The Antagonists' Journey - The Swamp Queen lives
Thought I would share a snippet of a scene from A TOUCH OF MAGICK that I'm currently writing... love how this is coming together. The front swept through the Big Cypress Reservation like a ravenous beast, sending jagged forks of lightning clawing miles ahead of the storm. Each strike lit the heavens in violent flashes, guiding Yobi-Habi as she pushed her skiff into the approaching tempest. Her dark, tangled hair glinted with a ribbon of sharp purple and silver, a crown of twisted, unnatural beauty that looked more like a curse than a blessing on her warped form. The wind surged across the inlet, veiling her path with bursts of intensity, rattling the dry leaves with a deathly echo of cicadas long dead. Yobi-Habi’s eyes flicked to the dense canopy, and, with a hooked finger, she called forth a whip of searing energy. The lash crackled from her talon-tipped hand, writhing through the trees, a tongue of sinister fire licking at twisted trunks. The lightning glinted back at her, cas...