It’s Wednesday! And I need to add an addendum to last week’s WednesdayWords. I won the Thursday Threads that previous week. And…*blows trumpets*…I won this past week too! Yippee ki yay!.The prompt for this week’s words is: *You know what to do.* As the snippet itself points out, this scene is a few days after the previous WW scene. Do I have any clue what happens in between? Nope. I haven’t gotten to this part yet. And yes, my brain is a very scary place to be sometimes. Anyway, this is a solo scene with just Maura.

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Maura untwisted and twisted the cap of her favorite Mont Blanc—the one her college mentor had gifted her upon passing the bar. The fountain pen held no ink because it had long ago become her touchstone when thinking. The shivery snick of silver on wood created a soothing backdrop to the chaos her mind sometimes became.

You know what to do. Brian’s final words still echoed in her brain days later. Ronan hadn’t said a word in response to Brian’s parting words. What plans had the two men made before she appeared and…well…surrendered. She could not face this battle alone. She’d thought the instructions were meant for Ronan. Now she wondered. Were they meant for her?

The part of her that firmly believed in law and order stirred. She’d literally made a deal with the devil by going to the head of Boston’s Irish mob for assistance. She was an assistant district attorney. And she was, again literally, in bed with the enemy since she’d fallen in love with Ronan O’Connor, Brian Boru’s top lieutenant.

Maura had learned some things along the way. Boru’s Wolves were honorable despite a flexible legal line in the sand. It was her own boss, the district attorney, who had obliterated that line. Alex covered himself in the stench of corruption. And last she’d learned that the Wolves were, again literally, wolves. Shapeshifters.

“You know what to do.” She spoke the words aloud, and did know. “Because sometimes, Justice carries a sword.”
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There it is. And you know what to do…Writers, free write! Readers, I promise I’m getting closer. I made great strides last month and I’m still hyped to get this book finished and into your most patient of hands! (Psst. Did you see what I did there? 😉) I will admit that I know what happens after this so that’s a good thing. And while these snippets might be minor spoilers, I think I’m building in enough twists and turns that what a reader is pretty sure is going to happen doesn’t actually…happen. Or does it?