Here is a peek from Chapter Two from Wanted: Dead or In Love (in which Clyde Barrow first awakens in his coffin). Strange, I know, but I swear it'll make sense if you read the book.
A drum roll please...
Oh - and make sure you read with a Texan twang in your head. That's how I imagined him anyway.
*Excerpt from Chapter Two
* Clyde *
A
sudden jolt runs through my bones, swift as lightning and strong as a Texas
twister in May. I blink twice, three times, but I can’t see nothing. I must be
in the bottom of a mineshaft on a moonless night because it’s dark and I’m
cold. Real cold. I concentrate hard as I can to move my body, one finger even,
and finally, after what seems like forever, I give up.

As
I veered past the crates, rounds of gunfire blasted through my head, my neck,
my arms and legs–-jolting me right outta my seat. Bonnie’s spine-chillin’
scream was the last thing I heard before blackness came. It’s obvious to me
looking back now that the sheriff’s posse brought along enough ammo to shoot a
herd of buffalo. Cold-hearted bastards never even offered us a chance to
surrender.
Not
that I would, but they dint know that. At least I coulda taken down a few of
the laws before me and Bonnie got smoked.
I
realize then that I ain’t in any mineshaft––I’m in my final resting place.
I love Clyde's voice! Thanks for sharing the teaser.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Cherie! He was a fun one to write, for sure. :)
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