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Beep. Beep. Beep. Okay, that was annoying. It was a sound I was familiar with though. I tried to open my eyes, but they wouldn't work. I shifted, the hard mattress underneath me and the chemical smell that seemed to coat my tongue confirmed it. I was in the hospital. "Ellis?" Feelings of relief swamped me, and it took me a minute to realize they weren't mine and remember why. I'd been blocking our bond, and Dav had convinced me to pull down the walls I'd built between us without even knowing

Aww, you're sweet hun. 'Tap that' snickers

You didn't read between the lines about the Weyrs in the Pern series did you? Also the Robenton, Menolly, Sebell triangle. Remember how only male candidates impressed other than the queens? Remember how greens often went 'proddy' and bred because they were females but chewing stone to fight thread made them sterile? So... what happens when those greens mate and their riders are caught up in it through their bonds? It was subtle but it was there. There was a subtle thread of disapproval about the licentious weyrs because of that and the freedom the women had in choosing partners as well on the parts of the Holders, sometimes it wasn't so subtle, lol. I grew up reading McCaffrey. When I was 11 my teacher loaned me every book she had written at that point and I devoured them. That began my love of science fiction and it's still going strong almost 20 years later. I've most of her Pern books and quite a few of her other ones as well. Such a shame to lose and author as well loved as she is by her fans. Oh, and I suggest you read Dan's Rider's Pride if you love Pern. I'm not big on fanfiction but it's seamlessly fit into the world and her writing style imo. A wonderful read that I've gone back to time and again.

Wow, that was incredibly emotional. A tad confusing during the tree scene but very well done with the emotions of the characters. Noel's confusion and upset definitely came through.

Yep. Not only is the author sorting very versatile by various means but look at your basic search options. Author Group, Category, Genre, Tags, Status, Rating, and Length. AND you can arrange the results by title, publish date, or last update. AND you can choose to include peer review (usually newer) authors or not. GA Stories is fully customizable for readers when it comes to finding the type of stories that you want to read. The basic author search is one small facet of the options for readers. I know when I find new story sites I rarely search or choose what I want to read over an author's name. I go for story type, or title at least, because that gives me some idea of the content I'm looking at. I would think most people are similar. We get the gripe, and some agree, but it's just the way the system reads names. We just want to point out that there are many many other ways around that one part of GA Stories.

Hi Adam. The site is great for motivation from readers and developing a beta/editing team if you don't already have one. Welcome to GA and good luck with your story.

not ideal indeed... lol Your description of migraines is quiet realistic... one would do anything to make the pain go away. Ellis' reaction was totally understandable. So you ask us to speculate again? Okay... maybe Ellis' migraines have something to do with his heritage? Didn't you mention he might have Carthera blood in him? This would also explain why his brother has a Carthera mate too. Thanks for the good chapter. I liked Dav's jealous side and that it wasn't a full reconciliation (yet ) No like the c Well I get migraines myself. Not the type that I wrote in for Ellis, but the pain... yeah, that I'm unfortunatly intimately familiar with. I love your speculation. If it's right or not???? hmm... have to wait and see, no spoilers! Thanks so much for reading and reviewing, Aditus, I'm glad you continue to enjoy the story!

The next chapter might answer your question... maybe. We'll see how nice I am as an author. I'm not usually I think in real life if someone makes a monumental mistake, a hand job and a bunch of emotion wouldn't quite fix it so I can't let it happen for them either. Relationships are hard work, especially when one person tries to kill the other one, LOL! Thanks for reading Elezbed!!

Always have to add in a twist! It wouldn't be fun without it. I'm glad you liked the chapter and the fact that Dav and Ellis are at least openly bonded again. As to what that will mean for them and if they can still recover a relationship... well, time will tell. I'm already a 1/3 of the way done with the next chapter so I shouldn't have a long delay again, even with the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. Thanks for reading hun!

That sounds lovely Dee! Welcome to GA! I hope you enjoy the site and GA Stories. The system is custom built to help readers find exactly what they like to read and authors to get their work to their fans. Feel free to drop me a line if you ever have any questions!

Thank you. You haven't been subjected to one of the public discussions Lugh and I have had about fantasy having rules and having to be realistic. If you don't base some part of your story into something the reader can believe they don't really relate to the story well. I love fantasy and half animals/half people type characters tickles that part of me but I like to make sure they hold true to the animals people know as well. I know that love at first site/mate bonding isn't realistic but I love using it to easily explain their connection. However, then I have to make sure I really make their lives believable with the ups and downs all people face. This story line is one I have absolutely fallen in love with and I have no idea where it will end up or with how many tales, but as long as the ideas keep coming, I'll keep writing! Thanks for reading and reviewing!

Yes, a few of these could definitely be expanded and this is one of them. The story, Married to the Enemy, was a larger short story from one of the prompts that I posted that I'd like to possibly continue at some point as well. The biggest thing about the prompts is that there isn't any pressure to do that, to make up a whole story, but I do get to be creative and try new things. I can always go back, right? Thanks so much for reading Labrador, I am glad you liked the story!

Hi Rik Gupta! Welcome to GA and thanks for tracking me down. That is a huge compliment! For my Carthera stories I really do try to hold true to the animal characteristics that their clan would have based on snakes, jaguars, falcons, ect... while also adding in some fantasy of course. I don't think I could stretch snakes into hermaphrodites or anything though because it's just not realistic. Funny with a fantasy story, I know, but I do try to keep it to some limits. I do a lot of research on each animal before I start a new story. I'm very glad you're enjoying the series, and this story especially. Thanks so much for reading, and reviewing, and your suggestion. I hope you continue to enjoy the story!

Well, Hosted and Promising Authors still have the Author tab listing independent of GA Stories as well, so they're not exactly lost in the mix everywhere. That's where I found the people I read first on the site when I joined.

Life isn't that easy and I definitely wouldn't be that nice to my characters, lol! The migraines... well, I don't want to do any spoilers but I will tell you that you'll find more out about them in the next chapter. Thanks for the review!!

I missed this review. I am evil, I know. I'm glad you are enjoying the story anyway, lol.

Awww I missed your comment Bandage! Thanks so much, I'm glad the tension is staying in a nice steady arc in this story, even with all the additional parts and characters. For everyone, Ch. 10 is now posted. Sorry for the extra delay, I've been very sick. Enjoy!!

I sat in my car and stared at Dav. My heart was pounding and the pain in my head spiked from the rush of adrenaline. The last week had been a dream come true at first, and then my worst nightmare. I didn't want to face the man who had broken my heart. I looked at my keys, seriously considering just starting the car back up and driving away. There was tapping at my window before I could do it though. I jerked a bit, startled. "Ellis? Why are you just sitting in your car? Are you okay?" Davis tr

Welcome Elisabeth to GA as well! Glad you finally decided to join us and leave rest of the lurkers still in the shadows. We don't bite! (well, most of us) LOL

"Oh my god, I think I killed him." "Pull over." Ted shoved his door open as soon as the car came to a stop by the curb. He ran over to the dog in the middle of the road. The poor animal was whining and trying to get up. "Oh, thank god, he's not dead." Ted glanced up at his date who was standing a few feet away staring at the poor dog. "She actually. And no, she's not dead but she might be if we don't hurry. Do you have a blanket in your car? "Uh yeah." Bryce just stood there. Ted's eyes wi

I commented in the topic too but I really liked this. A government conspiracy story... from you? How unexpected! LOL.

Check out the writing prompts! These are great and can really inspire you to get creative. Often I'll take 30 minutes to do a prompt and then take another look at my story or chapter I'm working on and the juices are flowing so I can get past whatever is blocking me. Then I often post my writing prompt stories in a collection here in GA Stories. I called mine Dribbles and they can be anywhere from a couple of hundred words to 1.5k or so. Anyway, you can find the prompts here.

LOL, Old man! Actually I think it's silly too but I'd seen him before since he was on iCarly and my girl likes that show. It is pretty talented even if I think it's silly.

Welcome again Harmonic Dreamer! Good job on getting your Author status and good luck posting your story. Hi Mac Marcos. I'm glad to see you leave your lurker status and join in. I hope you get up the courage to share your story soon, new authors are always more than welcome!