Teaser Tuesday
Today's teaser is actually over on onegrapeshy 's page along with the rest of the Grapemo teasers, but I thought I'd share it here too. This one is in Rider's POV. (Again, please look past the very rough draft-ness of it all).
Feeling eyes on me, I looked up expecting to see Sage, but she was too preoccupied with Grey Wolf. No, it was Father. He stood near the kiva, arms folded tight across his chest, glaring down at me. I knew what he was thinking. His expression shouted it as loudly as if he’d spoken. Go. Fight for her. Do not let some newcomer take her away from you.
He was right. And even though I did not love Sage, I knew I’d make her happier than Grey Wolf could. Because I saw beyond the scars, beyond her lineage. I saw the true Sage. I didn’t love her in the way a husband should love a wife, but she was my friend and I could at least give her that. Even though I knew I should go to her, I didn’t. I just sat there, holding my bowl of uneaten meat, and stared into the flames. And what I saw in them was not the future my father wanted for me, but the one my heart refused to believe was impossible.
There was a war inside me, tearing me apart. I didn’t know which side should win. Which one I wanted to win. If only the spirits would grant that I could split in two. Let one of me honor my father and take Sage as my wife and let the other find a way to break the barrier between my world and Rachel’s. But it could not be so easy. A choice had to be made. I could only pray I’d make the right one.
Feeling eyes on me, I looked up expecting to see Sage, but she was too preoccupied with Grey Wolf. No, it was Father. He stood near the kiva, arms folded tight across his chest, glaring down at me. I knew what he was thinking. His expression shouted it as loudly as if he’d spoken. Go. Fight for her. Do not let some newcomer take her away from you.
He was right. And even though I did not love Sage, I knew I’d make her happier than Grey Wolf could. Because I saw beyond the scars, beyond her lineage. I saw the true Sage. I didn’t love her in the way a husband should love a wife, but she was my friend and I could at least give her that. Even though I knew I should go to her, I didn’t. I just sat there, holding my bowl of uneaten meat, and stared into the flames. And what I saw in them was not the future my father wanted for me, but the one my heart refused to believe was impossible.
There was a war inside me, tearing me apart. I didn’t know which side should win. Which one I wanted to win. If only the spirits would grant that I could split in two. Let one of me honor my father and take Sage as my wife and let the other find a way to break the barrier between my world and Rachel’s. But it could not be so easy. A choice had to be made. I could only pray I’d make the right one.