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Cent, from Cleaning House and Mama etc. is the protagonist in Keeping House, but I’m currently introducing you to a character who was a minor, but important, player in both stories. Dane’s a major player now, she-king of the Hunter Fey, so you’d best pay attention to the king.
This picks up from last week’s snippet. It’s Dane’s initial description, and she warrants a closer look.
Dane was as tall as Cent and attractive in a scowling, backwoods sort of way. She was porcelain-skinned and black haired like every other Hunter and almost always in work attire aside from a circlet she wore perched above her welding cap, but tonight she wore a black toboggan and a pair of goggles atop her head instead. She also wore leggings under her black utility kilt, insulated lineman boots that came to her knees, and a winter camouflage coat, the back cut so her wings could unfurl or roll for warmth like they were now. Dane was dressed for the weather above the trees, something Cent hadn’t considered when she’d planned for the trip. But more than anything, Dane was a perpetually bitter, gruff, and all-around hateful woman, which made the fact that she smiled at Cent—
That’s totally unsettling. Cent couldn’t bring herself to smile back.
Later in the novel, another character describes Dane as “attractive in a soul-eating sort of way.” That description is probably apt, but Dane might make the pain worth it. (chuckles) Dane’s not a vampire, BTW, but she has this way about her… it’s called compelling, and it’s a Hunter fey thing.
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Jeanne G'Fellers 
Fantastic description. I love the juxtaposition of the porcelain skin with the rugged and practical clothing.
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Thanks! Dane’s a breathing anachronism in a lot of ways. Something about her is always out of time or place. It’s a lot like living where I do. It often feels like a slip in time and place, like something’s off but I can’t quite put my finger on it, especially the people at times.
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Ooo, she sounds hot! Gorgeous description!
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Dane’s blue collar temptation with a crown, an odd mix of reality and anachronistic fantasy, and she confuses the heck out of Cent. But hot? Yep. That too.
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Love the description, and great twist at the end! 😀
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Thank you!
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Absolutely incredible description I love everything about Dan already! And the smile at the end is like a little twisted kick in the pants too – desperately want to read more about how her storyline continues and and how hers Cent’s intertwine.
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sorry for the typo – ‘Dane’ not Dan – 😦
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I got it.
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Dane’s interesting on a whole lot of levels, but it’s going to be up to Cent to remember all those levels. (wicked grin)
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Love the description!
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Thank you.
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Absolutely loved the description and Cent’s unease at that smile.
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It’s definitely a smile to be wary of.
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I have to wonder if she’s really as bitter, gruff, and hateful as Cent thinks (or has heard that) she is.
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We’ll see. (insert evil author smile here)
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