Conduit 2: You like to watch, don’t you?

Just a little teaser that amused me while writing it today – with a few redacted lines because, you know, spoilers! As always, these are the first words on the page and subject to a lot of tweaking over the next four drafts.

Content of note: mildly explicit language

Rought’s phone vibrates with an incoming call. He swipes the screen to answer it before I can come up with a response to what I’m fairly certain wasn’t actually a question.

“You better not be fucking on the side of the fucking road,” Rath growls through the phone speakers. “I want answers now.”

One of those delicious shivers that apparently only Rath can trigger — while being a complete asshole over the phone — runs up my spine. 

Rought side-eyes me, knowingly.

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Holding Rought’s gaze intently, I lean toward the phone and drawl, “I’m game if you are.”

A choked silence emanates over the speakers.

I tilt my head playfully — for Rought, because Rath can’t see me. “You like to watch, don’t you, dragon?”

Rath groans. “Fuuuck …!”

Then he hangs up.

Spinning the wheel and tapping the gas to get us back on the road, Rought chuckles, both pleased and amused.

“What?” I say like a total brat. “Am I wrong?”

– Snag (Conduit 2), first draft, chapter nine

Are you new to the Conduit World? While it’s not necessary to read all the interconnected series, the ideal reading order is as follows

• Awry (Conduit 1)
• Grand Romantic Delusions and the Madness of Mirth, Part 1
• Grand Romantic Delusions and the Madness of Mirth, Part 2
• Snag (Conduit 2)(coming next!)