To celebrate my motivated progress with OSaD I thought I'd share an excerpt of a future chapter with you, dear reader. I thought this bit would be suitable for showing off the main character, Yamini, in her natural setting (and spunk!) three years after her story begins. For a fourteen-year-old, I'd say she's a pretty cool kid! Then again, I am biased...
"Wait, what are you doing?" Henrik asked, his face contorted with concern.
"Is it not obvious?" said Yamini. "I am going after him myself."
The two boys looked at each other and laughed. Then they realized she was serious. "You can't do that!" said Sebastian.
Yamini cocked an eyebrow. "Can is a matter of ability and ambition," she replied, "and I most certainly have both!"
Henrik watched with disbelief as Yamini unsheathed both daggers and concealed each blade behind her inner forearms. "It's bold enough that you've attempted to steal Master Soliessen's recruits--"
"She is no longer our master," Yamini spat, "and by being here you have proven my attempt successful."
"Breaking away from a former guild to forge your own is one thing," Sebastian argued, "but claiming Soliessen's marks is suicide, Yamini!" She ignored him as she stood and crept into the shadowed archway of the arena staircase. "There are codes to adhere to, principles to follow. You are nothing but a rogue, a brash vigilante with a taste for vengeance. Why should we follow you? Your impulsiveness would mean our deaths!"
Yamini glared at the boy. "I am not a vigilante," she breathed. "Vigilantes thrive on chaos. They are mindless seekers of blood and terror, aimless wanderers hoping to vent their discontent with the world on those who appear at first to have caused it. These individuals have become lost in their own corruption, their own greed, resorting to violence disguised as justice while they seek the definition of themselves. They do so recklessly and without planning. I am an assassin."
"And what's the difference between them and you?" said Henrik.
Her wicked smile was enough to make both boys step backward. "I am not reckless."
Oh my heck! I remember reading this earlier, but this and the other one where she refers to the difference between her and Fate are my favorites! Thank you so much for posting it and I do love the picture if I say so myself. Although I think I will always be partial to the first picture I saw of Yamini. ;) Keep up the good work!
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