House of the Kami — Snippet

3 days until ebook launch. 

Here are some important dates! 

April 28: Merch and ebook go live on my website 

May 1: Paperback goes live on Amazon + HOTK available on Inkitt!

May 4: Mini hardcover book boxes are available (check my website)

May 15: ebook available on Amazon (No KU) 

Transcript

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Hello everyone, what is up? I want to talk about House of the Kami. That's what this is all about. First and foremost, let me give you some drop dates. April 28th. Yes, that is in three days. The House of the Kami ebook will be available via my website only. The ebook will not be available on Amazon until May 15th. It will not be on Kindle Unlimited. So, April 28th, you will be able to grab House of the Kami, the full ebook, on my website. What else is dropping on my website? On April 28th, all of the merch. Cell phone covers, body pillows, t-shirts, all of it, all of it. April 28th, it is gonna be available on my website. We've got some amazing pieces. Like y'all are gonna want to get in on that, especially if you were not able to get this special edition book box. I'm telling y'all, 3D clear cover, printed edges, all 11 art pieces, full color, are in this book. Shirt, tote bag. I think now I'm up to like three free gifts that I'm slapping in there. The scent experience. Open your box and smell what your man smells like. I'm excited for y'all to get this book box. I'm excited to start putting them together. The books are being bound now. I'm hoping that by the time Monday comes, they're like, okay, time to ship, boop-boop. And your girl is taking a day off of work to get these book boxes prepped, prepared, packaged, boom, and out to y'all. They are being shipped via UPS. So, depending on where you live, I will let you know that I'm based in Georgia. It's gonna take between two and four business days to get to you. So, you know, my baddie's on the West Coast. I'm sorry, it's probably gonna take all four days. But you know, it's UPS. We ain't messing around with no USPS and they slow behind sells. No shade to anybody who works at USPS. What else did I want to do while I was here? I wanted to give y'all a snippet, or maybe two. I just wanted to read a little bit and let y'all know what y'all are in for. Because House of the Kami is the bridge between the world of Yukuza's jewel and no gods only us, which I will start in December chapter style on noirpages.com. It is 373 pages, a little over 80,000 words. I will say this. If y'all have not read Terms of Devotion or I Remember Us Differently, you're gonna want to do that before you jump into House of the Kami because your girl plays Easter eggs. I'm ready for y'all to come into my DMs and start screaming and yelling at me. I want that. I love when y'all do that. I love when y'all are like, here, no, we need to talk about what happened in this chapter on page that dah da da because you didn't tell me. No, I didn't tell you. Love you. I like to drag y'all through it. What can I say? Come on now. You know I'm sadistic. What else are you here for? But the snippets. The snippet, that's what y'all are here for. Tier, shut up and read. Alright, fine. Here we go. In the car, I'm staring out the window as Ichiro and Keiko have a conversation about how plants work and why she can't give her orchid tea. My mind is drifting elsewhere. I've been so scatterbrained lately, at least that's how it feels to me. I was no one four years ago, a regular company woman, a foreigner making her way around Tokyo. And then one Friday night, I decided to visit a bar. I met Kinzo, and he offered me a choice. A hotel or his bedroom. I'm an adventurous girl. I like games of chance. I like to be pleasured. He offered that. And I was much too curious to choose a hotel. Now here I am, married to five members of the Indo faction, the top five, and Ane san, the first lady of the Indo faction. People know my name. They know not to fuck with me. Power has never been something I thought to acquire in this way, though it's fun to have when you need it. My life has changed in very significant ways, and yet it all feels so natural. I've been kidnapped, seen a few murders, witnessed car bombings, stabbings, a slew of other shit that is highly illegal. And yet here I am, whole and unmoved. Pawns move around me. I'm the queen. I watch what others do and make judgments, not the other way around. I've had a baby, healthy and whole, and yet something feels weird. I can't quite put my finger on it. Andromache Ichiro calls. What has your attention? Thinking? I answer softly. He reaches over to the passenger seat, gripping my fingers. Your hands are cold. It's cold outside. It's 15 degrees. Cold is subjective. Sure it is. Darling. He squeezes my hands again before placing them on the wheel. I can hear Miss Rachel playing on the tablet. The car is quiet. And Ichiro clears his throat. Andromage. You had a miscarriage last time this year. Yes. I snapped, though I don't mean to. I was there, Ichiro. I didn't mean to do that. But there it is. That feeling. That grief. God, I was four months along. We just found out another girl. Not Ichiro's baby though. We finally make it. And I'm biting a hole in my bottom lip just to keep from crying. He wasn't there then, and he's not here now. He cannot help that, Andromage. You know that. Ichiro reaches over, unbuckling my seatbelt. Come here. No. I blink hard. We need to get inside. We have twenty minutes. Ichiro, I didn't I can't cry. Please, can we just You're not even looking at me, Andromake. His fingers brush against my neck. That same tenderness. It floods back into my mind, and he immediately gathers me into his arms, pushing his seat back so I can curl into his lap. My face presses against his neck and I smell the Vividor, the leather of his cologne. The soft spice of his soap and aftershave. The soft stubble on his jaw scratches me, and I rub my face against his just to feel it again. Ichiro's arms wrap around me tight, near suffocating, but I need it. It was a normal day. It felt like a normal day. Akada was supposed to be back, and then Haruki got word that he decided to clean up loose ends and was staying longer. I was annoyed. He promised to be home that evening. I don't know what happened. That evening I lay in the tub. I remember my stomach feeling odd. I stood up from the tub and immediately felt something thick and hot slide down my legs. The pain was instant white hot and slammed me to my knees. I couldn't cry out. I huffed in pain and cried, praying someone would find me quickly. It was Kenzo. Iro was with me as I spent the next four hours in agony. Jiro called it a spontaneous event. All I knew was that the baby Akada and I were having decided to send herself back. That feeling of loss, grief, and guilt swallowing me, and here I was trying to bury it all down. Mommy Keiko called softly. It's okay, mommy. Mommy's okay. Ichiro spoke softly to her. She's a little sad right now. Oh I could hear her kicking her feet. We need some ice cream, Papa Ichi. Ichiro chuckled. We can have some later. He continued to kiss my head and cheeks, squeezing me tight. You know I'm here, Andromache. Just tell me you need me more. And I'll be what you need. I know, I know. Some of you are like, Tierra, what chapter is this? Because I'm not trying to cry within the first three. It is within the first three. Listen, you'll be fine. Y'all know I gotta drag you through it. I gotta, I gotta. I'm sorry. That was a little bit of a snippet. I'ma give y'all, I feel like, you know, maybe if I do one snippet until the release of the ebook just to like ramp you up. Because I know some of y'all are gonna be like, girl, I got the book box, but F it, give me that ebook. I need to find out what happens now. I'm super excited about House of the Commie. I hope you guys are too. And until the next snippet drops, I'll see you later.