Welcome to Hunky Alpha Wednesday with Juliette Cross and her Hunky Alpha Lucius Nightwing from SOULFIRE (Note: Lucius is a dragon-hybrid of the Morgon race.)
Let’s get a closer look at our Hunky Alpha, shall we?
Oh my, oh my, oh my! It is sure getting warm in here!
So Lucius?
What is your favorite drink? Scale Ale beer, a microbrew imported from the Morgon-only province of Drakos.
Favorite Food? Steak…bloody. It’s the dragon genes.
Best Date? I’m not sure that I’ve ever been on an actual date. Morgons don’t try others on for size, so to speak. We seek lovers when we need to scratch that itch, or we find our mate, then all is said and done. But if I had to recall one of my best days, it would be the first time I took my mate, Jessen, flying over the Feygreir Mountains to a secluded field where we had a private picnic away from the city. The day was memorable…in many ways. Most of all in the way she looked at me, as if her world was only right with me in it. I know that mine doesn’t exist without her.
Worst Date? Every empty night spent with a woman that wasn’t Jessen. Sex can’t satisfy when I always needed more, needed her.
What do you notice first in a woman? Her eyes. And the way she moves across a room.
What is your biggest pet peeve with women? Vanity in a woman annoys the hell out of me. A man can see a woman’s worth without her excessive and shallow attempts to flaunt her assets.
Use three words to describe yourself. Tenacious, Observant, Protective.
If you could meet anyone who would it be? Radomis Nightwing, the dragon father of us all. I’d like to ask him what it was like to be a dragon king with a human queen. Among other things.
What is one secret that you don’t want people to know about you? I’m an artist. While many Morgons excel in creative fields, it isn’t considered an acceptable path for a dominant, for one of the Nightwing clan. I keep my secret passion within a tight circle of family and friends.
SOULFIRE excerpt from Lucius’s POV:
“Are you listening to me, Morgon?” The venom in his voice reeked of aggression. I raised the arches of my wings—a warning. The fool continued to stare me down.
Though I had no right to keep her, I sure as hell wasn’t placing her back into the hands of this dick. “She’s not going anywhere with you. I suggest you leave.”
He sucked in air, hard and fast, nostrils flaring. His face darkened to a mottled red, the veins in his neck bulging. “If you know what’s good for you, creature, you’ll bring her back to me.”
I chuckled. What he didn’t understand was that foul words and empty threats by worthless men did nothing to me. I crossed my arms across my chest. “Make me.”
The idiot hauled back his fist and punched me square in the sternum, not moving me an inch.
I grinned. “You’ll have to do better than that.”
He tried again, aiming for my face. I wrapped my hand around his fist before it made contact and twisted hard. His body turned in reflex. I bent his arm and shoved his fist up between his shoulder blades. He yelped in pain. I pushed harder, craving the sharp snap of bone beneath my hands.
“Stop!” he cried out, panic in his voice.
“Hey.” The girl’s brother lurched forward. “Let him go.”
Holding onto the fool’s wrist, I grabbed the other by the back of his jacket and dragged them both out the door. With a violent shove, I pushed them into the parking lot. “Now get the fuck off my property before you piss me off.”
Her brother’s expression softened to one of understanding. On a level of rage, I still teetered between two and three. If pushed closer to ten, I could rip them in half and never bat an eye. He hauled up his asshole friend and headed to their car. “Kraven,” I called, sensing the man at my back.
“Yes, Lucius.”
“Destroy any video evidence of this mess.”
“Immediately.” He disappeared back into the club.
I watched till they were gone, then returned inside, catching her scent the second I crossed the threshold. A slow burn sparked in my chest, a flame of lust yearning for the body I’d held flush against mine moments before. A growl rumbled low from deep within. I clenched my fists and leashed the beast. I had no time for distractions, especially not a human woman. Not even a human with long hair brushing lush curves, dark eyes that could seduce a saint, and a full mouth that made my imagination wander, my body harden. She stirred the dragon on a primitive level. Only one thing to do. After clearing the club, I’d head upstairs and get rid of the girl.
Blurb:
In a world divided by prejudice and hatred, only love can bridge the chasm.
Tensions are rising in the Gladium Province. The boundary between humans and Morgons, the dragon-hybrid race, has begun to blur. While the human aristocracy strives to maintain distance between Morgon men and their daughters, fate has other plans.
Jessen Cade is the daughter of the wealthiest human family in the province. As corporate king, her father arranges a marriage to a man she detests, solely to increase the Cade empire. Feeling trapped by family duty and a loveless future, she longs for more, straying to the Morgon side of the city.
Lucius Nightwing is the eldest son of the most powerful Morgon clan, and the greatest enemy of Jessen’s father. When a bar-room brawl thrusts Jessen into his arms, his dragon roars to the surface, craving to sate his carnal hunger in the brown-eyed beauty. The beast in Lucius recognizes her as his own, even if the man refuses to admit the truth.
When star-crossed lovers succumb to burning desire, can love rise from the ashes, changing their world forever?
Author Bio:
Juliette calls lush, moss-laden Louisiana home where the landscape curls into her imagination, creating mystical settings for her stories. She has a B.A. in creative writing from Louisiana State University, a M.Ed. in gifted education, and was privileged to study under the award-winning author Ernest J. Gaines in grad school. Her love of mythology, legends, and art serve as constant inspiration for her works. From the moment she read JANE EYRE as a teenager, she fell in love with the Gothic romance–brooding characters, mysterious settings, persevering heroines, and dark, sexy heroes. Even then, she not only longed to read more novels set in Gothic worlds, she wanted to create her own.
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