What if you didn’t have a choice? What if you saw the
future? What if you could feel when you were on the right path? And knew when
you were on a path were very bad things happened?
That’s Rowe's position in Covert Desires. She doesn’t
really have much of a choice. She’s a Sub Type Six. She was made to see the
future. When she was government property, she was hooked up to machines that
would see and record the prophecies. Now that she’s a citizen, however, she has
to find her own way. Sometimes it’s easy. She just lets life guide her down the
paths that feel right to her. But other times she has to improvise. Like when
she and Jack are captured during an undercover investigation.
Excerpt:
“See,
if she was a prophet, you would’ve known you was talking to the boss earlier.
And you most certainly would’ve seen this coming.” He nodded and the man behind
Jack brought the butt of his weapon into the back of Jack’s head. He collapsed
like a rag doll under the force of the hit and he didn’t move again.
Her
heart stopped and her breath caught in her lungs as the world blurred around
her. Her body no longer hurt and she couldn’t feel the tight grasp Thomas had
on her hair. She was completely focused on Jack. When his chest rose with a
breath, her heart began to beat again.
“You’re
wrong. I am a prophet.”
Thomas
laughed loudly. “And I’m the prime minister.” He stopped laughing and pulled
her tightly to him. “You’re with Special Investigations. I know a rat when I
see one. I’m not an idiot, bitch.”
But
he was. He’d proven his folly in her past. Or in his future. She shook her head
as she tried to straighten out the timeline. In the end it didn’t make any
difference. Whichever it was, he failed. There was an escape here. Some path
that got her and Jack out of here and led to Thomas’ downfall. She only had to
find it. Now was the time to test her theory. She had to try to focus on that
one path and forget the others.
She
closed her eyes and took a deep breath. The fuzzy image of a nail flashed
through her mind. It poked out of the wall as nothing more than a glint of
metal in an otherwise dark room. Such a small thing. It was so insignificant
her captors probably didn’t even realize it was there. But that one tiny
glimmer of metal would save them both. She just had to find the track that
would put her next to it.
She
opened her eyes and shoved against Thomas as she brought one of her heels down
on his foot. She didn’t weigh much but she hoped the element of surprise would
work in her favor. Since she’d done little to fight back up to this point,
Thomas had no reason to anticipate it now.
He
cursed as her heel made contact and then stumbled as she continued to push as
hard as she could against him. Her hands were still trapped behind her back but
her shoulder provided a large enough surface for her to have an impact. Soon
she was free of his grasp. Spinning, she ran for the nail.
A
sharp pain erupted at the base of her skull and stopped her from reaching it,
however. Her knees gave out from under her and her cheek hit the cold concrete
floor. The air rushed out of her lungs and for one second she forgot how to
breathe.
***
So, would
you want to know how your story was going to end before it even began? To see a
glimmer of hope only to have it pulled away at the last second?
I don’t
think I’d like it. But, as Rowe states, she’s a Sub Type Six. This is what she
was created to do. And she’s the best at it.
Covert Desires Blurb:
Universal Defiance, Book Six
Rowe is a Sub Type Five—a prophet—so her future should be
laid out in front of her, clear as the stars in the night sky. But since Type
Fives can’t remember their visions once they wake, the only thing she’s certain
of is her overwhelming attraction to her partner, Jack. And that the desire
seems one-sided. Jack does everything he can to put space between them.
After working undercover together to bring down a militia
group, she discovers she got that one wrong though. Some hot encounters reveal
that Jack wants her as much as she wants him. But they’ll have to survive the
final mission and discover the identity of its mastermind before she finds out
what their future holds.
A Romantica® sci-fi erotic romance from Ellora’s Cave
If you want to know more abou the story, you can find a
different excerpt on the Ellora's Cave web site or
download a sample on Amazon.
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