Excerpt: Alpha Males by D.J. Manly

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Alpha Males by D.J. Manly
Release Date: 09/2009
Publisher: eXtasy Books
ISBN: 978-1-55487-380-7
Buy Link: http://www.extasybooks.net/ebjmsite/index.php?page=shop.product_details&category_id=8&flypage=ebook_flypage&product_id=6398&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=44&vmcchk=1&Itemid=44

Blurb: Jade Hill liked his men submissive, and compliant, and his co-star Sandy, had been perfect in that respect, until he became fed up with Jade’s promiscuity and ran off with an actor in a supporting role. When Derrick Andrews gets called to audition for a role co-starring opposite the gorgeous and talented Jade Hill, he’s thrilled, until he meets his idol, who makes it painfully clear that he doesn’t approve of Derrick getting the role. In spite of Jade’s disapproval, Derrick gets the role, and discovers that Jade Hill is not easy to please. And Derrick is nothing like Sandy, who was willing to go along with anything, big, bad, Jade wanted. How often can two Alpha males butt heads before one of them surrenders?

Excerpt:

The camera´s followed him as he moved down the hallway. He opened the door to the bathroom, and took a step back. "Tyler."

Tyler, read Jade Hill, stood at the skin. The mirror was steamy, and he paused in mid stroke with the razor he had in his hand. Whew, he wasn´t naked completely. A big white towel was wrapped around his waist. The camera moved over the length of Jade´s body. Derrick was supposed to say something. He knew it, but the words didn´t come.

Jade turned around and looked at him, waiting.

"Ah, shit," Derrick said, "sorry. I drew a blank."

Jade swore and threw the razor in the sink.

The camera man crouched in the bathtub called for makeup. "More cream!"

"Sorry," Derrick said. "Sorry."

A few minutes later, they were all set up to go again.

"Take it from the beginning," Nat called out.

The little contraption snapped again. Derrick heard "Take two."

He walked down the hallway again, stopped at the door. "Tyler," he said, taking a step back.

Jade turned to look at him, pausing in mid stroke with his razor like he did before.

"I...I didn´t know anyone was in here, I´ll...." The scene called for Jody to look at Tyler with desire. That wouldn´t be a problem.

"It´s okay," he said, "I´m just finishing up." He lowered his face in the sink and wiped off the shaving cream, standing, reaching for the towel and wiping his face. The water droplets were running down his chest, either planned or accidental. Derrick was hypnotised by them. He licked his lips unconsciously, not sure if he was supposed to take a step into the bathroom, or not.

Jade backed up against the sink. "What are you doing?"

"You´re beautiful." He put his fingers inside the top of the towel. He was supposed to give it one tuck, and the camera would follow it as it fell to the floor. Then Jade was supposed to take the initiative...or Tyler, if you will and start to make love to him in the bathroom. But that´s not what happened. Derrick pulled at the towel, and as he did, he pressed jade against the sink, the towel opened but didn´t fall, and Derrick placed one hand on Jade´s chest and the other at the back of his neck and kissed him hotly. Pressed against his naked body disoriented him for a second, and he almost forgot they weren´t alone.

Jade didn´t however, and he was as angry as a bear. He shoved Derrick off of him, and picked up the towel. "What in the hell is wrong with you? Have you lost your mind? That´s not in the script. And why didn´t someone yell cut?" He was furiously wrapping the towel back around his waist now.

Derrick sighed. "I didn´t pull the towel off the right way, I´m sorry. It didn´t fall right and..."

Natasha was there.

"Why didn´t you cut the fucking scene?" Jade growled.

"It was hot. I liked the way it looked."

"It´s not in the script."

"So?" She shrugged.

"He´s not supposed to be the aggressor, I am," Jade ran a hand through his hair.

"I tell you it looked good. Don´t worry about it. Take it from there. Play the scene now as it´s written. Press Jody against the wall, Tyler, and kiss him."

Derrick met Jade´s eyes. "I´m sorry."

"Yeah, yeah, right. Learn your lines, and don´t improvise. This isn´t drama camp."

His lips twitched.

"What?"

"Nothing. Drama camp?"

"Never mind."

"Okay, take the towel off, Jade. Can we pick it up with that kiss? Hell, let´s play it over. Derrick honey, do what you just did," Nat called out.

Jade rolled his eyes.

"It was perfection the first time, think I can repeat it?" Derrick teased.

"Just do it," Jade growled.

Eight times, Derrick pulled open that towel, and eighteen times, he pressed his body against Jade´s naked groin and kissed him. Finally, he almost burst into tears when Nat said it was a take. And yes, he was hard. And yes, Jade knew he was hard. But for some reason, he had enough mercy on him not to mention it.

"Take a break," Nat called out.

Jade put the towel back on and walked out of the bathroom.

"You two are beautiful together," one of the writers came over to talk to Derrick as he too came out of the bathroom set and went to sit down. Someone brought him some ice water.

"Thanks," he said.

"I love what you did. You really felt that scene, and ah...such inspiration," he looked over to where Jade was standing, in deep discussion with Natasha, and smiled.

"Yes, I´m inspired," Derrick muttered.

"It´s one thing to write sex, but for two actors to play sex, well, I told Natasha, with two beautiful men like yourself, let it play naturally, do what you feel."

Um. Do what he felt? No. Dangerous, heart break, and possibly a fat lip. "You need to talk to Natasha about that. I´m supposed to follow the script."

"We have, and she agrees. A little more freedom won´t hurt."

Jade came walking over now, looking disgruntled. "They want spontaneity now," he looked at Derrick. "Thanks to you and your decision to write your own script today, they´re going to turn my movie into a god damned porno."

Derrick stood up. "It´s not my fault you can´t be spontaneous, and you have no God damned imagination when it comes to sex, missionary man who always have to be on top, Jade, are boring!"

There was silence on the set.

Jade´s eyes widened. "What did you call me?"

"Missionary man!"
"Look, you," Jade pointed at him, "you come onto the set today, don´t follow the

script, turn everything upside down, and then presume to know what I´m like in bed. You´ve got some nerve, buddy."

"Me, nerve? Just because you´re Jade Hill, you think you can..."

"Okay, okay, okay," Natasha said, standing in the middle now. "I don´t need my stars to have black eyes. Both of you in the conference room, now."