Al Norris

This is my second reading. I had forgotten how beautiful this chapter was, so it was doubly nice to refresh my memory with this second reading.

Michael will never be Alpha. Not as long as Aiden is alive. He has vowed to challenge Michael to the death, should it ever happen.

It's been almost a year since I first read this story. I figure it's time for a refresh, especially since Elemental is now being posted!

I'm so glad something finally got resolved! With as horny as Billy gets, I'm afraid he may screw things between him and Branden. Will Billy be able to stay away from the other boy(s)? Will Billy be able to tell Sam he is gay? For that matter, will Billy be able to stay undercover in school? To Jimmy? To Lee? I see lots and lots of drama ahead...

At 14 going on 15, can those hormones be tamed?

I wouldn't call it "heartbroken." It's that feeling you get when love is new and the object of your love is not available.

I'm not so sure why... Something will happen to prolong the entire process.

I don't remember ever being at a stage where looking at naked boys (or girls) turned me on the way it seems to do with Billy. I'm almost jealous!

Typically, for Comsie, let's just drag this out for a few more chapters just to watch us readers squirm! I swear, he takes a perverse pleasure in this type of torture! ✅

Asa doesn't know how he was detected and by what mechanism he was captured. He doesn't even know why Caleb wasn't detected. Unless or until these issues are resolved, going back now is a fool's venture.

There is a relationship in all three of the Kandric Universe stories.

And clueless!

I certainly hope that Billy's resolve doesn't weaken the next time he gets horny and AJ wants him... So far, he hasn't shown much maturity in that respect. As far as Stacy is concerned, Billy needs to learn to think faster. Why didn't he just tell her that he had a girlfriend until she went behind his back with his supposed best friend? That part I just don't get.

Someone needs to talk to Billy about taking a leap of faith! I swear Comsie, sometimes your writing really, really winds me up!

If she has died intestate, then everything will go to Dominic. It's possible probable that if Lacy did have money and a condo, Dylan could become the estate conservator. Edited to add: So now we know that Lee is part of the grammar police, as evidenced below!!!

Jimmy acts like a loon? What's that make Billy??? 😜

Lots of memories. Back in 2004, my wife suffered a Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. That's a brain bleed in an area underneath the brain in what's called the Circle of Willis by the brain stem. Back in 2004, 80% of patients who had one of those, died within 24 hours. Of those that survived, only 10% to 15% survived without quality-of-life issues. Thanks to (what was then) an experimental surgery, she has survived with very few disabilities. Back on May 13, 2021, a young and upcoming author Juju (aka Jbird or Julian) fell in the locker room at his High School (he was a few days short of his 18th birthday). He was taken to the hospital when he didn't immediately wake up. The doctors didn't discover his Subarachnoid bleed until it was too late. This type of brain bleed normally doesn't occur in people this young. I only bring this up because, after the description of Lacy's problem, I knew what the outcome was likely to be. It is better that she passed than the likely outcome of any quality-of-life she may have had at that point.

For all that Billy thinks about things, he totally missed this: This is hardly AJ's first rodeo! We knew that, but Billy keeps missing the clues.

The worst thing about parents separating is that they seem to think it's their problem and the kids don't need to concern themselves about it. After all, they're just kids, they wouldn't understand. How wrong parents are.

Now if Billy will just really open his eyes and tell Branden how he feels about him.

I would almost wish for a "Do-Over" until I remember the High Schools I went to. Deep, deep in the closet was the only way to survive in the 60s.

A common trait? Really? Could have fooled me!

Just a nice fun day with new friends! Can't get much better than that. A really nice interlude, Bill. I also wonder why the secrecy about where they are going. Ah well. Guess we'll see with the next chapter!

Them's were my first thoughts when we found out that Sam was out with "friends" that Sunday.

It's a wonderful story, Bill. We've had an "Angel Tree" for many years, in my small town.