Hi, !
So my narrator, Rebecca Winder, has finished recording the audiobook for Twisted by Time! I've been listening to it, and it sounds fantastic! I can't wait to share it with you! Once it's fully proofed and edited, we'll submit it to ACX, and it'll be available to listeners on Audible! 😊
In other news, I've made a small change to a scene in Twisted by Time. It's right after Desi casts the time travel spell in the beginning. I felt this new scene put her more in the action, and it also impacts how she and Oliver first meet. There are other smaller edits I've made throughout the book to line up with this change, too. Read on if you want to read the new scene! 😊
I collapsed. Grass and dirt broke my fall. Smoke met my nostrils, and heat warmed my back. Was it daytime in Miami?
A cacophony of sounds assaulted me. Shouts. Gunshots. Explosions. A deafening boom rumbled the ground around me, and my ears throbbed from the sound.
I jumped to my feet, my arms and legs shaking. Slowly, I climbed up a huge, grassy hill toward the sounds of chaos. When I reached the top, my jaw dropped.
I stood in front of a huge crowd of people, and the air was thick with smoke. My ears still rang from the noise, and several men shoved past me in a hurry. They were dressed as old-time militiamen with dark blue uniforms, tall brown boots, and old-fashioned hats. Most of them held long guns, and one bore an American flag.
Okay . . . a reenactment maybe? I wondered in bewilderment.
In the distance, more hills surrounded the crowd, and the afternoon sun beat down on me. The thick humidity in the air suffocated me, expanding my already frizzy hair and clogging my air passages. I sucked in a breath, but the moisture in the air was so thick it felt like breathing through a straw.
I whirled around, trying to find a way out of this massive crowd pressing in on me. Several soldiers paused to look at me in bewilderment before bustling past me.
A series of deafening explosions rocked the ground beneath me. I yelped and covered my ears as thunderous blasts rattled my eardrums and shook the earth. Once again, I fell, my heart roaring and my stomach quivering. I couldn’t tell if it was from fear or from the booming cannon fire.
I covered my head with my hands, hoping to appear as small as possible. Blast after blast hit the earth, spraying dirt and debris everywhere. Flecks of dirt and rubble hit my head.
It’s just a reenactment, right? I told myself uncertainly. They’ll stop soon.
And they did. At least, they stopped firing the cannons. But more men shouted, and the gunfire continued. The sounds hammered against my eardrums until a sharp ringing blared in my ears.
Another intense blast exploded in the air, sending me flying. I toppled backward into another soldier, and we collapsed to the ground in a heap. The man swore under his breath, scrambling to his feet and snatching his hat from the ground. He had short cropped blond hair and looked younger than I expected, maybe a few years older than me. He surveyed me with wide, green eyes. Dirt and dust covered his face and uniform. His face drained of color when he saw me lying on the ground like an idiot.
“I—uh—” He ran a hair through his hair and looked around as if I was a child who had run away from her mother. “What are you doing here, miss?”
His voice sounded muffled to my ears, and I squinted at him. With a grunt, I tried to rise, and the man extended a hand to help me up. When I stood next to him, my mouth fell open as I realized how tall he was. I almost had to crane my neck to look into his eyes.
“I’m . . . not sure,” I said honestly, looking around in confusion. “What is all this?” I had to shout to hear my own voice.
More gunshots burst in the air, and I ducked my head with a petrified squeak.
“It’s the battle,” the man said loudly, his brows crinkling. He looked me up and down, his eyes widening like I was insane. “You shouldn’t be here.” He touched my shoulder, turning me away from the chaos and pointing down the hill. In the distance, a small cluster of buildings shone against the sun. “Head down that way and take shelter in the city.”
My mouth opened and closed as I followed his gaze. “But I—”
I turned to speak to the soldier, but he had already dived back into the battle. I blinked, flinching when another explosion shook the ground. The soldiers around me continued their march through the fray, firing guns and shouting. Just beyond the soldiers were trenches, which were lined by what looked like giant bags of sand.
They’re really going all out, I thought, my wide eyes drinking in the chaos around me. I’ve never heard of a reenactment like this. This can’t be real, right?
I didn’t want to stick around to find out.
I took several trembling deep breaths and sprinted down the hill. A stitch formed in my side as my legs pushed and pushed. Blasts and explosions rang out from behind me, but I didn’t look back.
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