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Thanks, Tim. I just looked at my dog and I knew I needed a brother of him in the story.

Nico is, I fear, in for a very difficult task. Do not fear, Nico has an assortment tricks up on his sleeves. Thank you for your comment, Parker.

A bite out the right body part might help too. Thanks for your comment, dughlas. a team of wild horses... *snicker*

For me it wasn't easy to 'just' come here, read a few stories, comment, try to win some friends and then eventually post something. After I posted my first prompt I almost had heart palpitations. Luckily. I got a few positive comments that encouraged me to try my hands on an anthology story. If I didn't have had Lisa, who was kind enough to be my editor and who I got to know through another site, I would never have been brave enough to post something. Even comments, I checked them a thousand times as I was afraid to make a mistake or accidentally offend the author. Anyway, I was lucky. For a while, I was afraid liking something looked I was paying in advance for likes or comments for my stuff. I made sure I really liked it, which might be mildly paranoid, and I'm over it now. Mostly. I try to always comment on the stories I read. If something bothers me too much I stop reading, if you can't say something nice.... if it's a friend's story, I tell them what I do not like. I know they can take it.

Seagulls... I could get used to living on a boat. Nico sighed, then turned around intending to drift back to sleep. The gentle rolling of the sea... Wait... something was wrong. He blinked his eyes and stared at blue and white striped wallpaper. Huh? Then something big, wet, and hairy was in his face. Ivan grinned when he saw Nico trying to fight the behemoth. He stood at the end of the bed, holding a tray with breakfast. "Good morning, Your Highness. Did you have a pleasant night?" This

Night err... Nico-Noël Yep, that's gonna be me the whole story long if Noel insists on answering to Nico from now on. He does. And yes Nico-Noël is me writing the story, Why did I do this again?

Yes! Either you love this or you hate it, there is no other feeling with my guys. Thank you for finding Caesura again after all the stress! I missed your comments.

I luuuuuv your comments! They make me smile. And I still know if you didn't like something.

Interesting were/is the reaction comments ratio.

I'd love to read more!

It worked this time! Thank you!

I'm cold, waiting for the Siberian cold.

So, what happens IF we can't guess the author? Do they get a couple of additional questions? Or did we lose this round of the game?

I had nice thirty minutes or so with my dictionary and google showing me bird pics . Thank for this. from which he comments with a snark I can totally relate.

He is a very insecure king right now, even it might to be contradiction to be 'king'. Seeing what happened in books one and two, I think we should be understanding. Thank you for taking a chance at reading The King's mate series, Wayne.

Excellent chapter! Thank you, Parker! I love writing conversations although they need lots of commas. sorry @Valkyrie.

Kings get afraid too Yes! Thank you!

You think Ronan channels the desperation of the author with himself and his characters? Thank you, Gee for reading and taking time to comment. 'should' is the word of the hour.

Don't say Jonah! This is a whole new ballgame.

A plan.

It's so difficult to write Nico.... I'm sure I'm going to screw up a few times.

....Well, at least D will be pleasantly surprised when Nico is still there after more than a few days. You think? (Okay, okay, Nico will stay a little longer.)

Thank you. ...but then it would be over waay to soon. Right?

b-but I always give my guys food! *reconsiders the whole concept... Nah, they need their strength with all the sh....stuff I put them through.

I can't get the image of them shoveling chocolate into their mouth in pure frustration after Ivan put them in the broom closet and lost the key. I might use something like that in the next chapter....