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Herr Becker is a second level functionary lacking a spine…is it possible he may be the killer, having done so to protect the precious “rose bud?”….. Mmmm, I do like me bread and sausages…..

Damned of you do and dammed if you don’t?

Definitely needed a tissue warning….autumn hay fever ain’t nuthin to sneeze about… Were you having a “tissues needed” moment here? what why twisted?? 🤭

Well…just what is our missing person eating? And for the sake of fresh beans, clear Guy’s buffer, and how is Hollis’ magic button Doc not Doc? With a thanks to @drpaladin!

Oh Lordy, sounds just like a former employer….

BINGO…

And we will find out what that theory is near the last of the comments on the last chapter.

Hopefully Owen isn’t walking under a piano being moved in the near future…

Adrien should become their dogsbody with one of those black velvet collars around his neck with a tiny gold bell...As much as I feel he should have paid more of a price, he'd be fun to keep around for Lucien to growl at occasionally.... And making no promises about biting assholes gives new meaning to the old expression...Bite my ass!!! I am truly going to miss this story when it is over....

Good on River for letting his freak flag fly...

I like all of the comments and suggestions, like the Secret Author, the anthologies bring out some of the best from our very creative authors

Everything is gonna be all right and I am only here for the ride...where are you sitting @weinerdog

Beware the Tribbles....

I hate it when this happens when the bathroom is occupied.... Beside him, Science Officer Liam closed his eyes, his perfectly calm demeanor fracturing for just a second. "Fascinating," Liam whispered, his voice trembling slightly. "My internal body temperature has spiked by four degrees in a matter of seconds. My gastrointestinal tract is currently experiencing a catastrophic, localized rebellion." By chance, is Karen currently married to a Khan, and is he from a family of Krakens???

Thank you for this and loved the last line, it was fitting and perfect!!! Lennart smiled and spoke thoughtfully after Lars had hung up. ‘Somehow I’m happy you were not spotted in the neighbourhood of Trollhättan nine months before I was born.’

Just so youse guys know... @Josh Aterovis and @weinerdog

Interesting thought, duct tape imbued with Preparation H....possibilities are endless!!!

Including @weinerdog, I think I am being prodded, poked with a sharp keyboard, and I can see the holding back of treats, if I am getting the message correctly.... Is that so???? I'm currently finishing up two entries for the anthology, and a much longer story consisting of about a bazillion words.... If I begin to reread and comment, do the two of you promise to read all three of the stories I am about to post? Pinky swear and coerce your multitudes of friends and members of the korner krew to do so as well???

Is that the rash one uses Preparation H for?

Could not have said it any better... A new existence awaits; what will that future bring?

All that is left is a phone call to Adrien; the call to his sister and mother was poignant, and how he handles the future with them remains to be seen. Lucien left Eli with a choice; actually, he gave him that choice, and Eli answered without hesitation and willingly, of his own accord... The future is now left to the two of them, and up to them as to what to make of it...perhaps join a vampire book club, weekly poker game, sewing circle, midnight disc golf, who knows...the possibilities are endless...🤔

I think Lucien's possessiveness is simply a long-held desire, born of being trapped for some 300 years. Don't forget, the bond works both ways. Eli has assumed a subordinate role in the relationship...by choice. Both are getting something they each need...will it last? Is it enough? Eli is no longer 'invisible' but wanted and needed. Lucien finally gets someone who 'sees' him. Will this relationship temper? I suspect so...Will their roles in the bedroom reverse? Do they want it to? Who knows... I don't see either as a sociopath in how the Vespers were dealt with, but rather the cleaning of a slate of inequities. While Adrien serves another purpose- to feed Eli after being turned- I still think he is complicit in the deaths of one or more students, along with the breaking of another of the bonds holding Lucien, and he's still getting off easy....

The cost is due...now and a price is to be paid, I understand Adrien's walking out and never returning also has a part to play, but I can't forgive him or his actions....it wasn't a case of the Stockholm Syndrome either...

It has begun. Adrien is complicit in the deaths of students, or a student; he holds and gains no mercy from me. It will be interesting to see how all of this pans out...

I agree a fantastic beginning and I will be following this, I do have to ask, what happened to the parents? Hopefully they had insurance...