Character interview with Izzorah Ceeow Saint-Cyr as told to Kayelle Allen
(Izzorah can't read/write in our language, though he can speak it).
Kayelle: What's your name?
Izzorah: I'm Izzorah Ceeow
Saint-Cyr. I'm so excited to add that last part. I just married Luc Saint-Cyr
and he's the most amazing person. Do you know him? I could introduce you.
Kayelle: Where did you grow up?
Izzorah: My homeworld is Felidae,
and my people are called Kin. We look a little different from humans, but
that's okay. It must be hard not having ears that let you tell others what's on
your mind. We use ohtikshah (ear language) and can relate all sorts of
information. Like if you see us lay our ears all the way back, flat against our
heads, we're not happy. If they're up and facing you, we're interested. There
are lots more. I wish humans did have decent ears. It would be a lot easier to
understand you. I have oval pupils, like a human cat. (I think Izzorah means a
domestic cat that humans have for pets.) And, what else... Oh, and claws that
hide under my fingernails. So my hands look like yours unless I flex my claws.
Fangs, but not like a vampire or anything. Ours are smaller. If you saw us
barefoot you'd see we have claws on our feet. To me, human feet look weird. No
offense. I'm just surprised you can walk with those things. And how do you
climb trees? I feel a little sorry for humans, but that doesn't mean I don't
like you.
Kayelle: During what time period
does your story take place?
Izzorah: I had to ask Luc about
this. He says it's 4664 Tradestandard. I have no idea what year that is on my
world. We have 450 days in a year and Tarth (where I live now) has 360. It gets
confusing. Oh, and he said it's about 15 thousand years ahead of where you are
now.
Kayelle: What's your story/back
story? Why would someone come up with a story about you?
Izzorah: Kayelle says she wanted to
give Luc a story, because he had broken up with Wulf, and he was depressed, so
she came up with me. In reality, she just taps into our world and we let her
share our stories with people. We're real, you know.
Kayelle: What's your goal in this
story?
Izzorah: I have to pass a special
test. Luc's people call it a fealty test -- which means loyalty. It's a do or
die situation and I don't have a choice in whether to do it.
Kayelle: What conflicts are you
facing?
Izzorah: I have to find items
hidden around the city, while evading a group of hunters whose job it is to
stop me anyway they can. Kayelle says I can tell you this -- we're immortal,
and these hunters will even kill me if that's what it takes. I'll come back to
life, but who wants to die and go through all that pain? The others say that
rebirth is agony. I'll have to deal with it someday, but for now, I want to
avoid it. If I don't pass the test, I'll be thrown out of the empire. It's
scary thinking about it. If I pass, I'll be accepted into the strongest group of
immortals in the galaxy.
Kayelle: Do you have a plan for resolving them?
Izzorah: Oh, yes. Luc has trained
me and we have some plans that I can't tell you about. But right now, one of
the immortals who is supposed to hunt me isn't here, and he's someone everybody
seems to either hate or fear. He's what Luc calls a wildcard. So I hope that
works out!
Kayelle: Is there anything else
you'd like us to know about you?
Izzorah: That I'm crazy in love with Luc, and I'm excited I get to spend my life with him. Oh, Kayelle says I should mention this too. My people have kahlah, the ability to smell emotions. Mine is better than most, which Luc says is because I was enhanced before birth, which also made me immortal. Anyway, you can't lie to a Kin. We smell lies almost before you say them, and I can read every change while you're making a decision. Took years before I realized my ability wasn't like other people's. But that ability also made me a target in a way. Kayelle says you'll have to read the story to find out about that. I'm glad she told my story, because it's also about Luc, and I am very proud of him. I call him t'hahr, which means my heart. Because he totally is.
Surrender Love by Kayelle Allen
An immortal alpha male. An illegal, near-blind rock
musician. And twelve thousand years of lies...
Izzorah
survives by hiding both his illegal status and his blindness for fear of
banishment.
Luc's
immortal blood can heal Izzorah's sight—but only Izzorah's love can heal Luc's
heart.
Luc might
risk violating the highest law among the immortals by sharing his blood, but it
means revealing the truth of what he is, and that means baring every damning
secret, every twisted truth, and twelve thousand years' worth of dirty hidden
lies.
With no
guarantee their love can survive that kind of truth...
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I had fun writing this, because I love Izzorah's "voice." He's innocent and full of joy and life. I love writing about him. Thank you for letting me come share with your readers.
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