On Meeting Dominus: Pierce Brown

**Alert: Contained spoilers**

You've been warned!

When National Bookstore announced that Pierce Brown will come in the 2017 Philippine Readers and Writers Festival, I immediately start reading Red Rising that's been in my life- long TBR List. I truly enjoyed devouring the first book in the trilogy and started the second book, Golden right after. I joined for Facebook Groups, international and local, and 'fangirled' my way through the event.

I even encouraged my local co- Howlers, which made everyone excited, to join me on wearing wolf hats to promote the fandom.

I stalked on Pierce Brown's Instagram to keep tabs on his adventure in the Metro.

I invited fellow Pinoy bookstagrammers to join the bandwagon and fangirls every gory time.

And when the day finally came, I woke up early, 2am, clad in my sneakers, Omnis Vir Lupus shirt and tattered jeans, I marched (well, I rode the bus) to the venue, howler hats in tow.

Fellow Howlers immediately claimed their gears when I arrived at around 4:30am. Some fans actually camped out to secure a lower number signing pass.

Being early paid off for I was number 14th in the line! Yaaas!

When Pierce Brown's Author's Spotlight came, I was so thrilled I couldn't even howl (the host encouraged us as greeting to 'The' Dominus). I was so starstruck that I couldn't even! Ugh.

The talk went on as his did his usual in an event; talk about his book. He was so funny and I'm glad I read the first two books first so I could relate to what he was discussing.

He was asked by the host if the would become character in his Trilogy, what color would he be. Pierced answered jokingly that "[He'd] probably died right away".

Pierce shared that Sevro Au Barca (my favorite character) was inspired from his childhood bestfriend, a guy name Alex Wakeland (he's a celebrity in the Official Red Rising Fan Base: Hic Sunt Leones).

“Sevro is also based on a human being I grew up with…When we were younger we burned

down a barn. He was my bestfriend growing up in Iowa.”

I was so nervous when the time of the signing came. I was worried that I'd be too starstrucked to even utter a 'Hi.' But he was so nice (maybe he notices that I was nervous?) and he started the conversation.

And I asked him a very important question.