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Today I’m sharing a snippet from my current, painfully slow going WIP Cry of the Hawk.  A new character just showed up, and I like her.  Maybe she’s the kick this story needs to get rolling.  We’ll see.  This snippet has been edited to fit the rules of engagment

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Toby seized her by the wrist, while Cor came to his knees with a fluid motion that put him directly behind the woman, one arm around her chest to pin her arms, and the other holding his knife to her throat.

She froze, though her dark eyes flashed. “You two are making a mistake,” she said with the barest trace of an accent Toby could not place.  

“I think the mistake was yours in trying to sneak up on us.” Toby sat up and studied the woman. Tan skin ran common in Yois, but not even among the Yurha had he’d seen someone with such dark brown skin.

She stared back at Toby with equal scrutiny and, he noticed, made no attempt to fight Cor’s hold. “Why are you following us?” he asked.  

“They’re looking for you, the Lady and her magicker dogs.”  She spat on the ground as if the words tasted bad.  

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