WWW- Snippet 5-5-

8 sentences from my WIP Bloodstone.

Okay as much as I'd like to continue from last week- I rewrote the entire first chapter- AGAIN-
I know, I know...don't throw those tomatoes! 

Here is my new start...

Ebony’s breath shallowed. The sound came from her father’s old study across the small house. The only thing between her room and the study was the kitchen. She perked her ear, perhaps it had come from outside.

Thud. “Damnit”

That was distinctly a man’s voice inside the house. Her clock clicked to one in the morning. Ebony threw the downy blanket over and tiptoed to the opened bedroom door.