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I'm sure leasing the facility to the Army and possibly the other services will pay off handsomely in the long run. Mixed emotions on just one chapter left, hoping to revisit Struan and the gang down the road!!

When you think of it...I actually feel like I'm in second no damnit...third place thanks @Topnotch after @chris191070 cause there's no beating the regulars... The following was so frigging spot on...had me i n tears... Jed cleared his throat. “Blink and your kids are grown and having babies of their own. Sometimes, in the worst of cases, you bury your own child. Believe me when I tell you that every minute is a gift. Keeping you home with the kids is what’s best for everyone. Not just you, but for them and us.” “The entire family,” Trudy added in agreement, looking at her husband with great affection. Despite his best efforts, tears rolled down Kyan’s cheeks. “I worry you’ll resent me or think I’m taking advantage of you.” Jed chuckled. “As if we thought you were capable of such a thing.” “It can’t be cheap,” he reasoned, trying to find leverage where he could. Rent, utilities, food, clothes, gas, insurance. The list was endless. “I would argue it’s priceless,” his father-in-law countered. “Besides, we’ve spent thirty-plus years building our trucking business into what it is today. If we want to make sure our grandbabies have the very best in life, then we will. And if we want you to have the very best in life, then we’ll do that, too.” Trudy squeezed his hand. “Because we love you.”

Something makes me thin Craig's parents may be a tad more understanding than Seth's...Just a feeling.... As to Seth's mother and the bitch known as her twin...I love @weinerdog's mention of her phone and pictures...what's good for the goose.... I strongly suspect nuclear grade fireworks await Seth and I still think his father has been notified and may be on the way... Therapy is called for both Seth, his mother and sister. Surprisingly I am surprised Mommy Dearest hasn't been called to account...this is a massive loose end....As the wise old sage noted...like mother...like daughter...

A fitting conclusion to the second book and I very much look forward to the next... Thank you for taking the time to entertain us...it is appreciated!

Our padawan has more than his head up his backside, so glad he and Raven can cure the world...to be that young and stupid/foolish again... “I abhor labels. But if you press me on my philosophical underpinnings, then, while I empathize with the Gothic ethos, I'm more an anti-natalist, Nietzschean Nihilist, with shades of Secular Humanism.” Not sure if I had Travis's powers, I'd be tossing fireballs from hand to hand, however there are loads more tricks that can be done with balls....

Nothing like having witnesses to the various altercations...I for one, can't wait to see when the truth comes out, just how bad Marty, his father, and the lawyer get their collective asses clipped... One can only hope that Marty is too frigging stupid to escalate his issues and hopefully he's sent far away or locked up in Juvie...I am reminded of the following song..

Not quite what to say here other than a certain cat needs to be retired quickly for getting everyone into this mess... While all that was left of the battle the night before was an arm, I suspect the rest of whatever attacked our hero's gave our dragon a mighty case indigestion... https://duckduckgo.com/?q=mama+mia+that's+a+spicy+meatball+commercial&atb=v314-1&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D0om09RR6VdE

I want to share a plate(s) with Armand...and I gotta find out the chef's secrets...I'm sure love and comfort have much to do about it!! Lunch was served. Are all kids the same? He didn’t like his meal so he ate mine. He would take a bite off my plate and then smile. You had to like the kid. Arnaud rests well after his long labors throughout his life, a wing or part of a wing at the Louvre would be a fitting testament to his keen eye and appreciation for genuine talent... I am very much looking forward to the backstory of a certain young man, knowing he's surrounded by the immense love of his new 'adopted' family!!!

Well...there's always the following begging to be included.... https://vampires.fandom.com/wiki/Wooden_Stakes

An interesting chapter to say the least...I suspect some answers will be coming fast and furious...that is to say if Connor remembers the reason he passed out and Ronin has either disappeared, gone for a run or shifted back.. Where it was so public, I suspect the truth is about to be revealed...

And plenty of mirrors strategically placed as well!!

Then it would be possible that Scott comes from a family/clan/coven/gaggle/pod/murder of crows/litter/ Take your pick here, pack of vampire hunters....

Looks like Devin's lessons have paid off handsomely, as the process/training is moving along quicker!!!

And the two basturds live to see the insides of another prison, lets hope for a decades long incarceration... Now...how is it they have been able to track Struan so easily...I suspect, and am most likely wrong, a certain former superior office who recently got his ass reamed...big time..

This just came to me....Sherriff Reid and Deputy Billy????? “With your fellas’ help, happens I solved my first murder as the sheriff of Bearpaw Lake, and two of the killers are deceased, which should impress the town council. You’ll get their bounty, and I’ll take the credit,” he said with a huge grin. He followed up with a laugh as he winked at the young man in the corner. “Bounty?” Jubal asked after seeing Billy smile wide at the sheriff, showing good teeth.

Let's hope we ain't talking minnows hereabouts...

All I got is...

The last mystery package I thawed out remained a mystery...I swear it growled at me....😉

Well now, as noted before in a previous comment, those of the old guard surrounding the regency, are loth to give up their power to a young as they see him...an usurper with a fairly large broom...the young King...Will he be smart enough to see the plots within plots?

Speaking of shameless plugs, including you @weinerdog, I'm first on page 4!!!!!!!

Oh dear...what could possibly go right/wrong???

Oh my...see what doing long neglected housework will do to one's reading habits when faced with an upcoming move will do...Landed on Pg 3 because the freaking sticky gunk that had been collecting on the refrigerator from years of serving as the house message board !!! I'm hating scotch tape and other adhesive applications at the moment...But I digress...I did find a 40 year old can of unopened Hungarian Hot Paprika in the back of the spice cabinet...now I need a recipe...spicy goulash anybody??? The following bit along with bits posted by others really brought this chapter to life for me...let us not forget, Kyan has a job, one that he excels at, but again I digress... What is needed her is for the adults in this story to stop dancing around the elephant in the room and who knows what and when they knew it, that Jed and Trudy, Jessica and Perry for that matter need to have an honest, non-confrontational conversation with Kyan about how family is there for family...no strings attached!!! The word of the day folks is communication!!!!! Build bridges...not walls!!! Now...back to cleaning the fridge...just what do I do with the oddly wrapped bundle in the in the back of the freezer???

And so...another adventure begins, together will they be able to stop the white wolf and his mistress...and what are they up to and why? Is the white wolf a pawn of someone else??

While the first Ark may have had the best and brightest aboard, the subsequent Arks, particularly the 2nd and the 3rd will have, more than likely, minds nearly as bright as those on the first Ark. Given time and human ingenuity, I fear an inevitable confrontation. We know from previous chapters that some of the other Ark's were not as democratic as the citizens of Ark 1. I love the idea of the androids appearing more human and creating a security contingent. Let's hope that Athena has plenty of time to ascertain any threats from others...one hopes that with any contact with others, there are no ill intentions... Thanks R-eric for this chapter!!

This truly was a bittersweet chapter, lovely with the children waiting for breakfast, foreboding with the unsettled feelings, Chef Boy, aka Charles soon to be adopted and then the expected passing of Arnaud. One hopes things may settle for a bit upon the return from the funeral...