Interviewer: Gabriel, thank
you for being here.
Gabriel: Thank you for having me. It is a joy being
here. Please by all means call
me Gabe, all my friends do.
Interviewer: What can you tell me about Guardians Inc.,
the business you run.
Gabriel: Guardians Inc, our protection agency, was
formed over a hundred years ago by me and the six other members of the elite
force, Sekhmet’s Guardians, who came to Earth almost six thousand years ago. We
operate openly in the human world, having offices around the world. We protect
dignitaries, world leaders, rock legends, the rich and famous and anyone who
needs our services.
Interviewer: Are you telling me you are six thousand years old?
Gabriel: Close enough.
Interviewer: Wow! You don’t look
a day over thirty.
(I can tell Gabe is starting to relax. He
takes his sunglasses off and places them on my desk, stretches then smiles up
at me before answering.)
Gabriel: Thank you.
(I can tell Gabriel is in excellent shape.
When he first entered the room, he literally took my breath away. Standing 6’8”
and weighing in around 275 lbs this black haired man is quite the piece of eye
candy.)
Interviewer: How long did it take
you to convince Ms. Nelson to write your story?
(A smirk came over Gabe’s face.)
Gabriel: I bugged the shit out of her for over several
years. You see I first met V when she was teaching in Cairo
Interviewer: What did you finally
do to make her write your story?
(Gabe’s eyes lit up and another smile came
over his face.)
Gabriel: That’s
simple… I refused to let her sleep… and if she did, I entered her dreams. I
continued to show our story to her nightly and during times when she was
relaxed. Humans are so easy to distract.
Interviewer: That wasn’t very
nice, was it?
Gabriel: Hey, it
got her attention and got the book written, didn’t it?
Interviewer: So what was it like,
seeing and meeting Jennifer for the first time? Was it love at first site?
(Gabe closes his eyes and smiles as if he
is remembering then answers.)
Gabriel: The first time I saw her she literally took my breath away. Sadly, she didn’t think
too highly at me at the time.
Interviewer: Really?
Gabriel: Yeah, if I
remember correctly, her first words to me were, “get the fuck away from me,” or
something to that effect anyway.
Interviewer: I just can’t imagine any woman telling you to take a hike.
Gabriel: Yeah, well she was the first… She’s an
amazing creature for such a tiny thing. Jennifer may be less than five foot
tall but after she accepted her Selkie nature there was no holding her back.
(I can’t help but laugh)
Interviewer: I heard someone say the two of you together look like the
proverbial Mutt and Jeff...
Gabriel: I guess in a way we do, but I really like her being so
tiny. I could talk about Jennifer all day but then I would have to deal with V when
I get home because I would end up sharing too much of the story. So let’s move
on, shall we?
Interviewer: What can you tell us about the others that came to Earth with
you?
Gabriel: My brethren and I have known each other for a
long time. We were raised together in New Tuat, our home world. Each of us
joined the elite fighting force, Sekhmet’s Guardians then we were led to Earth
by Sekhmet herself. That was so long ago. I imagine we have changed a great
deal since then… As you know, even our names have changed. Up until recently we
were scattered across the world. As I mentioned, we have offices in several
other countries. I called everyone home to Chicago Lake Michigan Estate along with a couple of hundred recruits and
soldiers.
Interviewer: Out of those six who would you say you're closest to? Who is
your best friend?
Gabriel: I’m close to all of them. Raphael and I have
much in common… thought for a while I was going to lose Jennifer to his cowboy
charm -- his loss, my gain. Thankfully, he fell head over heels in love with
Jen’s baby sister Jessica. There story is highlighted in book two of the
series, Eternal Nights.
Michael has always been my confident. He’s
probably the most level headed of the bunch. Maybe that’s because he’s a doctor
-- who knows?
Ariel, Raziel, and Thomas; they’re all a
great bunch of guys, trustworthy, honest and great fighters. Ariel spent the
last fifty or so years running our L.A. Cairo
Interviewer: Didn’t you leave out someone? What about Lance?
Gabriel: Lance? My baby brother? What can I tell you
that you don’t already know? The kid is a genius, a geek and quite the ladies
man… Never seen him with the same lady twice. Maybe he’ll grow up—someday.
Watch for his story in December when book three, Eternal Blades is released.
Interviewer: The names you took during the crusades make all of you sound like
a bunch of ninja turtles. What's with the angel names? Raphael…Gabriel.
(Gabriel doesn’t answer me, but his eyes tell me I’m
treading on thin ice. Time to move on.)
Interviewer: We have time for one final question. How many books is V.S.
Nelson planning on writing about you and Sekhmets Guardians?
Gabriel: I believe she has eleven
planned including her most recent release but if I have my way there will be
more.
(Gabriel gives me a wink takes a drink of the water in
front of him then looks at his watch. Guess it’s time to wind this up.)
Interviewer: Gabriel, I’d like to thank you for being our guest today. Any
final words for our readers out there?
Gabriel: If you haven’t figured it out yet, I am a
man of few words, so I’ll just say this.
If your readers want to know more about me, Jennifer, or my brethren, I
suggest they pick up a copy of Sekhmet’s Guardians – Book One – Eternal Lovers
and begin the journey. I’m sure they will find the series not only hot but
exciting! Thank you again for having me, it’s been fun. I’m heading home now to
check out things on the compound and to give Jennifer a little surprise I
picked up on the way here.
(Gabriel pulls out a velvet ring box and shows me a
gorgeous ring then puts one finger up to his lips – mum is the word and God
knows I don’t want to disobey his silent command.)
Interviewer: Gabriel, before you take off… Did you by chance bring us a
snippet or two from V’s books?
(Gabriel pulls out a folded piece of paper from his
pocket and places it on my desk)
Using what strength he
managed to muscle up, he pulled her up to him and kissed her again. Making out
as if there were no tomorrow, the heat of their passion blazed alive with a
hunger that wasn’t even interrupted when Michael stood at the door and cleared
his throat.
“Well, I think my patient is
feeling better. If you two will come up for air, I need to check his wounds.”
Jennifer pulled back and
both their eyes turned to look at Michael, standing not two feet from them. She
blushed, he smiled. Jennifer stood back, breaking their contact. He grabbed her
hand before she managed to get away.
“Don’t leave,” he said.
“I’m not going anywhere. Let
Michael take a look at you. I’ll be right here.”
Michael came forward and
quickly checked his wounds. He checked the heart monitor. He looked up at the
empty blood bag and he listened to his heart.
Shaking his head, he said,
“You’re healing, but not fast enough. You need more blood. We have run out of
bagged blood because of all the wounded. I’ll send a donor to you as soon as
one is free.”
“He can have mine,” Jen
unrepentantly announced.
“Jennifer, you don’t know
what you’re saying.
“The hell I don’t!”
She turned and faced
Michael. “He needs blood right? I’ve got plenty. There is no need to wait or to
send for someone else.”
“Jen, Honey, Sweetheart;
listen to me… you don’t know what your saying, I can wait. I’ll be fine as long
as you’re with me.”
“No, Michael said you need
blood to heal. It’s okay, really… take mine.”
He wanted nothing more than
to taste her exquisite life giving substance, but he didn’t want it like this…
not when there was a chance he couldn’t control what he was doing.
“Jennifer, you don’t
understand, I don’t want to hurt you.”
“BULLSHIT! You need blood
and you’re taking mine!”
She thrust her wrist up to
his mouth.
He pushed her arm back down
on the bed. “Honey; you don’t understand. I don’t know if I can hold back with
you. I want you so much… I’m afraid I’ll hurt you.”
“Do you love me?”
“Yes but…”
“There are no buts. You need
blood and blood I have… Gabriel, I trust you… Take mine please.” She brought up her wrist to his mouth again.
“GOD DAMN IT GABRIEL! SHUT
THE FUCK UP AND DRINK!”
Gabriel looked at her and
knew he couldn’t resist her much longer.
“Michael, you separate us if
I lose control… even if you have to kill me. SWEAR IT!”
Michael placed his right
hand over his heart, nodding at him. The vow was given. He could hear Michael’s
prayer as if it was his own.
Gabriel’s fangs extended as
he took hold of her wrist. Looking up at her he said his own little silent
prayer. His eyes focused on her face as his fangs lengthened and he bit into
her tiny wrist.
It took
Jennifer almost two hours to catch up with her sister. There she was sitting on
a bolder at the bottom of Lake
Michigan . She estimated they were
somewhere near Cheboygan, far north of their residence.
“Jessica,
don’t run. Please, let’s talk.”
Jessica
didn’t even look up. Her arms were wrapped tightly around her chins holding her
in place.
“I wasn’t running from you. I just had to get away. You
will always be in my heart—the sister I once had.”
“Jess,
there is no reason to run. I think you mistook what Raphael said. He loves
you—just as you love him. Jess, you’ve never had a life that was truly your
own. Can’t you see that he was willing to sacrifice his own happiness for yours
by giving you a chance to choose? That is all he meant when he said those
things to you. Please Jess, don’t run. Come back with me… talk to him… let him
explain. I know you two can work this out.”
“Please
Jess.” The soft whisper of Raphael’s voice brought Jennifer’s head around and
Jessica’s head up. There standing on the bottom of the lake a few feet from
them was Raphael.
Jennifer
couldn’t help but laugh—Raphael looked not only pathetic in his misery but
looked absolutely ridiculous fully clothes with his shoes on at the bottom of
the lake.
Look for ETERNAL LOVERS – Sekhmet’s Guardians – Book one
on Amazon where it is available in print, large print and kindle format. Book
two, Eternal Nights is due to be released May 1st followed by
Eternal Blades December 1st.
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Thanks so much for hosting Gabriel and (me) today. Always, V
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