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dIt maybe easier for Ben to lighten the wood work in the great hall than to help Brad get over Robbie. But this is Mark we're talking about. Now how will Will react? If Matt asks him for help, and tells him how he found Wade, maybe Will can see they both care about Wade and this will thaw their relationship a bit. Proving that Matt is not a totally bad guy, after all.

Interesting prologue, I thought the author sets the stage for the story. i guess Wade's rejection did that for Matt and maybe for the rest of the characters too. Reality can be a hard lesson. Thanks Mark for not letting us hang out without CAP stories to read, reread and cherish.

I was wondering what is the largest frigate? and how big will the Valiant be once she is refit?

Poor George, torn between two loves, the sea and his family. I wonder if he will ever be able to live with just one of them? Again he goes to sea, maybe Russia? At lest closer to home. Thanks for restoring George to command.The adventure begins!!

I am not sure if it is proper to review your comments, however, as you revealed the process of writing, I begin to understand how important these characters are to you, Over the whole saga, I can so many times see them , as if I where a guest at dinner, To see them grow, change. makes them more real. Many of us grieve along side the family. They are real to us we relate to them. It is not the normal family but it is a family for all its faults works. Never in a thousand years would JP ever thought he would have would up where he is. A story who can makes us cry one moment and laugh the next all in one chapter. I have used the words brave, courageous about you taking on this subject. All that is true and much more. You brought us into the towers, standing there covered with dust. You made us feel the loss and showed us the pain which had to follow and made it so real. And when we argue about the characters is it because they are real to us too. 911 is completed, a masterpiece in my mind All because of you, with the help of your team. As that horrible day changed us, our country and the world, this story changed us to, I believe it gives us the comfort that we can survive and there is hope for the future.

I remember way back in chapter 6 or round there, the first time we had heard JP since the beginning of this saga. It was a good feeling, it seemed right. As many said, it was like having a good friend back after being gone for a long time. I wondered what this final chapter could bring. Confrontation ? Not all is well, Wade, Zach, Matt and Will. But no, something much more precious. A fitting end. Through all the pain, and loss. Who was there? Mostly in the background, supporting each person. JP! I loved the walk with Isidore, the interaction with Will, and the conversation at dinner. What are the important things in life, Family. Not wealth or a place or things but Family. What a wonderful way to end this most difficult story. Nothing could be better. Again Mark has hit the nail on the head. The perfect ending!! Thanks Mark and your team.

Only one more left? I almost always read each new chapter twice before commenting on them. What do I say about this chapter that the other readers have not said? And may I add said well. Much of it I agree with, for we all have our different view points. I see Wade as the head of his family, and Tiffany as his partner at this time. Whether their union will bear fruit is something for the next book. Mark said Wade wears power well. That is very true compared to his mother who does not. Now we come to Elizabeth, evil incarnate? Can she change? Again, it is something for the next book. However, if Zach can change, could not Elizabeth? We come to Will, Zach, and Gathan. I wonder about only one condom. But again that may be only the moment of passion speaking. This chapter will no doubt be Thanksgiving in Claremont. With Will, Zach and Gathan uniting as they did one less conflict will arise. In this saga and in most of life holidays have been a mixed bag. We will see what happens. To end with an aside. I see and comparison between Wade and Tiffany and George and Caroline. With the separation between Wade and Matt, the George and Calvert, the relationship between Wade and Tiffany and George and Caroline has became stronger. As Wade would say, the 20% has come out. Is this a good thing? Maybe for now it is. Again something for the next book? Finally, my thanks to Mark and his team, for an outstanding story, taking on a difficult task and doing that with courage, strength, and compassion in only a way Mark can do. Thank you again for all those hours of joy and happiness, even though some of it was spent in tears and sadness over the loss of Robbie, Jeanine, Hank and Jeff.

One of the most interesting things bout Mark and his story is that each chapter creates more questions than it answers. Zach moving to California. Only an hour away. But what about this girl who was kissing Zach. Did something happen in NJ what we don't know about? Zach seems not to be as happy as I would think he would be. With Frank and Isidore in the picture I would think Wally and Clara have been shut down. Why do I get a bad feeling about all this. I do think it will be harder to keep things under wraps in California with Will so close. I still think something is up we haven't been told about. Trouble on the horizon. As for Wade, hope seems to have died with his relationship with Matt. I just hope that Wade isn't effected by this. Sometime people withdraw after a failed relationship. Wade is too good a person for that to happen. Words of Tonto come to my mind " Love is always worth it. Never give up on love." This is a bitter sweet moment, a wonderful new chapter. one less chapter before this book ends. I said this before but it is true, this is your best work. To take on this topic must have taken a lot of courage, but was worth the pain and sadness. Your best work!! For you and your team.

Mark, if you didn't write so good, no one wound care about these characters and this chapter wouldn't not be as sad. Wade finally said it. He didn't love Matt anymore. How that must have hurt both of them to the core. Then we have Will and Zach in a relationshjp that in the long run can't work. All things seem to be zoned into Thanksgiving in Claremont and the confrontation between Will, Zach and Wally and Clara. Why do I find it hard to see a happy ending? Three more chapters? Only a master storyteller can keep us on the edge of our seat. And you Sir, have done that time after time. I look forward to the end of this part of the tale and the beginning of the next.

I've always thought JJ is a lot stronger than he thinks he is.

I can see it, for the first time, I can see the happy ending How can there be a happy ending? After 9 11 it seemed impossible. Long time ago, another thing multible POV seem not working. Now it would be possible to tell the story. We need it get in the minds of each character. See how JJ hurts, how Brat see his sons. Understand how these people are coming together for support. It was good to see Zach and Will helping JJ. But what was the best was Frank. Over the years Frank has been in the back ground, Just there. Not today as the head of the Hayes family and a person who rarely interjects himself. He stands up for Zach. He is somebody Wally has to listen to. Good thing for him and Zach. Thanks Mark for another awesomw chapter. Now the only situation is Matt and Wade. I am starting to believe in happy ending again.

I hate to remind you but Frank is out there too. I honestly think Matt will be the hardest case.

To be back here so soon is a very good thing. Llke Mark I was tired of the arguing. However, things seem to be better now. Like this new chapter a calm place for the moment. Drama is never far from the CAP world. That's why we love it so much. We can see the storm clouds gathering. JJ is back in New York. Was it real? Did we really loose them? Are they really gone? Some people have brought up JJ's coach. This however is different, no longer in the shadows. Will, Brad and Stef are there. We have forgotten one else, Frank, this is the first time he has been to the sight too, since that day. Grief is the terrible thing that can haunt you forever. It has broken many people, some have risen stronger some never recover. As I said before, Mark set upon the task of telling this story. Not just the day of 9 11 but the aftermath of it, in the lives of these characters. It is not a easy process, one that is stopping and starting, steps backward. All that and each person is different. And what is worse it is a process that must be done almost all alone. What will happen? Who will recover and who will not? How will they be changed? All this and more. At this point I wonder if Mark would start this again? To that I say, it needs to be told. And I believe has been told unbelievable well. For that I thank Mark. Not many could have done it, and no one could have done it better. Thanks Mark for coming back to us. I for one am so happy you are back. With only a few chapters left, so much to do. Matt and Wade. Will and Matt. Matt and Tony. Brad and his sons. Frank. A few more twists and turns, Oh Zach and Will. And why did Aaron die now? When I was telling someone about the story, he wonder how Mark could keep all these characters straight. To that I said most of them are gay. Thanks Mark for coming back, even though it was a short time. Thanks for all your work and that of your team. Thanks for the endless joy you have given me and your other readers. And one more thing, know that you are loved and your are not alone here on the net. Thanks again.

Greetings, this is my last post for a while. I am honest;y too tired of arguing. It seems like some people believe one thing and other believe something else. The going back and forth is wearing me out. So from now on I will keep I thoughts to myself. It will be better that way. Thanks Mark for all your wonderful work. Know you have brought me many hours of happiness over the years. Know that I will always follow your stories with great interest.

Something Mark said here and in the comments to the reviews hit me hard. Matt is alienating himself from all those who love him so that they or he don't get hurt. Is Tony the safe haven? If that is true, the alienation part, someone needs to step in. I got a vision of Jeff Hayes. alone, sad and ready to end it. Who can help? On;y one person has the power to do it, Brad.

Well Sorry again. When John asked about Matt's half brother and sister I thought about Darius, JJ and Will which was in Bloodline, however Matt did meet his bio mother's children in Claremont in the Box. The sense with Matt meeting Robbie for the first time just stuck in my mind and I forgot about the others.

I have followed this story long before Bloodlines. People have talked about the Hayes curse. I don't believe in that. People live their lives and they are in the end responsible for what happens, not fate. 9 11 has been the story about loss and reaction to that loss. Never did I think this would happen. Where is the Matt of three years ago? The Matt who has looking for true love, not just sex. The Matt who thought family was important. Where is he? For me none of this makes any sense. Look at what this has done to the family. Something I thought would never happen, they were sperchless. Even Stef. Every time I think there maybe hope for Wade and Matt it seems to be gone. Broken by Matt. Robbie had his times of madness too. And to live with Brad wasn't always a prefect ride, but this is different. The thought comes to me, that now is the time we could have used Robbie. Both helping Will and dealing with Wade and Matt. But he is gone. And that brings us back to 9 11. How much is this, what is happening is because of it. Or would some of these things happened anyway? That is the question of the day. And no one has the answers.

Sorry to point out Mark's mistake but Matt meet his half brothers and Robbie in chapter 5 or 6 of Bloodlines. Brad talked to Alejandro in Millennium and Hot Jeff appeared at Escorial after 9 11 to comfort Will.

Just a little more than seven years ago, a young wide eyed 15 year old George Granger stepped out of his father's carriage and into a new life. Who would have guessed this young man would be where they are. His father raised to a Duke, on the Privy Counsel and having the order of the Garter. George married, a post captain, knight of the Bath, a Viscount and Peer all at 22. In the good graces of both the King and the Prince of Wales. What a wonderful ride!! Thousands of miles, marvelous adventures, some loses but many loyal friends a long the way. Not bad for the second story. Thanks so very much!!!

For a long time, the Earl had hoped and prayed for an advancement, but this to became a Duke. And everybody with know who helped, George. Such a happy event, but a little sad. The end of a wonderful story, which must rack with your best work so far. Thanks for this great story and creating our noble hero, George Granger!!

Mark this was one of your more interesting chapters. With all the drama, but something much more. I loved the interaction between Darius, JJ and Will. Forget the blood they are real brothers. JP's knowledge of both Will and Wade. and last, Will and Stef. Some families just have the fighting and drama, not the rest. It is the rest which make this family work. They have problems, loss and pain, but they have each other too. Is there hope for Wade and Matt? Maybe. Before this chapter I would not have thought so. Thanks Mark for warming me up, on a cold Minnesota winter day.

It seems that we are looking at Matt and Wade differently. I see Matt stuck in the past as the BMOC. Wade is looking forward to the future, grad school and his future. As for who Wade could love, his lawyer Sean would fit. They both are looking to the future. Honestly, at this point I don't understand Matt. Back in Bloodlines I liked Matt his was happy maybe a little confused but out there looking for love, and not just sex. He thought it could be this person (Cody) and then that person (Cole), Then a night of cuddling with Wade changed everything. At first they had a rocky start but then things seemed to work out. It was only later when Matt was seeing Carl that things began to fray. Matt wanted to see other people, Wade would rather it just be the two of them. So here we are can it be fixed? Things look bad. Two people going two different directions.

I always thought it would be Darius, Matt wouldn't make it out of basic training. His temper.

This new foe is much more difficult even for a seasoned warrior like Granger. I wonder if Bertie is in danger? He has a nack of making money, but also upsetting some people. What is sad for George is you can feel the pull of the sea, even so soon after his homecoming. It will come but for now his battles are on land, I fear. Thanks for the wonderful chapter. However as others I say that with sadness knowing that the story will end soon.

I hope not. David said something in his review that I don't agree with. That is very rare. I believe that Wade always wanted a relationship with Matt and just Matt. However he settled with what they had. Now Wade is at the end of his rope. He wonders if Matt will ever grow up. At this point he is willing to give Matt up because of it. It is not the last six months but the last 3 1/2 years.