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This week we’re picking up where we left off in Chapter Three of Keeping House. Cent’s family has seen she’s protected for what lies ahead, something Dane finds… Well, see for yourself.
Note: The first paragraph, in orange, comes from last week’s snippet, and it’s Cent speaking.
“Sorry, not sorry to disappoint you, Dane.” She unfurled her wings and rolled her shoulders to shake them open.
“Just look at all them sigils.” Dane stomped her boots on the circle sands as she laughed, and her men laughed with her. “You look like a doodled-out scratch pad.” She removed her arm from her coat and rolled her sleeve above her bracer to show the sigils tattooed across her plaster-pale bicep. “All us Hunters got them, but ours won’t warsh off with a good scrubbin’, and neither will yours by the time you get back to Stowne.”
Laughter isn’t exactly the response Cent had hoped for when she revealed her tank top. So much for playing Dane.
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Ooo, that’s quite the threatening promise of additional protection! (wry grin)
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Heh, Dane’s trying to rattle Cent’s cage, and succeeding to a point.
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Ah, really feel for Cent here – although I suspect that Dane would react flippantly like that no matter what she felt about it inside?
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Yes, Dane probably would. The king has to look in charge at all times, you know.
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What do the sigils represent?
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That depends on the intent behind them But these are spells for protection, strength, safety, positive change and similar things. Cent’s are mainly protection and elemental symbols that represent her magical family’s protection. Dane’s are more Celtic and druidic, but those are mixed with uniquely Hunter symbols.
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So interesting!
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Sigils are fun (and potentially powerful) if you understand and know how to use them.
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I wouldn’t think that was the response she’d hoped for. I’m intrigued by the sigils.
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Definitely not the response at all. And sigils are wonderful devices in Fantasy because they’re so versitile.
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Ouch…so much for trying to impress 😦
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Yeah, that wasn’t at all what Cent was trying for.
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