Saturday Snippet: All About the Hero

The Smokestack bar on the corner of Iberville and Decatur overflowed with locals, tourists, and thick cigarette smoke but Laurent Deveraux still felt alone. Seated at a small round table in the back corner of the dark room, he nursed a glass of whiskey. A moody blues ballad reverberated off the walls and soaked into his bones.

"Slow down there, buddy," Burke said as Laurent drained his glass. "Leave some for the rest of us."

"I doubt New Orleans is suddenly going to run out of whiskey, brother," Laurent said wryly.

Burke cut him a look. "What crawled up yer butt and died?"

"Nothing," he muttered.

He envied his brother's easy going attitude. Burke sat with his long legs stretched out in front of him as if he didn't have a care in the world. He moved his feet to the music and smiled when the waitress stopped by their table for the fifth time that night.

Laurent took another sip of whiskey. Would he ever be happy like that again? Most of the year he managed to shake himself from his funk. But not today.

His inner wolf felt caged. He wasn't known for keeping his temper leashed. What he needed was a good fuck.

He surveyed the crowd, his gaze falling on the females. He worked his jaw back and forth as he looked them over and dismissed them all just as quickly.

None of them were her.

And this close to the anniversary of her disappearance, no one else would do.

~ from Seduced by a Cajun Werewolf (coming soon)

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