Man of War – Excerpt No. 372

Waitshe hasn’t asked you!” Susanna said.

Her voice was fast, and higher pitched than normal. A clue to the naked emotions surrounding this revelation. Drusilla found her loophole and would exploit it wholeheartedly… She would claim that she missed that part

“Say yes,” Susanna pleaded.

The woman in white shook her head while uttering the same two words… Is she crying?

Dites non,” the woman in white mouthed.

Aboriginal woman, with sunburned skin, long black hair, black eyes, wearing a white gown, is calling out from the corner of a cave, bathed in shadow, urging someone to say no. Located in a dark cave lit by torches, with a stone altar, and a large well filled with blood.  Scene appropriate for the 16th Century France.

Disclaimer: This excerpt from Man of War is currently in development. There may be typos, errors, omissions, inconsistencies and so forth.



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