{"id":23955,"date":"2025-10-12T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T15:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=23955"},"modified":"2025-10-04T22:07:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T05:07:44","slug":"sylum-snippet-birthday-fun-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-snippet-birthday-fun-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylum Snippet (Birthday Fun!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6155\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-advent-december-2nd\/taibhrigh_banner-sylumteasersnippets-final\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/taibhrigh_banner-SylumTeaserSnippets-final.jpg?fit=500%2C208&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,208\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"taibhrigh_banner-sylumteasersnippets-final\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/taibhrigh_banner-SylumTeaserSnippets-final.jpg?fit=500%2C208&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6155 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/taibhrigh_banner-SylumTeaserSnippets-final.jpg?resize=500%2C208&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/taibhrigh_banner-SylumTeaserSnippets-final.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/taibhrigh_banner-SylumTeaserSnippets-final.jpg?resize=150%2C62&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/taibhrigh_banner-SylumTeaserSnippets-final.jpg?resize=400%2C166&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/taibhrigh_banner-SylumTeaserSnippets-final.jpg?resize=387%2C160&amp;ssl=1 387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And another fun snippet.\u00a0 \u00a0I keep checking back to my old long list of possible characters for snippets for inspiration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">One of the stories I&#8217;m working on is next segment of Mission Impossible Series.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This snippet covers two of the characters requested.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Benji knew Wilhelm was pissed, but also understood that one of them had to get away from Lamont aka Huntley to find out what was going on.\u00a0 \u00a0A random ticket for one of his favorite opera&#8217;s, along with a planet ticket to Vienna was such an Ethan Hunt move, he was surprised Huntley wasn&#8217;t suspicious.\u00a0 \u00a0Or maybe he was, and just wanted to see what would happen.\u00a0 \u00a0Or use it as a trap to bring Ethan in.\u00a0 He was already pissed about the wild chase of Ethan&#8217;s family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Though Reacher was new and Benji had so many questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He sent his Mate a selfie of him in his perfectly tailored tuxedo to their private awesome phones, he still hadn&#8217;t figured out where they came from no matter how hard he tried.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Benji smirked at the filthy comments and emojis he received.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It didn&#8217;t take him long to get from the hotel to the Opera House, and he wasn&#8217;t surprised when a package was slammed into his chest but some unknown person.\u00a0 \u00a0The moment he slipped on the glasses and heard Ethan&#8217;s voice something inside of him settled.\u00a0 Benji knew his Sire was safe, and no amount of ranting or tasks force the CIA sent out, would find him &#8211; unless he wanted to be found.\u00a0 \u00a0But he also didn&#8217;t like the fact he was out there by himself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He could practically hear Luther&#8217;s scoffing, but Benji knew there had been moments the two were separated &#8211; hell he broke Ethan out of a Russian Prison for godssake!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Are you okay?&#8221; He asked after Ethan gave him instructions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;I&#8217;m fine.&#8221;\u00a0 There was a softness to his Sire&#8217;s voice, which usually meant he was touched at Benji&#8217;s concern. &#8220;I&#8217;ve not been alone.\u00a0 \u00a0Luther&#8217;s kept track.\u00a0 Plus I have friends in place Lamont wishes he had.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Benji chuckled as he stepped out of the metro and headed towards the Opera House.\u00a0 &#8220;Are you going to tell me what is going on, or is this need to know while running from the bad guys thing.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The laugh was genuine.\u00a0 &#8220;I hope you brought good shoes.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Made sure to have some good insole support.&#8221;\u00a0 He couldn&#8217;t help the smile, as he made his way to the less crowded entrance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Through the front Benji.&#8221;\u00a0 Ethan ordered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He paused looking around trying to see where the spy was located.\u00a0 He took a deep breath.\u00a0 &#8220;That might not be a good idea &#8230; 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