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Dar’kind Promises – Secret Fifteen

There isn’t a direct mention of the Dragon Races in this Dar’kind Promises story. There is a reference from Verucca’s POV. She was old when the royal twins were born.

“Drab robes swirled around the crone’s  legs while she stretched her arms over her head. In recent years movement without pain became harder and harder. She’d been old when the royal twins were born and they were men, grown now. She ignored her creaking joints and made grand sweeping motions in the air, accompanied by incantations in an ancient language.”

Who were the royal twins she’s talking about? One day I will reveal the secret of their birth.

Many generations ago, a class division erupted resulting in the Arach human clan becoming the ruling power and the Wyrm clan the response driven muscle behind the power. The joint distinction faded through the passage of time to become Wyrmarach a bastardization pronounced Were March of the classic WyrmArach world. The significance of the joined name is lost on the inhabitants.

Their world is separated from ours by a wide gulf of difference protected by the veil. In their world order reigns under the guidance of an autocratic matriarch with a very specific view of acceptable moral citizenry.  A Queen whose mind set is so oppressive her own sons were banished as an embarrassment to her rule.

Ethan and Caleb Monroe, the prince heirs, are in a word, unusual. They live among us in exile, charged with enforcing that the barrier between our worlds remains intact.

A messiah is needed to usher in a new era of Wyrmarach understanding and tolerance. Where can salvation be found? The curtain between dimensions is thinning tempting some to look to Earth Dimension for answers. Wouldn’t it be unusual if salvation rested in the hands of a somewhat ordinary human named Cathwren, who turns out to not be very ordinary at all.

 

Dar’kind Promises – Secret Fourteen

Titles are the other challenge that almost defeat me. I struggle to find the title of each piece. The working title for this story was “That Cat Story” for ever so long. It was completely written in draft form before I could find the title.

Of course the story has a happily ever after.  That is a promise I make to readers. Yet, the journey to get to that happily ever after changes the characters. It can be a difficult and harsh journey.

The Dar’kind Fae race are a people of honor. Their commitments are covenants. Maura and Zelia pledge their lives and souls together. “Dar’kind Promises are not broken”.

Dar’kind Promises – Secret Thirteen

Is something I’ve written every really finished? I edit each piece I write, extensively. My critique partner goes through the work and gives me feed back and her thoughts. I edit again. I would guess I have probably been through Dar’kind Promises at least a hundred and fifty times editing. I let it rest and edit some more with fresh eyes. I make probably twenty passes working on format and tweaking words. When I send it off to the editor I feel like I’ve done my best to make it finished. Then she goes through and makes her edits. I receive her comments and I go through the piece again addressing things she has noted. I often find things at that time that I edit some more. Is it finished yet?

At some point you just have to stop and send it. But No, it probably isn’t really finished. I have to let it go. Even now I’ve seen a couple things while I’m preparing these articles. A word here or there. A thought that I should have developed a concept a little more. Perhaps, I didn’t address something clear enough.

The secret is, I don’t think I am ever completely satisfied with the work. I just let go.

Dar’kind Promises – Secret Twelve

Dar’kind Fairy Wings are very different. They are shaped like a butterfly but translucent like a dragon fly.

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They can be flexible and floaty or stretched tight and rigid. The individual controls the firmness of the wings in response to need and mood. The amount of blood in the channels of the wing membranes controls their texture.  When a fairy needs to fly the wings have to be very tight and rigid.  Yet when they are relaxed the wings can drape and float around their body.

When I was creating the book trailer for Dar’kind Promises I needed a model with fair wings.

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My daughter is a photographer and has Lynn Marcello Photography. She helped me with some of the photographs.

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Take a look at the book trailer and see what you think of the final result.

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Dar’kind Promises – Secret Eleven

There are two races of Fae people. The Dar’kind Fairy and the Daie’kind Fairy. While the Dar’kinds are dark almost gothic, the Daie’kind are fair and light like the Day.

Dar’kind Fairies were inspired by this piece of art by Anne Stokes. http://www.annestokes.com

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However, the wings are different. But that is a secret for another day. LOL

In the creation phase I gave some thought to making the Dar’kind Fae people very fair and light in odds to their name Dark. They would have white hair. I thought that would be a twist yes.

However, an even bigger twist would be in their natures. The Dar’kind are the good Fae. They are honorable and embrace the light of the soul. The Daie’kind Folk are generally selfish and choose what will benefit them more than the greater good.

Dar’kind Promises – Secret Ten

We are up to the tenth secret already. I hope you have enjoyed the secrets revealed. Have you been surprised by anything so far?

For today. All fairies have wings don’t they?

I would think so. Yet, we couldn’t have Maura walking around Earth Dimension with wings fluttering. Could we? So Verucca had to meddle there too.  She spelled Maura’s wings with Magic. Her wings retracted into her body to remain hidden. Unfortunately, the flaw to the plan was that when Maura got wet her wings would emerge. That’s fine if you are alone in the shower.  It’s a little cramped when you get caught in the rain.

Excerpt:

Maura slipped her key out of her pocket and quietly stalked closer, her senses on high alert guarded against a trap. The young female seemed harmless enough. She watched the woman a moment more before slipping up to her. A shiver shook the girl. As she shuddered, she looked up, noticing Maura in the shadows for the first time. Wretchedness shown from her eyes in a look pleading for the kindness of simple human compassion. At least, that was how Maura chose to interpret it.

She made a quick decision that might become her undoing. She would have to hide her cramped tangled wings until she could get dry and they would recede again. She opened the door and pushed it wide. The stale smell of cheap motel drifted from the room. “Come inside out of the weather. I can spare you shelter for the night, until this storm clears.”

The woman struggled to stand, stiff and cold from huddling on the doorstep. How long had she been there? Maura slipped in under her shoulder and supported her into the room. The décor mimicked early junk, walls painted a flat yellow. Maura couldn’t get past how similar the color of the walls and baby Batura excrement.

Chilled stone cold, nearing hypothermic, the woman allowed herself to be led into the warmth of the room. Maura kicked the door shut and pulled the blanket from the bed as they stumbled by. She wrapped the blanket around the woman, seating her on the toilet seat. Next, she flipped on the shower full force. One positive benefit the rundown roadside eyesore of a motel possessed a generosity of hot water.

Looking at her guest trussed up in the blanket, her skin still had an unhealthy shade of clammy blue.

“We both need to get warm. I don’t think this is a time to worry about the details of how.”

Goddess, she wanted to let her wings stretch out to dry. Maura wanted to shed her wet clothes but couldn’t risk the woman’s reaction to her otherworldliness. Translucent wings erupting from her shoulder blades could not be explained. They’d have to stay cramped a while longer. The urgency of the moment to get the young woman warm in the shower would have to be excuse enough for Maura to stay clothed.

Dar’kind Promises – Secret Nine

Maura has pointed fairy ears which she covers with a hat when she is out in human public. The bad guy recognizes her as one of the Fae folk. He’s seen her kind before. Could this be a real lead to Ardith?

He comments on her ears and she tries to deflect it by saying — industrial accident when she was a child.

This scene and comment are a nod to an episode of the original Star Trek. In an episode where Kirk and Spock time traveled back to old earth. The City On the Edge of Forever 1967 The conversation as recorded on the link was

[Having arrived in Earth’s distant past, Captain Kirk steals clothing so he and Spock can blend in but is halted by the sudden appearance of a policeman]
Policeman: [seeing Kirk with an armload of clothing] Well?
Capt. Kirk: You’re a police officer. I recognize the traditional accoutrements.
Spock: [in regards to his own appearance] You were saying you’ll have no trouble explaining it.
Capt. Kirk: [on the spot to explain Spock’s alien features] My friend… is obviously Chinese. I see you’ve noticed the ears. They’re… actually easy to explain…
Spock: Perhaps the unfortunate accident I had as a child…
Capt. Kirk: …the unfortunate accident he had as a child. He caught his head in a mechanical… rice picker… but, fortunately, there was an American missionary living close by who was actually a, uh, skilled, uh, plastic surgeon in civilian life…
Policeman: All right, all right. Drop those bundles and put your hands on that wall there. Come on!

It was incredibly funny. I wanted to give a nod to that scene and other trek fans. LOL

Dar’kind Promises – Secret Eight

I wanted a fierce cat for Zelia’s feline form. Yet something that wasn’t really recognizable in this Earth Dimension. Zelia’s large predatory cat form was inspired by a Caracal Cat. They were interesting and unusual.

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Yet I wanted the animal to have spots. So I found a picture of a Clouded Leopard.  But it still wasn’t right.

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I had my daughter photo shop the cat so it was spotted, with tufts on ears and cheeks. I think she did it in a way that looks very natural. So, the Tracker race was created.

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Dar’kind Promises – Secret Seven

Spoiler:

Who is the Indigo dragon trapped in the slaughter house? He’s going to be saved so don’t worry too much about him. Remember, Maura set a spell that will bring someone to his rescue. Oh? well trust me it will happen.

In (WT) Dragon’s Mark Cathwren accidently triggers that spelled portal and is swept to the abandoned packing plant. She finds and rescues Kiernan, the Indigo dragon. There is some conflict on how exactly Magic brought her to his rescue. It is a question unresolved in Dragon’s Mark.  

Now we know the secret!

Dar’kind Promises – Secret Six

The way the bag guy gets into the hotel room to attack Maura is in the guise of the Pizza Deliveryman. What kind of pizza is Maura’s favorite? I didn’t mention in the manuscript.

Our local pizza the Mellow Mushroom has a great Caesar Pizza. My son loves the meat lovers pizza. The local pizza buffet, Cici’s Pizza does a great BBQ Pizza. And we have the choice of a variety of delivery pizza places. Is it sad they they recognize me from caller I.d. and ask if I would like my regular order? LOL.

Maura and I share a common favorite flavored Pizza. Pepperoni, Mushrooms and Black Olives. It is also the favorite pizza of Cathwren in that dragon story I’ve been working on forever. LOL Secret shhhh

What is your favorite pizza concoction?