Sunday Snippet: Power Play

Hello, May! I'm having a momentary freak-out because we're a month away from June, which means half the year is almost gone. Seriously, time goes fast sometimes. Jeez.

Busy week for television. I caught the third episode of Krypton and, yeah, I'm hooked. I love this show. Also caught another episode of Ghost Squad and enjoyed it more than the second one. Started watching episodes of Classic Who too. My Roku is working overtime right now. LOL

Tuesday's viewing included Endeavor, more Classic Who, Midsomer Murders, and the CW Seed original Freedom Fighters: The Ray, A Hero Rises. I also caught up on an episode of Gotham and seriously… I've said it before but season four is kicking so much ass. This show is rising on my list of favorites and entering the top tier. It's awesome.

Wednesday ended up being a little light on viewing. I caught The Flash a little late because I missed it Tuesday. Not a bad episode. That said, I kind of don't care at all about how DeVoe arrived at his batshit crazy decision to "enlighten" the rest of the world. Thankfully there aren't many more episodes to get through. Just saying. Also caught an episode of Chicago Fire and Jessica Jones. At this point, I'm totally done with Trish. Season three will have a long way to go if they want me to ever like that character again.

On Thursday, I caught Arrow in real time and ended up loving the episode. The twisty turns were terrific and I'm truly thrilled Oliver and Rene arrived at a better place. Watched two episodes of Blindspot and almost finished the second season.

Friday included the last episode of Blindspot's second season and an episode of Chicago PD. I'm so excited to start season three of Blindspot and can't wait to see what happened to get Jane in Nepal and covered in bioluminescent tattoos.

Saturday's viewing included the first episode of Blindspot's season three. Getting the team back together with a completely new dynamic is great. I'm very interested in what the hell Roman is doing. I also caught episode twelve of Jessica Jones. No, I haven't changed my mind about Trish. I'm still really pissed off at her. I did rather like the intimate takedown Jeri pulled. That was actually kind of brilliant. Finally, I started to get caught up on Riverdale.

Whew. What a week! Tonight's post is from Power Play, a novella featuring an over-the-top admiral who ends up bringing the main characters together with her machinations to keep them apart.

Here's the mini-blurb:

Hailey March, a dedicated officer, receives a plum assignment she's wanted for a long time. But when she has to give orders to Rab McKee, she must ignore their long friendship, which is impossible because she needs him on her side.

And a sneaky peek…

Hailey didn't tell him anything he didn't already know or hadn't dealt with before. Didn't stop him from feeling like she'd gone over to the enemy, which might be stupid, but he'd feel like she had anyway. He'd thought they were working toward something but her abrupt change in attitude had his head spinning.

He couldn't let her off the hook. "Life's rough, huh?" If she didn't start coughing up some logical reasoning soon, he'd be done. As far as he was concerned she was on her own.

Oh… he pushed his luck. Rab would get on board one way or another. She wanted him on her team dammit.

Standing up, Hailey faced him across the table. "Look. Kidwell was rough on you. I get that." He only flicked a glance at her like she completely missed the point and Hailey realized what the problem was. "I'm not Kidwell, Rab. I can't do this alone."

Rab crossed his arms in front of him. "Really? Since when?"

He said it sarcastically but really wanted to know the answer. This might just be the Hailey he knew.

She didn't hesitate when she answered. She leaned forward, inches away from his face. "Since I came back home."

And it was true. Since coming back from the Caprice, even with the bumpy start, she realized she didn't need to do it all… alone.

Those words changed everything for Rab. Holding her gaze, he saw the honesty in her eyes. She had come home… to him. And ever since, the bond between them had grown, become stronger and solidified into… something… more than friendship.

He reacted to her admission by closing the gap between them. "Why didn't you say so?" Then his lips caught hers in a tentative kiss that quickly turned heated when Hailey fisted her hand in his shirt, pulling him deeper into the embrace.

This one is getting a little unwieldy. That said, I love writing Hailey and Rab. Just need to keep them focused and not let them get lost in a ton of backstory. LOL

That's it for this week. Catch everyone on the flipside.

ML Skye