Chapter 13 of Gigi is done!!

Just finished chapter 13 of Protectorate Wars Book 2-Gigi. I'll be lying if I said I didn't cry. The big surprise came to me last night. One of the adversarial characters was not whom I thought she was. I moved her to the "hold file" because I had no idea how she was going to fit. Wow, yesterday the old girl stepped right back in revealing at last who she really was. It's weird how sometimes as a writer all I really do is "channel" people. I just wait for them to tell me their story!

Protectorate Wars Book 2

I've been diligently working on Gigi (book 2 of the Protectorate Wars) for almost a month now. Well, working on all of them as they intertwined with each other and like my kids, they all want my attention. Big panic attack when my computer froze after a full day of writing and edits. Thank God for auto save! The prospect of losing good material is not pleasant for a writer...here's a little thing I put together today. Still a little rough. Enjoy...

“How dare you question my mate’s actions? What would you have him do? Allow himself be killed without a fight? Run and hide like a coward?” She faced the magistrate like a lioness defending her cubs-as Amada later told her.

“Who are you to question his loyalty and innocence? My mate is an honorable warrior, not some traitor hiding in the shadows. His covert operations had aided the Protectorate and Pendo’rahn countless times. Where were you when he sacrificed himself to save the Q’alor? Would you have taken the pain he endured without breaking, without losing your soul? It’s easy to look down on people from your high perch. You think warriors are disposable, things to throw away when they no longer work. You speak of honor or loyalty yet you condemn those who fight to keep you safe. If not for him, the Kreeh-nosh would’ve taken over my world and many more. While you dined and feasted with your loved ones, he was strapped to machines been tortured by T’zaal. While you lived in the lap of luxury, he was enduring pain so you wouldn’t. Who the fuck do you think you are to cast insults at him or my children? It’s you who has no honor. I would rather die than live in a place where one is judge not by the merits of ones actions but by ones appearance. You might see him as nothing but grotesque, but that warrior you see standing before you has given more to Pendo’rah than all of you combined. Don’t you ever disrespect him like this again or I’ll kick your ass to the ground.” Gigi was sobbing loudly, Briq tried to come to her but she shook her head. She needed to stand her ground against those who wanted to harm him.