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SNIPPETS from Cracking Ice by N.J. Lysk

Have you discovered Cracking Ice? It’s a 7 part serial from N.J. Lysk. Episode 5 comes out next week and the other two during December so now is a great time to catch up! To whet your appetite, here are some of the authors favourite snippets from parts 1 – 5.

From Cracking Ice, Episode 1 …

“I knew we were compatible,” Johnson insisted calmly, then just as calmly admitted, “It was a stupid thing to do. In fact, I should probably apologize.”

Keenan waited, but no apology seemed forthcoming. He tilted his head at Johnson, expectant, and Johnson snorted, lips curving to catch the rest of his laugh. It was probably the first time he had shown anything but irritation in front of Keenan, and he looked… he smelled intense for a second, the amusement like an extra depth to his natural sweetness, and by the time his lips parted to speak, Keenan was already smiling back.

From Cracking Ice, Episode 2 …

Carry tore his gaze away, shrugging. “I don’t really know… It’s like not thinking about someone. That’s why it probably came on so strong right now, since we talked and all I don’t mind thinking about you so much.”

Avali snorted. “I’m honoured.”

Carry had to admit it didn’t sound great, but he hadn’t meant to give offense. He darted a quick look at Avali’s sceptical face. “You should be. Obviously it doesn’t happen often that I don’t mind someone enough to knock them off their arse with my mind.”

Avali laughed, rich and deep and, to Carry’s misguided ears, like the crashing of the tide: wild and irresistible. And deadly. He’d always had an easy time forgetting that as a child.

From Cracking Ice, Episode 3 …

It would have been easier if it had just been a bizarre sexual urge, even if it was his and no longer the exclusive product of heat. Maybe his hormones had led him to Johnson like a moth to a flame, but, probably just as stupidly, it was Keenan who wanted to stay. He couldn’t pretend it was instinct that had almost reduced him to tears when Johnson had told him he was seeing someone. The alpha instinct should have been to anger, not sadness.

The sense of betrayal was all Keenan’s. It was a lover’s reaction, not possessive, just hurt… Because he didn’t just want to fuck Johnson, he wanted to be chosen by him.

From Cracking Ice, Episode 4 …

He wasn’t going to lose hockey over this. He didn’t have to. But he wasn’t going to give up on everything else he wanted either. He was tired of being afraid, and lonely, and so careful he often felt like double-checking he was still breathing.

From Cracking Ice, Episode 5 …

“Sounds like you’re learning a lot from this alpha of yours,” Carry commented slyly. Keenan caught him smiling in Thomas’ direction, eyes bright under the dim solar-powered streetlamps the newer neighbourhoods were made to install.

Maybe it was for the best. For the planet, and for Keenan’s peace of mind.

About the author

N.J. Lysk (pronouns: whatever) is a queer one–in almost every sense of the word–for whom stories have always been their one true home. She studied linguistics and literature (which is to say, someone offered him a genuine excuse to read professionally) and ended up teaching, but writing is their one true love.

Addicted to angst, enamoured of mpreg and always ready to try a new kink (in a book, that’s it!) she became hooked into the Omegaverse through fanfic (but he doesn’t have the patience to write other people’s characters) and has recently expanded from werewolves to hockey players.

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