The Pirates of Sissa: "Anger" Excerpt

 

For the sipofsnips February 2nd prompt, “anger”. This one’s from The Pirates of Sissa.

A little context: Sahra and Vadra just had a physical altercation; Sahra is losing it because everyone in Sissa can’t seem to understand the impact of their violence against her people - from Emperor Gallus to Commander Vadra Vuur.

“Do you understand? Do you?” she growled, her voice more feral than he had ever heard it. “Only they couldn’t fight back, could they? None of them could. None of them could set themselves free – none of them had the chance – none of them! Does that mean anything to you? Do you have any heart?”

Vadra looked down, a nausea creeping up his damaged throat that he couldn’t quite swallow down. Sahra covered her mouth with her trembling hands, rocking back and forth for a moment. “And you speak of anger?” she asked, her quivering voice muffled. “Anger?”

She scoffed – an unhinged sound – and dragged her fingers through her hair. “I have no anger for you.”

She held out her hands, as though in offering.

“But I’ll give you rage. I’ll give you fury. All the rage and fury of my people.”

This project feels a little emotionally raw right now, so while I am writing for it now and then, I’m not sharing too much.

The Pirates of Sissa Tag List:

I have a tag list for The Pirates of Sissa on tumblr, and am opening a tag list for it on Instagram. 

This means that whenever I post something new about this WIP, I'll tag whoever is on my tag list so that they're notified directly. If that sounds like something you're interested in and you have a tumblr or IG, let me know on your social media of choice and I'll add you to the list!

If you want to be removed from the tag list at any point in time, just let me know and I'll get it done!