Order of Earth (Elements of Ink) by Jennifer Cornet @J_Cornet

Book Excerpt: (Chapter 2)

The brass doors opened behind her bringing with it an unexpected guest.

“I knew you’d come home.”

Onyx’ heart sank hearing him speak in that gentle voice. He always used that voice when he knew he was wrong; when he was trying to make her forgive him. It felt repulsively sweet now.

“She was just leaving,” Jade said in a firm tone as she turned to face him.

“Nicky, you brought a bodyguard with you? That hurts,” he sounded genuinely insulted.

“Goodbye, Philip.” Onyx said softly, suddenly lacking the confidence she just had.

Philip reached out for her arm, but Jade intercepted the action, grabbing him by the wrist and twisting it until he let out an almost inaudible yelp.

“You will not lay a hand on her. Not now, not ever again. If you so much as brush against her in a way I don’t like, I will break every bone in your body, starting with your pinky toe and ending with your skull.” She twisted just a little further.

But he didn’t lose his composure. He looked Onyx dead in the eye, “Quite a lot of bark for your little Chihuahua of a friend here, huh? Nicky, we don’t need all of this. This running away, the muscle, the hiding out, we are better than this. You know I love you more than anything in the world. Just come home, baby. I need you. It’ll be different, I promise. I’ll start going to therapy like you always wanted. You can even hang out with that crayon haired one. No questions asked. Just come home. What do you say? Come on, I need you.”

“Onyx, don’t you listen to him. Put the bags in the elevator, we’re leaving.”

Onyx hesitated, switching her gaze back and forth between the two. He looked so hurt, so broken up, she just wanted to leap into his arms and console him. For a moment, she could feel her heart ripping in her chest; she believed him. She believed he meant he would change and things would be different. She believed it and she hated herself for it.

Onyx rolled her bags into the elevator before she lost her nerve.

“Goodbye, Philip.” She said again.

“If you love her even half as much as you say, you’ll let us leave here. You’ll leave her alone and move on with your life. But keep the therapy bit, you need it.” Jade winked at him before joining Onyx.

As Jade released his wrist, he noticed a small green marking on her arm; a very familiar mark that he knew all too well.

The girls disappeared down to the ground floor, leaving Philip alone in his flower filled living room. He pulled out his phone and hit speed dial.

“She’s with the Order of Earth. Find out what family, find out who their Protector is, and find out now.”

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Genre - Urban Fantasy

Rating – PG – 13

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Author Interview - Jennifer Cornet @J_Cornet

How has your upbringing influenced your writing?

-Not really. I think my writing has been more heavily influenced by the latter half of my life. I wasn’t much of a writer or reader growing up. I think much of that developed as I got older.

Do you recall how your interest in writing originated?

-A few years back, I took a job at an engineering firm. Shortly after I started, I was introduced to colleague who was writing a text book. I agreed to help him edit as well as write a sort chapter. I enjoyed the process and I guess it stuck with me because a year or so later I started writing my first book.

When and why did you begin writing?

-Like any job, there are lull periods. There was one such stretch where I went weeks without much to do around the office. I had reached the end of the internet and felt like I might lose it if I have to sit still for another day. So one day, I started writing. I came up with the concept and searched “How to write a novel,” and that was it.

How long have you been writing?

-Most of my life I’ve been a technical writer. It wasn’t until 2012 that I really began my life as a creative writer.

When did you first know you could be a writer?

-Originally I wasn’t planning on ever showing my story to anyone. It was something fun to work on. But after a year of writing and rewriting my story I finally showed it to people. It wasn’t until my friend Heather told me she had stayed late at work one day to keep reading that I realized I could really do this.

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Genre - Urban Fantasy

Rating – PG - 13

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Website http://www.jennifercornet.com/

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