Sasha Distan

is that praise or a new title? ;p I think you are right, but that's a lot of progress for a 14 year old boy to have to make... I'm not sure he's gonna get there in time.

me too.in all honesty though, the teenagers I have met who have been forced - either through illness, moving, family problems - not to attend school, are absolutely chomping at the bit to get back. Sure they have mopey days like all teenagers, but because they know how dull life can be without it, they really value education. and Hel needs company, humans are pack animals even more than wolves!

actually based off a student I had at my first school. I discovered AFTER parents evening it was pronounced "Ni-house" but it sure wasn't spelt like that!

he's a teenager - embarrassing himself is part of the deal, isn't it? Hel is a special creature, but you're right, and James loves Peter like people often do in (my) stories, with every single piece of his heart.

thanks dugh. the boy needs some love and adoration in his life, and there is nothing for a shifter (and Hel is sort-of a shifter) like the company of someone else with fur.

"Summer Camp" is set in the same universe and also features a bear, plus it's a bit longer and should keep you busy for a while.Thanks very much, so glad you liked it.

“Are you sure this is a smart idea?” Peter squeezed his lover’s hand tightly, and scanned the arrivals board for the right train. “It’s been four weeks, what if being with us makes him uncomfortable?” “More uncomfortable than living with Joakim and that pretty empath he’s fallen head-over-heels for?” James grinned. “You worry too much babe.” “One of us has to.” “That’s why I leave it to you.” James grinned and without warning scooped up his partner bodily, and left no alternative for Peter th

sure, I'll pay for her to get married - in a rented dress, at the registry office for the standard £80 fee. Sorted. The music is free and the flowers come from the garden. Only an idiot (regardless of weight, welfare status or personal wealth) would spend more money on a wedding than it costs to buy a brand new top-line family saloon car. It's a day (the best day *wistful sigh*), but it's not the rest of your life.

Hel did change his name, but we don't know what it was before. In his memories of before, he's still always "Hel".A growing boy needs a big lunch!

Aren't they always?! I'm a big fan of the raging teenage hormones - they get so much done, and so much undone! I'm hoping Hel will get a handle on them in time to meet someone dreamy and accessible.

I should have known better. Really, I should of, but I didn't. I had faith that everything would be A-OK. We found a house, we put reservation money on it, we could afford it, we got the mortgage, we chose our options, they built my house (and my kitchen) just the way I wanted it. And then the fuck-up happened. Here I am, sitting in a land of boxes, with two plates and one saucepan in my stripped out kitchen, and instead of surviving like this for another day, we have to manage for another eight. Eight days. Fuck. I rang the solicitors Monday and prepped them for an early move in date, the 25th. The BCR (build complete record, something all new build houses in this country have to have before the bank deems them worthy of the agreed mortgage) was signed off ans sent Tuesday. I got a call Tuesday at the farm from the solicitors to confirm we wanted to complete on Friday. So far, so good, right? Wrong. Confirmation email today: completion date 1st May. NEXT Friday. We can't move into the house, because it's not legally ours. It does turn out that you can re-sort your entire move and all your friends in an hour and a half, but I did a lot of grovelling on the phone in that time. Damn I'm lucky to have some good friends.

I can't even fit the whole thing on one screen! so huge! ...and unlike it real life - I am vertical

Inserting turmoil and bringing my readers to tears is what I'm know for... right? I'm not sure they've had that bit yet... but yes, Hel in his body as a spirit animal can interact with the outside world, though he does need to make a conscious effort. he is also not two different people when in wolf shape. Unlike a werewolf who's "wolf self" might have mixed and/or partially separate desires, Hel is the same person regardless of his shape, and it doesn't much affect his choices, only how he can exploit them.

So, Hel's first crush: A good thing, or a potential disaster zone?

aww, thanks Gary.all you have said is true, and it's nice to see Hel picking himself back up and getting back to 'normal' again. I just hope Hel's feelings for James transfer harmlessly, and without anyone else getting hurt.

Well let's hope it goes that way for him, a nice safe place to try out those feelings until someone sweet comes along. and James isn't a complete bastard, even though Aki would sometimes describe him as "one-hundred percent, a dick".

James is about as subtle as a hammer, that's true, but he'll have sympathy for the boy - after all, he knows what it's like to find EVERYTHING about your body changing without you. Hel needs to hold onto that thing which makes him special, it's one of the few he can actually talk about.

thanks dugh - me too!Will Hel learn from his past experiences? Ohh, well that will just have to wait and see. Teenagers can be stubborn.

The Forgery wouldn't have altered those records, but there's enough magic around to make sure no one would be able to connect the dots and work it out. They're good like that.Hel needs his familiar ground, the boy has been missing something for a while now.

thank you jess, I think you might need a waterproof cover for you ipad! I'm sorry sweetie, but I'm glad you enjoyed everything. Boris will learn to type with his nose, I've no doubt!

sorry, no robots, androids, or holograms. Maddie will just have to cope and Oli will have to be a better liar.

The boy who Hel Thorn had once been had been lucky for a foster kid. He’d been placed in his first semi-permanent foster home at the age of two, so he hadn’t remembered anything except growing up there. He’d had to move when he was seven, but other than that, Hel had always been in the same place. He’d never experienced the general excited terror of being the new kid at school. He’d gone with Aki, and watched his new guardian lie seamlessly to his new headmaster, pass over important looking docu

I knew we'd bring you round eventually!Thank you, it's always lovely to hear you guys loving the work and knowing I got you to such emotional highs and lows. I would love there to be more wolves seen in libraries personally!

Oli and Boris are so good together, I'm not sure I'd call that being out of sync. Oli and his dad are very out of sync though - I don't know if those two are ever going to have the connection they had when Oli was very little.

Like Kieran would ever settle for anything less than happily-ever-after?It is tragic the painting got lost, and Oli never understood why his father wasn't there. Tings are so much easier when people tell their kids the truth.