The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to share six sentence snippets from their work each weekend (I'll beg forgiveness in advance for sometimes going over the sentence limit!). Check out the group's Facebook page to read all the snippets and add lots of great books to your TBR. You'll find all sorts of books with the common thread that the main character identifies as LGBTQ.
Since Asexual Awareness Week ends October 25th, I decided to share a snippet from To Love the Dragon King, one of my books with an ace spec main character (the others are The Merchant's Love and A Dance of Water and Air/A Harmony of Fire and Earth). In To Love the Dragon King, Lysander, king of Ivria, is trying to uncover the extent of a plot against himself and his kingdom when he meets Sascha, a beautiful man being used as a pawn in that plot by his family. The (overly long) snippet I'm sharing today is a conversation between Sascha (who is gray ace) and his cousin Romilly (who is demisexual and will absolutely get their own book in the series!) after the king has indicated he might want Sascha to be his concubine.
The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to share six sentence snippets from their work each weekend (I'll beg forgiveness in advance for sometimes going over the sentence limit!). Check out the group's Facebook page to read all the snippets and add lots of great books to your TBR. You'll find all sorts of books with the common thread that the main character identifies as LGBTQ.
Since Asexual Awareness Week ends October 25th, I decided to share a snippet from To Love the Dragon King, one of my books with an ace spec main character (the others are The Merchant's Love and A Dance of Water and Air/A Harmony of Fire and Earth). In To Love the Dragon King, Lysander, king of Ivria, is trying to uncover the extent of a plot against himself and his kingdom when he meets Sascha, a beautiful man being used as a pawn in that plot by his family. The (overly long) snippet I'm sharing today is a conversation between Sascha (who is gray ace) and his cousin Romilly (who is demisexual and will absolutely get their own book in the series!) after the king has indicated he might want Sascha to be his concubine.
“I might want to stay with him.”
“There’s nothing wrong with wanting to.” Romilly leaned against the bed. “Are you ready for what it means?”
“To live with the king? Be so close to him and among the highest of Ivria’s nobility?” Nervousness pulled an awkward laugh from him. “Probably not. I was prepared to be someone’s concubine or husband, but no one expected me to move in such circles.”
Romilly huffed. “I don’t know why. You’re beautiful and clever and everything someone like the king would want.”
“Oh. I...” He closed his mouth when he realized he had no words.
They waved a hand. “Sorry. Obviously I’ve never been in the position you would be with the king, but I’ve moved in those circles. I’ll help as much as I can.”
“I’ll gladly take your advice, if I stay. Thank you.”
Romilly hesitated. “Um. What about sleeping with him?”
“Well, it’s expected.”
They rolled their eyes. “I’m aware. And I assume part of preparing you to come here was explaining the mechanics of it all.”
“You assume correctly.” Sascha was frankly surprised his cheeks weren’t burning. They had been while everything Jannik might have wanted from him had been explained.
Romilly floundered a little but continued on. “How do you feel about the idea? You and I... We’ve always been similar in that we don’t see people and feel attracted that way.”
Sascha had known they had that in common for a while now, as Romilly had been the only person he felt comfortable speaking to about it, especially after his sisters began mooning over people—though they weren’t allowed any freedom to act on those feelings—and he hadn’t. “I’ve never just seen someone and wanted to kiss them or go to bed with them. It’s always seemed odd anyone would.”
Romilly laughed. “Agreed.”
“But I’m...intrigued by the king."
“There’s nothing wrong with wanting to.” Romilly leaned against the bed. “Are you ready for what it means?”
“To live with the king? Be so close to him and among the highest of Ivria’s nobility?” Nervousness pulled an awkward laugh from him. “Probably not. I was prepared to be someone’s concubine or husband, but no one expected me to move in such circles.”
Romilly huffed. “I don’t know why. You’re beautiful and clever and everything someone like the king would want.”
“Oh. I...” He closed his mouth when he realized he had no words.
They waved a hand. “Sorry. Obviously I’ve never been in the position you would be with the king, but I’ve moved in those circles. I’ll help as much as I can.”
“I’ll gladly take your advice, if I stay. Thank you.”
Romilly hesitated. “Um. What about sleeping with him?”
“Well, it’s expected.”
They rolled their eyes. “I’m aware. And I assume part of preparing you to come here was explaining the mechanics of it all.”
“You assume correctly.” Sascha was frankly surprised his cheeks weren’t burning. They had been while everything Jannik might have wanted from him had been explained.
Romilly floundered a little but continued on. “How do you feel about the idea? You and I... We’ve always been similar in that we don’t see people and feel attracted that way.”
Sascha had known they had that in common for a while now, as Romilly had been the only person he felt comfortable speaking to about it, especially after his sisters began mooning over people—though they weren’t allowed any freedom to act on those feelings—and he hadn’t. “I’ve never just seen someone and wanted to kiss them or go to bed with them. It’s always seemed odd anyone would.”
Romilly laughed. “Agreed.”
“But I’m...intrigued by the king."
You can find out more about To Love the Dragon King including where you can buy it here. Thanks for reading today!
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