Mini .GIF post & Chapter 10

In Closing . . .

As far as PLT I'm pretty much all

 I was bummed I wasn't able to do Pretty Little Things on my terms

It was tempting to burn the entire thing and forget about it. . .

 But the excitement around PLT was. . . comforting.

So I'll just keep going. . . because the playlist will be epic

I'm also aware the ending of Bellum II might have been leaked but let's carry on because . . .

 Let's just be excited

Also I've placed a progress bar until I finish 10 chapters of PLT.

P.S What cool things do  I have to do to be invited to SHV's blog ?

Chapter 8 and 9

I went back and forth about putting these chapters together because they are so similar. I think about Seraphina and Paris being in the same city during different time periods so when he finds the WWII-era photo of her that was my call to that.

One point I do want to make is  about Seraphina/Helios is that Sera doesn't want a physical relationship with Helios anymore, which is why she mentions to Paris that she has been drugging him.

Also this

EV October 21, 2014 at 6:08 PM

No Lils, it is never dirty enough for them

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AshlynOctober 21, 2014 at 6:09 PM
Lol, he's not wrong (;
Because I may or may not be curious to know if Sera would ever go down on Paris.
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 Asked and answered.

Playlist

I've been rummaging around my old S&A playlist, so you will see some older songs. I must admit ut's so odd how dated some of the songs sound. I'd also like to think I have a bit more variety now, genre wise

Chapter 10

Chapter 10 Playlist

+1+ I Walk The Line - Los Lonely Boys (Bar song #1)
+2+ Lady Luck - (Oh, magic Spotify Radio) 
+3+ Slow Dancing In A Burning Room - John Mayer (Oldie)
+4+ Florence + The Machine - Seven Devils (An American Fairytale Song)

Recap
With amends tied, Paris is ready to move on to the the next step with his Brothers in getting rid of Helios, with Seraphina by his side. When Helios interrupts their night together, Helios promises to tell Seraphina everything.

CHAPTER 10

A Short Interlude

 

So, this probably should be posted on April Fool's day because I'm not sure if I'm fooling myself or not.

It probably comes at no surprise that I've been working on a secret project. I'd gone back and forth on how I wanted to do this serial and in the end I decided that I was going to complete the entire story, may be 20-32 chapters and then put it out there.

I was unsure about doing it this way, but I'd decided it would be a challenge.

This project was also going to challenge me in that I had to find an image or picture to inspire each chapter. Sometimes I'd tell a chapter and look for an image  . . . other times I'd find an image and make something from there.

However, I'm also aware that this project has been leaked.

This project being the following



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That's right. I decided to finally see what I could come up with as a follow up for JNRR. As I say in my drafts, I always knew what happened to the characters afterward. I always had some vague idea of how they ended up in Harper's Hollow in the epilogue of JNRR. I'd picked and prodded at two shorts that take place in this PLT world for years and I'd been hoarding a version of chapter since last year.

I'd sort of been looking for a challenge with this and now it seems my ultimate challenge is figuring out how to make it work. I'm all about plot reveals and misdirection and with it already revealed I"m not convinced the characters, romance and world building *hides* can stand alone.

 I could do like I did with ABWG and declaire it DOA and share my snippets and thoughts or I could write a new story but it wouldn't be  the story I've always known.


I'm not sure where I'm going with this. One of the reasons I decided to really go for it  after all this time was because I found this picture online.



This girl looks just how I'd pictured a twelve year old Rose and when I saw it I knew there was something there, as the second storyline is about what happens when Clarence DeLune visits his estrange sister and her daughter for the summer, an idea I grabbed this idea from the comments and was surprised how well it worked.


In the meantime here is a sampler, (chapter one)  of   Pretty Little Things 

I've found my groove getting back into this world, so I may carry on.

*hops in trenches*

Double Chapter Post !

Chapter 7 

Chapter 7 was supposed to be two chapters, with the cliffhanger being Ashe hearing Sera and Paris exchange when Sera and Ariel drive to Riverdale in the rain, But It picked up at an awkward place so I decided to keep together.

Chapter 8 & 9
 Chapter 8 is a bit of a transitioning chapter and Chapter 9 is the return of The Angel and The Demon Chapters. You can read them here but I have a recap below.

Chapter 7 Recap

 After returning from Boston, Paris learns that Isobel tried to contact him in Boston, soon after he is ambushed by Callum and Jona who have decided to turn against him and attack Helios head on.

Paris manages to get free just in time for Seraphina to warn him that Helios knows about the plan and is planning to stop them before they can start.

In a surprise ambush Helios and his men take all of the Callum's ammuniton along with a few hostages. In the melee Seraphina gets shot and shortly after confesses her love to Paris. Just when the longest night is about to be over Aria goes into Labor

Meanwhile in the Angel & Demon storyline . . .

Paris is having strange dreams about a Demon and Angel that takes place in Homeland. Here a Demon Prince finds an Angel with a burned wing wandering in his land far from home.

The willowy  figure is as whispy and tall as a young tree, nearly 7 feet. It has long straight colorless hair covered by a thin off white lace veil . . . wise eyes are small and whitish-blue, lips a warm pink. I don’t think I’ve ever seen skin that clear and porcelain.

The air shifts as a pair of large white wings open behind the tall willowy woman.

An Angel

She reveals that her entire village has been attacked by a monster and the monster is coming this way. The prince, wanting to protect his people convinces the Angel to go with him to kill the creature, also hoping working together might bring their warring people together.

During a storm they take refugee in an abandoned Angel village located on top of a mountain, only to find the villages deserted.  It turns out the creature has attacked and eaten everyone. The creature however is still there. A creature made of storms and lighting that has a weakness for fire and light.

I look up and see a  decorative torch glows above me. It's a marble cup with a flame encased in a glass orb. I look to see the the other decorative torches lining the street had been destroys by the wind and rain. My mouth breaks into a smile.

“The light”, I realize, “It can’t stand the light.”

They escape by flying through the creature while holding a globe of light, but in the onslaught of rain and wind they are separated and the Demon is plunging to earth.

Playlist

Chapter 8

+1+ Home - Gabrielle Aplin ( I have no idea where this song came from . . .)

Chapter 9
+1+ Mercy - Duffy
+2+ Death Is The Road to Awe - Clint Mansell
+3+ Drunken Love - Beyonce