Timothy M.

You made my fondest wish come true: Ross as a Leopard - so don't you let him be picked up in the rookie draft now. I liked how Alistair helped Ross every way he could, I know he says he's only doing his job, and having Ross successful is to his advantage also, but Alistair is a good guy and a great agent. We didn't get to see him with Warwick and Ross, but the substitute of Wu and Lauren was OK. Ty did go with Jim to Pride FM and he went on air! Ha, I was all stoked over my prediction being right, and then you didn't let us see what happened. But I was quite pleased to see another of my expectations come to fruition: the brat was furious about the Blues using Dad to get hold of him, and not even Jim telling him several times it was OK, mollified him completely. I can see Jim's point of view, but I'm also pleased the Blues feel they owe him a favor. Shane's suggestion was a good one, but I also wonder whether they might take Jim in the rookie draft. I can't decide whether it would be to Ross' advantage or not. It would certainly placate Ty. I'll be sad to see Deon and Ty leave the Leopards, but I hope we'll hear more of them and of Kevin, when you return to the Lilydale football club. After all, the Leopards is an extended family, and they'll also keep in touch with Neil - and with Dave, if he gets drafted. I think it's a great idea to have Ty staying with Paddy and I wouldn't be surprised it it became a permanent thing. Paddy will be a good substitute father, and maybe Ty can invite his mother to visit. Even if Jim does get drafted by the Blues, I can see him wanting to share with Tony, no matter what he said at the meeting. Oh and I agree with him about Ty not sharing with Alex, but that's also because I dislike the fool. The end of the chapter was great, Ollie's advice to Ross was spot on, both in the shower and as regards Warwick. I liked him shouting out the good news and everyone crowding in to congratulate Ross. He'll do well in the Leopards and I'm sure Pride FM will sponsor him too, or instead of Jim. They'll love having him dating one of their employees, lol. I'm sad to know there's only one chapter + epilogue left, I've enjoyed this story immensely. But I'm sure you'll return to the Leopards sooner or later and your fans will be here waiting.

Poor St.John, so not what he needed right now, partly because of the trouble of going to court, but even more for the emotional stress of having to think about that douchebag again. He needs to tell Emma or some of the others to get support, I'm sure they know great lawyers. I'm hoping this will be a chance to confront Dom and tell him what a nasty parasitic fucker he was and having a court decision basically tell him the same. What a piece of shit - he walked out on his boyfriend and then realized how useful a provider he was. It's tough, this story, but I hope John will eventually get to a better place, emotionally and mentally.

Well, I guess Emmett's heart and body know what he needs, so they snuck up on his mind when it was defenseless during sleep and gave him a fucking huge hint. I can see them and going "Would'ya believe it, he ignored us! How much more obvious can it be? Dump the boyfriend and go have awesome mate sex with the tiger." Duh!

I really want to say somethings nasty aboit those twins, but I'll be good. I can't believe Preston didn't cut the connection the moment they burst into his room, so he could trhow them out. He's far too nice to those pests. Never mind about those deleted messages and texts, Cory's oldest brother will show up in person soon and hug him to death. The fragile state of Cory is so obvious to his friends they don't even yell at him for disappearing, and Efrain is grateful to a cat. Lola might as well get used to those scary noises, although I think they would prefer for her to not to get so used to them that she jumps into the bed and stares at them while the fun is happening.

Tillykke ! I've managed to stay here and read your stories, even though it can be tough to wait for the next chapter. Sorry about not doing so well on the reviewing lately.

We're getting to see several people showing pack mentality and looking forward. Not only Kellar in relation to his foster-brother, but also Tobyn after Kellar gave him a small 'lecture' on prejudice. I fell over laughing at Tobyn calling a potentially future shifter a 'black sheep' but he was right about why Kellar would see and treat Warren as his brother. It's part of the shifter mentality to feel close to your pack brothers and sisters. I agree with my Swedish friend that Kellar needs to stop looking back at and talking about the awful person Warren was. He needed to discuss it with Tobyn, so he can help plan and evaluate Warren, but there should be no mention of it to Elinor or anyone else. Give Warren a fresh start, tell him no one else knows about his past and it's up to him to start over and look forward. Like Tobyn I have trust in Kellar making the right choice in giving Warren a second chance - and he didn't even hear the talk they had. Another person who has stopped looking back and has plunged right into the pack is Denver. Like Kellar I enjoyed seeing the man so happy and optimistic, teasing Elinor and telling her everything will be all right. I have the feeling that with his support Elinor will be able to shoulder the leadership responsibility on her own until Tobyn is ready to become Alpha. He has the right mentality for that in spite of telling Kellar that he comes first now, not the pack. Of course your earth mate comes first, but if he's working for the good of the pack too, all is perfect. Tobyn had a last look back on his old plans for his life with the question he asked his mom. She dealt with it perfectly, as we (and Kellar, lol) knew she would, but I can understand his need to hear it. I also liked to hear her say the whole pack was behind the new earth mates, but that may also be from fear of getting a visit and a talking to from the terrible trio of Sibyl, Elinor and Tilly. Anyway, Tobyn and Kellar are definitely looking forward to doing more joining...

Riley's title fight was interesting, since I stayed away from his story for a long time, precisely due to the title. However, I'm glad I finally took the plunge, even if I did run away cursing at one point. But the need to know what happened pulled me back.

Not to worry, Caz, I loved this chapter. Oliver is so good for Silas, I just want to both of them.

The lunch date was messy but hot. It's good to know their relationship has progressed this far in trust and love. Liam and Alek are in such heart-reakng circumstances. Even if Liam want to wait, there is a limit to how much awfulness he'll be able to bear for Alek's sake. What happens if they are found out before the six months are gone? Then Alek may have hurt Liam for no gain at all. I would suggest Alek tell his father that he has customers who are gay or gay-friendly and they take offense and may remove their business, if they hear him say these things. Plus he should lok for alternate financing options and tell his father not to come around, because he wants to prove he can make it on his own. At least then he can have Liam visiting without ignoring him. the 'dirty little secret' issue really is a deal-breaker. Still enjoying the story immensely. Oh, and this review pushed me into second place on the prolific reviewers list.

The dialogue in this story is some of the best and funniest I've ever read. And there were so many delightful expressions / sentences. After every chapter I looked forward to find out whiche one Graeme chose as his favorite.

It's interesting how Emmett remarks on Huan understanding him a lot better than expected, but not seeing how this applies to Zeke too. Huan clearly implies they are not a good match, and we can all see it as well. But as my Swedish friends says, nothing wrong with casual, and I noticed the L word is very conspicuous in it's absence. Zeke is a self-centered guy, but otherwise OK, and I have the feeling he'll be more annoyed than heart-broken when Emmett wants to end their relationship.

I'm glad the sex is good, because Emmett and Zeke don't have much else in common. But if they're both happy with the boyfriend tag for now, who are we to I liked the snow trip lecture and it's clear Emmett misses his brother and their times together even more than his home.

I loved Emmett's shopping trips, but I'm surprised Huan was OK with the smell of frying meat if he doesn't like the taste. Do pandas have a bad sense of smell? Zeke obviously knows a good thing when he sees it, but I agree it's a bit early to think of boyfriend labes. It was awesome to see how close Emmett is with his brother. It will be cool to see them together at Christmas.

It made me quite sad that Rob and Nathan denied being in love with each other. Karen gave them some very good advice apart from the bit about being too young for sex. Shows how little she knows about teen boys, lol.

Sigh, we all knew John had (and has) it bad for Bobby, but to have it explained this way was heartbreaking. But at least he had a nice fantasy and orgasm. Apart from the ending this chapter was great fun, I liked his ruminations about teens and the whole dress up escapade was fucking hilarious, especially when he bumped into Bobby. I bet he was muttering about John looking smoking hot or dressed to kill. You say Bobby is straight, that may be true but I can't help hoping he'll go a little gay for our hero, who deserves some love in his life.

I decided to wait and let other readers comment first, while I enjoyed checking which of my predictions came true. My speculations on the two remaining chapters are in the story forum. The most important one was that Clarissa had made plans to follow Deon, and she's gonna share the apartment with Liam. The talk with Ross and his friends were a good prelude to that. Oh and the way she told Deon was priceless and typical Clarissa. I'm looking forward to Deon telling his parents about getting both his dreams come true. Deon planning to share with Kevin was a nice bonus. Nice to see some more of Dave and especially him being thoughtful about Charlie stressing out. It's good for Dave to hang out with Charlie and Stacey who are calm, kind people, and maybe Stacey and Karen can slowly introduce him to other people too. As he told Ross friends are important. Like everyone else I loved having Ty's father get the brat's success rubbed in his face by Paddy. Ty might have had a hard time during and just after his visit home, but the revenge is all the sweeter when he knows the evil bastard was proven utterly wrong mere hours after he once more put his son down. I would like Ty to go to Pride FM with Jim and tells the whole world how Jim made him eligible for the AFL, but I guess the Blues will want to handle his press appearances now. And I have every faith Paddy will continue to rub it in. He warned Mr. Flanders and if the bastard tried to take credit, I hope there are plenty of people who will tell the press that Ty getting away from his father and joining the Leopards were the main reasons he became a hot AFL prospect. Of course, the best moment was Ty getting picked by the Blues, and I laughed so much at his prediction at Jim just moments before. He was right, but it applied to himself not Jim. Will the clubs have press conferences where they present their new players? Or will they be busy introducing the guys to everyone in the organization? As predicted I felt sorry for Peter, he's a good guy and I liked his decision not to tell Ty anything right now, nor Julie. The Bulldogs will hopefully listen to him more in the future. I'm glad Jim reminded Ty about being there for Ross, but I think he would have done it without the nudge. I'm not too upset about Ross, I want him to become a Leopard and have a chance to be with Warwick. The media pressure will be less if he's an VFL player, plus that means we can have another Leopards book with Ross and Jim and all the other guys.

Tillykke med fødselsdagen !! Happy waving of Danish birthday flags

I knew it wasn't as bad as Shane made it out to be and I'm proud of Jason for taking everything in his stride and for being supportive of his boyfriend. I can't really feel sorry for Corey and the other dude, they deserved to be punished for drug rape, betrayal and destroying Shane's peace of mind. Burn in Hell or in real life, not much difference, except the second fate is over when you die...

I would hope she meant that rather than chat with a human she wanted to talk to a human, but I fear your perception may be right. I prefer to email or even chat-by-computer with customer services, so I cannot really relate to that woman wanting to talk to somebody. Nor would I forget there's a human at the other end, that would be inexcusable.

Thanks for the feature, Renee. I really should get back to by prompt story. PS shouldn't this go to the top of the Forums page?

Well, I hope that abysmal failure to fuck Rachel makes Zac face up to the fact that he's gay. I liked him for refusing to take Rachel's virginity while thinking of a man. He's honorable and honest to himself about what terrible act that would be. But leaving her afterwards was unkind, and will probably feel more hurtful than his failure to perform. I can understand Zac's anger with Adrian, who is incredibly pushy and forward. How about getting to know a guy before you make a move on him. Or does he like preying on guys in the closet? If he has feelings for Zac, it would be different, but right now it simply looks like he's after sex. That's not a good enough reason to mess with a confused guy like Zac.

Ohh, I like the idea of a trio mating, and Alistair seems to be OK with his cousin. I look forward to them all visiting his parents.

Holy earth mother is right! So now we know why Kellar asked Miss Sibyl if shifters could mate with humans. He was already wondering about Warren and Adelin. I liked how Kellar told himself this was about saving the pack and not about holding grudges. And Warren saw the savior part immediately, and he even voiced together with his gratitude. This is a new, improved Warren, who only needs the love of a good woman to stay on the straight and narrow. He'll get away from the demons of drugs, bad friends and uncaring family and find himself cared for and appreciated as another earth mate able to help the pack. I have no doubt he'll make it, but i can understand why Kellar is cautious, and of course he has to sell the idea to the pack and Adelin too. I think it was also important that Kellar realized Don and Karen were awful parents in general and not just towards him. Talk about facing Demons of the past (his foster family) as well as the present (the hunter). I can't help hoping Warren will be a good ally in hunting down the nephew. He's not a shifter, so hopefully he'll be able to get close without raising suspicions. If he can knock the guy unconscious, Kellar can do the rest. Another great chapter, and so far all your readers were blindsided by the Warren angle.

So, new levels, eh? New levels of intimacy and content and trust between mates, as well as improved senses and a higher level of protectiveness. But also new levels of danger and speculation about the hunter(s). The first part comes with the territory of being mates and the second with the realization that somehow the hunter nephew knew Kellar was there. Did they have surveillance or something which Kellar somehow trigged as wolf or man? Was it the shift from human to wolf which gave him away? We don't know but it raises the threat to a new level, not only in the situation but for the future and the pack as well. I can see from Spikey's review that I'm not the only one who thinks your writing has reached a new level of awesomeness. Not just due to the very few edits left for me to do, but also in the way you give us new knowledge and hints without having to resort to tricks or tropes. You show rather than tell, and believe me I know how difficult that is. But we feel the closeness of the two men and hold our breath as Kellar faces the tough decision of flee or fight. I suppose one could say that playing with the emotions of your readers comes with the territory of being a writer, but few people here stakes out that kind of territory at the sublime level you do. AC Benus comes to mind as one, and thinking of Bound & Bound I know you'll agree I can hardly giver higher praise.

OK, time to catch up. Their aura colors may be doing a slow dance, and Tobyn may take his time in acceptng his need to do some horizontal dancing, but once they get down to it, we see almost instant eruption. While Tobyn's reaction on waking up might be close to dumb shit - or at least the part where he moved away from Kellar, he managed to talk about his doubts and fears so Kellar could understand and help him. They need each other and the energy they'll get from joining. There's enough bad shit waiting out there to be dealt with, but at least they'll work together - and have plenty of nights like this.