifespans to gain liberty. They would never undervalue it.
Perhaps the warrior wasn’t as in thrall to the human female as he had feared.
“I’ll locate this female I’m supposedly genetically compatible with, and I’ll kill her, proving to all warriors there’s no link between cyborgs and humans.” That solution pleased Vengeance. Being a C Model, he enjoyed killing. Very much.
“No, don’t do that.” The human female’s eyes widened. “Stop him, my male.” She clutched Death’s arm, wisely realizing she didn’t have the words or the skill to stop Vengeance herself.
He could chop off her head before she realized he was attacking her.
“If you kill the female, the only proof will be your recordings, which can be tampered with.” Death’s voice was flat. “Warriors will question that she’s truly your genetic match. They might speculate why you killed her so quickly. Did you end her lifespan because you were losing control?”
He was one of their top warriors, represented all C Models on the council. Vengeance’s grip tightened on the battle-ax. They shouldn’t question him or his control.
But Power would do exactly that, and the E Model was clever with words, might sway more of their brethren to his side.
To the enemy’s side.
“I’ll capture the human female and bring her back to the Homeland.” Vengeance decided that was a logical solution. That would be a disappointingly easy task, the female no match for a cyborg warrior such as himself. “Everyone will see she has no effect on me.”
“You’re going to fall so hard, you non-responsive single-cell organism.” The human female who’d fooled Death must have forgotten about his weapon. She was chattering again. “I almost feel sorry for you. I do feel sorry for your female. I—”
Vengeance sliced through the air with his battle-ax. Death moved in front of the enemy, imprudently protecting the human female with his own form. She gulped, her face growing pale.
Silence fell in the chamber.
Vengeance wrinkled his nose. Humans were easy to intimidate. They feared pain.
He embraced it. Pain made a warrior tough, strong, able to defeat his enemies.
“Send me the female’s coordinates and details.” He would retrieve her immediately. The faster he completed the mission, the sooner all humans would be expelled from the Homeland.
“The female resides alone on Second Buoir, a small planet now controlled by the Rebels.” Death transmitted the coordinates.
The planet wasn’t far from cyborg-controlled space.
And she resided there alone? That was unusual. Humans tended to travel in packs.
Vengeance’s muscles tensed. Could this be a trap, an attempt by the humans to capture or kill a cyborg council member? “Have lifeform scans been performed?”
“We haven’t performed a lifeform scan on the planet.” Death admitted. “But lack of human and humanoid contact was mentioned in the Rebel Command’s communications.”
Those communications could be falsified. Humans were adept at deception. “They sent a human female alone to a strange planet?” He was skeptical about that possibility.
“It’s part of a disciplinary action against her. Her violation wasn’t stated. And Second Buoir is her home planet.” The J Model transmitted the human female’s specs. “It was recently taken back from the Humanoid Alliance.”
Humans punished cyborgs by dissecting them, by killing them in the harshest way possible. They punished their own kind by sending them to their home planets.
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Taking Vengeance
The only force stronger than their hate is their love.
Vengeance hates all humans. They killed every being he ever cared about. When the huge C Model cyborg is told he’s genetically compatible with the enemy, he makes it his mission to capture the female and use her to expel all humans from his home planet. That should be disappointingly easy. She’s a weak, fragile human.
Then she blows up his ship, blasting to bits his preconceived notions about the enemy.
Astrid, aka the Buoir Berserker, hates all cyborgs. They killed her entire clan, including her baby sister. The warrior female has vowed to hunt down and destroy the enemy. When a savage cyborg arrogantly puts his hard, sexy body within her reach, she does the only thing a female can do—she peppers his muscular physique with projectiles.
The more passionately they fight, the stronger their attraction becomes. Neither of them will relent on their missions, yet they can’t keep their hands off each other. Their battle will either end in love to last an eternity or in death.
Taking Vengeance is Book 12 in the Cyborg Sizzle series and is a STAND-ALONE story.
It is also an enemies-to-lovers Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, often violent universe.
Pre-order Now:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Taking-Vengeance-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B079YGMLD2
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Taking-Vengeance-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B079YGMLD2
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Taking Vengeance – Second Scene Of The First Chapter
Taking Vengeance, the next cyborg romance, will be releasing April 17th!
I shared the first scene last week.
You can read it here: http://tasteofcyn.com/?p=6259
This is the second scene.
“Push me too far, E Model, and I will push back.” Vengeance curled his fingers into fists, frustration-fueled anger coursing through him.
Cyborgs didn’t fight cyborgs. If they did, he would have put Power in his proper place long ago. The E Model would be following his lead.
Fighting was what Vengeance did best.
Not that he fought very often. He hadn’t battled a worthy adversary face-to-face since the cyborgs had claimed the Homeland as their planet. The training battles didn’t count. They had no real consequences and had become predictable.
He spent most of the planet rotation stuck in a chair, the inactivity feeding his disgruntlement. The metal groaned a protest as he shifted his weight. C Models took action. They didn’t chatter about it.
“There is no need to push back.” Power met his gaze. “My duty is to represent the majority of warriors. When your views mirror the majority’s, I will listen to them.”
Unlike the deceitful humans, cyborgs couldn’t lie. Power would listen to his views. The challenge was to convince the majority of warriors the human females were their enemies.
That would be difficult to do. Many warriors believed the genetic bond between a cyborg and his female couldn’t be resisted. They also believed it was unbreakable, linking the fates of those two beings together for all eternity.
He had to show his brethren the truth—the connection wasn’t as strong as they perceived. Power, a warrior more skilled with words, would attempt to prove the link couldn’t be severed.
“That concludes the decision-making for this planet rotation.” The E Model finally ended the meeting.
Restless, requiring movement, Vengeance stood, eager to leave. He’d return to his private chambers, gather some of his favorite weapons, and venture to the training chambers, seek a mock battle with a warrior or two or five.
That would utilize the excess energy surging through his circuits, allow him to focus on the dilemma facing him.
Vengeance, Death transmitted through a secure line. We need to discuss a matter with you. Privately.
Vengeance had nothing to discuss with the traitor. He stalked from the chamber, moved along the corridors at cyborg speed.
The fraggin’ warrior followed him. According to Vengeance’s monitoring system, the human female traveled at the same pace.
Death must be carrying her. Humans were slow.
Males straightened as Vengeance passed them, giving him the respect a council member was due. He was responsible for those males, each and every one of them. They trusted him to make the right decisions for them, to keep them safe.
If the humans recaptured his brethren, if those warriors were then decommissioned, if their countenances, currently hopeful, twisted in pain, Vengeance would be the being to blame. He couldn’t live with that knowledge, wouldn’t ever fail them.
Vengeance entered his private chambers, leaving the doors open. It was a large space, with plenty of area to move around. There was a C Model-sized chair, a horizontal support, and wires to re-energize with.
There was no sleeping support in the chambers, as cyborgs didn’t sleep. The human females would complain about that. As they would complain about the weapons hanging on the walls. The fragile enemy didn’t want cyborgs to be surrounded by guns and blades.
Vengeance turned toward the entrance, bracing his booted feet apart, preparing to face his opponents.
Death entered, cradling the human female in his arms. That left him with no hands free to wield weapons. The warrior foolishly put himself at risk, accommodating their adversary.
The J Model glanced over his right shoulder. “We require privacy.”
The warrior required a boot to his ass. Vengeance closed the doors and crossed his arms in front of his chest. “Power is the council member you should speak to. I’m not interested.”
“Power doesn’t want us to speak with you about this.” The human female dared to talk to him.
Vengeance kept his gaze locked on Death. He wouldn’t listen to her. She was the enemy.
Death sighed. “I’ll lead this conversation, my female.”
“Because he won’t speak to me.” The human female shook her head. “He’s more arrogant than Power. Are you certain Astrid will change his stance on humans?”
“Yes.” Death set the human female down. She was short and soft and weak, requiring constant protection and care. Vengeance didn’t see her appeal. “You changed my stance on humans, didn’t you?”
“Nothing will change my stance on humans.” Vengeance narrowed his eyes at Death. “They’re the enemy, should be destroyed, not embraced.”
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Taking Vengeance
The only force stronger than their hate is their love.
Vengeance hates all humans. They killed every being he ever cared about. When the huge C Model cyborg is told he’s genetically compatible with the enemy, he makes it his mission to capture the female and use her to expel all humans from his home planet. That should be disappointingly easy. She’s a weak, fragile human.
Then she blows up his ship, blasting to bits his preconceived notions about the enemy.
Astrid, aka the Buoir Berserker, hates all cyborgs. They killed her entire clan, including her baby sister. The warrior female has vowed to hunt down and destroy the enemy. When a savage cyborg arrogantly puts his hard, sexy body within her reach, she does the only thing a female can do—she peppers his muscular physique with projectiles.
The more passionately they fight, the stronger their attraction becomes. Neither of them will relent on their missions, yet they can’t keep their hands off each other. Their battle will either end in love to last an eternity or in death.
Taking Vengeance is Book 12 in the Cyborg Sizzle series and is a STAND-ALONE story.
It is also an enemies-to-lovers Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, often violent universe.
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Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Taking-Vengeance-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B079YGMLD2
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Taking Vengeance – Featured On USA Today
Taking Vengeance was featured at USA Today as a Hot Pre-order!
Woot!
See all of the hotlist here: https://happyeverafter.usatoday.com/2018/03/23/smashwords-bestsellers-preorders-march-2018-week-four/
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Taking Vengeance
The only force stronger than their hate is their love.
Vengeance hates all humans. They killed every being he ever cared about. When the huge C Model cyborg is told he’s genetically compatible with the enemy, he makes it his mission to capture the female and use her to expel all humans from his home planet. That should be disappointingly easy. She’s a weak, fragile human.
Then she blows up his ship, blasting to bits his preconceived notions about the enemy.
Astrid, aka the Buoir Berserker, hates all cyborgs. They killed her entire clan, including her baby sister. The warrior female has vowed to hunt down and destroy the enemy. When a savage cyborg arrogantly puts his hard, sexy body within her reach, she does the only thing a female can do—she peppers his muscular physique with projectiles.
The more passionately they fight, the stronger their attraction becomes. Neither of them will relent on their missions, yet they can’t keep their hands off each other. Their battle will either end in love to last an eternity or in death.
Taking Vengeance is Book 12 in the Cyborg Sizzle series and is a STAND-ALONE story.
It is also an enemies-to-lovers Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, often violent universe.
Pre-order Now:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Taking-Vengeance-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B079YGMLD2
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Taking-Vengeance-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B079YGMLD2
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Taking Vengeance – First Scene Of The First Chapter
Taking Vengeance, the next cyborg romance, will be releasing April 17th!
While we wait, here is the first scene of the first chapter.
Humans were their enemies.
Vengeance glared along the horizontal support at Power, his nemesis on the cyborg council.
Some warriors had forgotten that. They had forgiven thousands of solar cycles of killing and abuse just because a handful of human females had given cyborgs offspring.
Offspring could be manufactured as he had been manufactured—in a vat. And they could never compensate for what had been done to his brethren.
Cyborgs had been created by the Humanoid Alliance to fight the humans’ wars. When they faltered, were injured, or were deemed obsolete—replaced by newer models, the humans had callously decommissioned them.
An early C Model, Vengeance had seen that death sentence given to almost every warrior he trained with, every male he cared for, every being he loved. He’d watched the humans laugh and chatter as they sliced his friends to pieces, dissecting the males while they were alive, removing every salvageable part. The humans had given the warriors prolongers. That prevented the cyborgs from losing consciousness due to the pain, ensuring they felt every cut.
Friend after friend had suffered the horrible fate, their deaths transmitted. He shared their horror as they watched their guts scooped out of their frames, heard their screams as their limbs were severed. The agony seemed endless, every sight and sound broadcasted.
While the humans smiled and joked.
He would never forget that, would never forgive the humans.
Power argued that the human females were different. They weren’t responsible for the deaths of cyborg brethren.
Vengeance’s lips twisted. The E Model was wrong.
All humans, male or female, were the same. They were cruel, couldn’t be trusted. Given the opportunity, they would betray his brethren, enslave them once more, sentencing them to endless torture and death.
He couldn’t allow that to happen.
“As we decided during our last meeting, ten levels will be added to Structure 539212,” Power relayed. “That space will be manufactured to accommodate human and humanoid females.”
“That was not decided.” Vengeance straightened. “The levels should be designed for cyborg usage only. Our warriors are the Homeland’s only permanent residents.”
Two council members nodded.
Five solar cycles ago, every representative would have agreed with him.
But the enemy had infiltrated their ranks, influenced the warriors. His gaze shifted to Death and that warrior’s human female.
Vengeance had earned his place on the council, had been awarded it after a lifespan of battle and a bloody escape from the Humanoid Alliance. The puny female had been given her spot. One of their enemy now sat at the horizontal support as though she were his equal.
He curled his top lip. It was a disgrace, dangerous and disrespectful to all of his fallen brethren.
“Human and humanoid females will soon be permanent residents, with full rights,” Power argued.
“Giving humans full rights will endanger every warrior on our planet.” He would fight that ruling with every resource he had. “The enemy should be expelled, not welcomed.”
“The females aren’t our enemies.” Power’s dark eyes flashed. “They’re our future.”
“They’ll destroy our future, a future we’ve fought hard to achieve.” Many of their brethren had given their lifespans for the freedom the survivors now enjoyed.
That sacrifice had to be honored, the cyborgs’ liberty protected.
“That is your projection.” Power tilted his head upward. “My model predicts a more optimistic result.”
The E Model’s processors were malfunctioning. The Humanoid Alliance had manufactured cyborgs to serve them. The humans would never forget that, would never allow him and his brethren to be truly free.
“The plans for the new levels have been transferred to you, Death.” Power returned to pandering to that warrior and his human female. “Give us your insights by sunrise.”
Death disappointed Vengeance. The warrior had been formidable on the battlefield. Once. Now, he was weak, a shadow of a cyborg, betraying their kind by bonding with the enemy.
He represented the human females, was aligned with them, ensuring their wishes and needs were taken into consideration when the cyborgs made decisions.
The humans had brutally killed their brethren, and now warriors worried about whether or not they were happy. The cyborg council had been taken over by the enemy. Vengeance looked around the chamber. Did no one else see that?
His gaze returned to Power. This was the emotional E Model’s doing. With the talk of offspring and companionship, he’d swayed many lonely warriors to his side, the side of the human females.
He would never sway Vengeance.
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Taking Vengeance
The only force stronger than their hate is their love.
Vengeance hates all humans. They killed every being he ever cared about. When the huge C Model cyborg is told he’s genetically compatible with the enemy, he makes it his mission to capture the female and use her to expel all humans from his home planet. That should be disappointingly easy. She’s a weak, fragile human.
Then she blows up his ship, blasting to bits his preconceived notions about the enemy.
Astrid, aka the Buoir Berserker, hates all cyborgs. They killed her entire clan, including her baby sister. The warrior female has vowed to hunt down and destroy the enemy. When a savage cyborg arrogantly puts his hard, sexy body within her reach, she does the only thing a female can do—she peppers his muscular physique with projectiles.
The more passionately they fight, the stronger their attraction becomes. Neither of them will relent on their missions, yet they can’t keep their hands off each other. Their battle will either end in love to last an eternity or in death.
Taking Vengeance is Book 12 in the Cyborg Sizzle series and is a STAND-ALONE story.
It is also an enemies-to-lovers Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, often violent universe.
Pre-order Now:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Taking-Vengeance-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B079YGMLD2
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Taking-Vengeance-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B079YGMLD2
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Cynthia Sax’s Future Releases
Some reading buddies have asked me what my next releases will be.
April – Taking Vengeance – Cyborg Romance
Taking Vengeance will be releasing in April.
I don’t yet have the cover but here is the blurb.
Taking Vengeance
The only force stronger than their hate is their love.
Vengeance hates all humans. They killed every being he ever cared about. When the huge C Model cyborg is told he’s genetically compatible with the enemy, he makes it his mission to capture the female and use her to expel all humans from his home planet. That should be disappointingly easy. She’s a weak, fragile human.
Then she blows up his ship, blasting to bits his preconceived notions about the enemy.
Astrid, aka the Buoir Berserker, hates all cyborgs. They killed her entire clan, including her baby sister. The warrior female has vowed to hunt down and destroy the enemy. When a savage cyborg arrogantly puts his hard, sexy body within her reach, she does the only thing a female can do—she peppers his muscular physique with projectiles.
The more passionately they fight, the stronger their attraction becomes. Neither of them will relent on their missions, yet they can’t keep their hands off each other. Their battle will either end in love to last an eternity or in death.
Taking Vengeance is Book 12 in the Cyborg Sizzle series and is a STAND-ALONE story.
It is also an enemies-to-lovers Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, often violent universe.
June – Dark Fire – Refuge / Alien Romance
I’m writing Dark Fire, the fourth story in the Refuge series right now so I don’t have very many details about it.
The hero IS Dare, the silver scaled Dracheon.
Hulagu and Azalea will have a strong storyline also. Hulagu’s time at the Refuge ends and his Chamele brethren return for him. They must decide whether they’ll relocate to Chamele or stay in the Refuge.
After The Refuge
Dark Fire is the last planned story in the Refuge (for now) because we’re heading to Chamele for the re-release of the Warlord series.
The Warlord series will be vastly expanded (will be double the original length) to better reflect my original vision for that series.
There will also be more cyborg stories. (grins)
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Dark Strength
The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall.
Balvan, the Refuge’s Gatekeeper, is huge, green, and has a reputation for crushing skulls. He’s a modified humanoid, genetically designed to be the ultimate warrior. One of a kind and considered monstrous by many, he never expects to find his mate, the one female meant for him.
Elyce, snatched from her home half a solar cycle ago, has finally escaped her brutal captors. She arrives at the Refuge barely alive. Only a blood transfusion from the largest male she has ever seen will save her life. But it will also bind her to him forever. Staring up, up, up at him, she wonders why she wants to be free. His gentle touch revives yearnings she thought dead. His lips set her skin ablaze. His massive muscles make her feel safe.
That feeling could be an illusion. Elyce’s captors want their slave back and they won’t stop until they have her. To give his mate her freedom, Balvan might be forced to give up everything he has – his role as the Gatekeeper, Elyce’s love, and his life.
Dark Strength is a STANDALONE Alien SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes violent universe.
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Dark Strength Available For Pre-order!
Dark Strength, Book 3 in the Refuge series, is available for pre-order!
Dark Strength
The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall.
Balvan, the Refuge’s Gatekeeper, is huge, green, and has a reputation for crushing skulls. He’s a modified humanoid, genetically designed to be the ultimate warrior. One of a kind and considered monstrous by many, he never expects to find his mate, the one female meant for him.
Elyce, snatched from her home half a solar cycle ago, has finally escaped her brutal captors. She arrives at the Refuge barely alive. Only a blood transfusion from the largest male she has ever seen will save her life. But it will also bind her to him forever. Staring up, up, up at him, she wonders why she wants to be free. His gentle touch revives yearnings she thought dead. His lips set her skin ablaze. His massive muscles make her feel safe.
That feeling could be an illusion. Elyce’s captors want their slave back and they won’t stop until they have her. To give his mate her freedom, Balvan might be forced to give up everything he has – his role as the Gatekeeper, Elyce’s love, and his life.
Dark Strength is a STANDALONE Alien SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes violent universe.
Pre-order Now:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Strength-Refuge-Book-3-ebook/dp/B078SYYWH5/
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Strength-Refuge-Book-3-ebook/dp/B078SYYWH5/
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