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In a moment of weakness, she skirted the length of his bare torso, following the long, leather kirtle that revealed the solid length of his musclesd legs. Her gaze retraced its path to the dark and intricate swirls of tattoos covering his chest and arms, ones that emphasised the sculpted perfection of his brown skin.
He made no concession for the bitter cold of her northern home in winter. He was from the heat-blasted south, all desert and burning white skies. Something about him radiated heat, as if he carried the fierce sun of his homeland in his flesh.
He caught her staring and held her gaze. His mouth twitched.
And I cheated. There’s an iddy biddy extra sentence in there. Forgive me…?
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Awesome descriptions. Can definitely picture the snippet 🙂
I adore characters with tattoos.
I get such an amazing mental picture of this. Great snippet!
I would definitely forgive a few more.
Even a few paragraphs more. 🙂
Fantastic description!
You are forgiven! This made my otherwise miserable day. 🙂
Love a man with tatoos! YUM!
Vivid and lovely, thanks for sharing.
Oh, yes, I liked that.
Loved the line ‘Something about him radiated heat, as if he carried the fierce sun of his homeland in his flesh.’ 🙂
AWESOME descriptions – forgiven for sure! Loved it – now I want to read more!
Love this! Absolutely great – I so want to read more!
You could add a few paragraphs in there and I’d forgive you! LOL Love it.
I love bold gazes in hot moments.
Very vivid picture. Great job.
Yum, indeed.
Wonderful language–“…radiated heat, as if he carried the fierce sun of his homeland in his flesh.” I’m eager to read more!
Beautiful description.
It was really short. The extra sentence. 😉 And necessary.
Geez. I’d wish you’d cheat better than one extra sentence. I want to read more about this tatooed guy with flesh crisped from the sun.
This is great. Love the description.
“carried the fierce sun of his homeland in his flesh.” what a great line. Good job
Oh. I would totally stare too! Great excerpt!
I just adore your writing. Always so vivid.
Wow! It was a very necessary sentence. I would even forgive a few more.
Yum! You’re forgiven. LOL
I can picture this perfectly! Great writing!