Word Count: 76,000
Pitch: With mankind suddenly
infertile, marriages are genetically assigned to study why. Cadi escapes hers,
but things get complicated when she discovers feelings for her husband-to-be...
and secrets that prove extinction might be avoidable after all.
If the MC was an Easter egg...
I’d be chocolate-covered, raspberry-filled because a girl shouldn’t wear all her secrets on her shell.
Excerpt:
The
lights in the chilly, deserted classroom begin to glow as they detect my body’s
warmth. The door slides shut behind me with a whoosh, then instantly bounces
back open as if on a spring.
I blink in confusion as Evan walks into the room with bowls in his hands and a pod of cereal tucked under his arm. “What are you, the world’s best boyfriend?” I ask with a laugh.
“Today at least.”
Evan winks, his dark eyes flashing mischievously, and glides a propulsion chair out from under the desk. I plop into the chair and flip off the hologram keyboards while he sits and pours the cereal.
“You should have your favorite cereal on your birthday,” he adds.
I shovel a mouthful of the colorful flakes into my mouth so he can’t see me frown.
“Besides, I only had to get up by five to make sure I could sneak all this out of the cafeteria.”
I brandish my spoon at him accusingly. “They don’t even put out the breakfast foods until seven.”
“Yeah well, I got up extra early to plot the breakout,” he replies with a smirk. “Nothing too good for my girl on her special day. Special week, really.”
“Don’t remind me,” I mutter, stirring my cereal so colorful swirls ripple through the milk.
“C’mon Cadi, you’re not still worrying about Thursday, are you?” Evan asks, his eyes softening. “I wish you’d just find a way to be excited about it. It doesn’t exactly make it easier for me, seeing you like this.”
“It just seems so fast,” I whisper, watching as the colors hug the edge of the bowl and the flakes begin to sink. Saliva floods my mouth and my stomach spins like the colors in the bowl. I swallow hard and push around what’s left of the flakes.
I blink in confusion as Evan walks into the room with bowls in his hands and a pod of cereal tucked under his arm. “What are you, the world’s best boyfriend?” I ask with a laugh.
“Today at least.”
Evan winks, his dark eyes flashing mischievously, and glides a propulsion chair out from under the desk. I plop into the chair and flip off the hologram keyboards while he sits and pours the cereal.
“You should have your favorite cereal on your birthday,” he adds.
I shovel a mouthful of the colorful flakes into my mouth so he can’t see me frown.
“Besides, I only had to get up by five to make sure I could sneak all this out of the cafeteria.”
I brandish my spoon at him accusingly. “They don’t even put out the breakfast foods until seven.”
“Yeah well, I got up extra early to plot the breakout,” he replies with a smirk. “Nothing too good for my girl on her special day. Special week, really.”
“Don’t remind me,” I mutter, stirring my cereal so colorful swirls ripple through the milk.
“C’mon Cadi, you’re not still worrying about Thursday, are you?” Evan asks, his eyes softening. “I wish you’d just find a way to be excited about it. It doesn’t exactly make it easier for me, seeing you like this.”
“It just seems so fast,” I whisper, watching as the colors hug the edge of the bowl and the flakes begin to sink. Saliva floods my mouth and my stomach spins like the colors in the bowl. I swallow hard and push around what’s left of the flakes.
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1x nougat fill Choc. egg
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