A sneak peek ( an unedited excerpt) into 'Just Within a Highland Mist', a novella, the next tale in the Highland Gardens series...
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Suddenly a hart wandered from the brush twenty-five
yards upwind of Gregor’s spot. The animal hesitated for a moment, mobile ears
listening, sensitive nostrils testing odors in the air, then lowered his head
and nibbled the tip of a leafy branch. Not just any hart, but a sixteen-point
white stag—a mystical beast. Could the animal be real? Gregor closed his eyes;
rubbed them. When he looked again, the animal was still there, browsing.
Breath quickened; excitement fired his blood.
He slowly, very quietly, raised his bow and nocked the
arrow, praying he wouldn’t spook the deer. The stag raised his head, ears
perked. Eyes on the mark, Gregor drew the arrow steadily back until his right
forefinger touched the spot on his
jaw perpendicular to his right eye. He glanced along the length of the shaft,
his aim perfect.
A lavender-winged dragonfly landed on the spine of the
arrow just behind the hand that held the grip. One with iridescent green wings landed
forward of the handgrip. A third buzzed his ear.
Lips curving into an annoyed frown, Gregor held the bow
and arrow with one hand and shooed the bugs away with a wave of the other. His
luck held. The deer continued to feed. As he prepared a second time for a clear
shot, one of the bugs returned and perched on the arrow again. Stuck its tongue
out at him. He jutted his head forward to better inspect the—
The bothersome creature stood on wee feet. Nae. Couldn’t
be. She had wee feet, wee arms and
hands, and a curvaceous body draped in an iridescent purple fabric the same
color that outlined her lavender diaphanous wings. She raised a dainty hand and
tucked an ebony tress behind a pointed ear and smiled at him with rosy lips.
“What trickery is this?” he demanded.
Tee teehee hee,
the pixie tinkled like delicate chimes.
The stag skittered, leapt over a thicket, and dashed
into a copse of trees.
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Coming Winter 2017
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Hope you enjoyed this wee sneak peek into 'Just Within a Highland Mist', a Highland Gardens Novella.
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