by Mignon Mykel
Nothing could come close to what I’d already been through in my seventeen years.
Near my wrist, the colors were more earthy, blues and greens—a reminder to keep my feet on the ground. Toward my shoulder, the colors were darker, navy and dark purple—a reminder that it was still ok to dream. In that rich, deep purple, cutting through the color and giving way to my flesh, was a beautiful mandala with intricate bead work falling from the lower petals.
Being left-handed, the thought was the right side of the brain worked differently; therefore, I put the mandala on my right shoulder. Mandalas were said to help ease the chatter going on in one’s mind and, beyond the fact the final design was fucking gorgeous, I liked the idea behind it.
Maybe it would work, maybe it wouldn’t.
The underside of my arm, from wrist to elbow, was a seemingly simple arrow done in black. It was feminine and dainty, yet strong. The arrow head itself was simple, and the feathers were beautifully realistic, but the shaft flowed into and through the word ‘hero,’ after another tattoo I’d seen once before.
I’m the hero of my story.
Off-center of the word, around the ‘e’ and extending just past the ‘o’ was a perfect dotted circle, with a smaller, solid lined circle coming off of it.
An arrow can only go forward after being pulled back.
With my right hand on the wheel now, I took my left hand and ran my fingers over the word.
I was my own hero. I didn’t need anyone.
After all, no one needed me.
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Porter Prescott has been in my head for a Long. Time.
Every time I tried to put down writing, to change focus, or even to just put away the Prescotts—I started them so long ago, why bother writing their stories now?—it was pesky Porter giving me nudges toward his story. So while Prescott Family is surrounding this group of siblings, it really is Porter who drives this series.
Hence, him having a novella in addition to his eventual story (hint: it will be the next Prescott book).
But while it was Porter who drove me to write the stories, it is you readers who have given me the motivation, the joy, to continue to write and show these stories. So thank you. Again and again, I will thank you.
And of course to the ladies I call my “team”—Jenn and Paige, you two are rockstars. Thank you!
Mignon Mykel is the author of the Prescott Family series, as well as the short-novella erotic romance series, O'Gallagher Nights. When not sitting at Starbucks writing whatever her characters tell her to, you can find her hiking in the mountains of her new home in Arizona.
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