Jaro_423

Just love the way you are jollying this story along. Great job. Such fun. I hope you keep it lighthearted. It's such a pleasant experience to dip into something light and entertaining which is a lot of fun.

Finally, a connection between the different parts of the story. I thought that was never going to happen. Will be interesting to see what Tallen's assignment is and how this furthers the story along. I can't remember why London has such a hold over Tallen, or were we not told that ever. It is difficult to put all the pieces together since so many of them are missing. It's the worst jigsaw I've ever tried to do. Tallen is portrayed here in a very different light to what we see of him when he is with Frostie. Here he is a villain, though we like him because of his relationship with Frostie, though that relationship seems to have been taken a whole heap further (even a mention of sex having occured but mentioned so casually as almost to be of no consequence, though it would have been a huge thing to Frostie). I wonder if we will get Frostie's take on it at some point. Well, let's see what the Fire Knight has to do then.

Very romantic! You have me there! I love it! I just wanted to say to Tim that people who are young and healthy do die of flu and suddenly! I know of a case! Thanks for the addition and hope you do continue their story.

I've been reading another story here that has been so frustrating in its mystery that reading this chapter of Knots was like a breath of fresh air. Good to see Matt making some sensible decisions - I liked your quote by Costolo. Not sure what this guy seeking help from Andy is all about but seems he is in a bad way. Hope he does what Andy suggests as he looks like he needs serious help. Randy and Derrick are really getting into the sleazy side of sex being caught up in it's worst aspects. Hope they come through this well rather than badly.

Well, I don't know. Just when I'm expecting more to revealed to make things clear, we go into another time line with another name and the whole thing becomes totally confused again with Frost now Winter and Tallen younger and single, but we saw him in an unhappy marriage with a girl called Kar..something and no children, yet before in another timeline she had another name and was pregnant and had a child, though after years of marriage. So confusing. The only thing that doesn't change is that Frost/Winter whoever stays the same frigid, timid man who is not just fearful of physical contact, but totally freaked out about it (and here this is some hint of abuse suffered, but how far can that be taken?) and Tallen is so aware of this and so afraid to upset it but wanting so badly for it to be fixed, but it never seems to get fixed. It is wearing a little thin. If there's not some dramatic progress ahead I think I'm done. Maybe I'm too impatient for this story to unravel. It's very frustrating.

Was this entitled "Revenge is Sweet" or some such? I guess it would be in Strife's book. Sounds as though they got their just deserts one way or another in a pretty gory and sadistic fashion. Very out of my scope altogether to receive and accept whatever way I look at it, so I find it all but impossible to condone any of this. I have to put it aside as a bizarre tale, though I should like to get back to Frostie and Tallen, that other so different tale, that somehow is the other side of the coin to this one that leaves a very unpleasant taste in one's gut.

So good to see Sacha moving into being accepted by the band. That will be so good for him in the long run, except for Suki. My God, he is a pain. A pushy, non-stop, aggravating pain, who doesn't know when to back off. And now he's caused a problem with Nik who hasn't given Sacha a chance to explain a thing. Oh dear! So Sacha is going to get pushed into Suki's arms. Is this such a good idea? I think I'm feeling a bit like Lacey at the moment and wanting to protect Sacha until he's stronger.

And this building on the last and very nicely. As Fax says, the Wolf doesn't have the anger that Xander shows, but then I guess that might be understandable when we see why Xander is where he is and how he got there. I think that may have been hinted at much earlier when we saw the Elf entering the Veil with difficulty and found out his mission to track down his husband. Intriguing as always, and relieved that it's not gory here but touching in the developing of the relationship. Here Canaan is incredibly confident and self-possessed, unlike Xander who is out of place and kicking hard at everything.

I must say I enjoyed the exchange between the Wolf and the Elf here much more. The Wolf has much status here. Interesting. Not sure how that computes back into the Veil as you call it, but guess they there for a mission and not meant to be there as some leaders or gangsters, or whatever else they might be. They certainly don't appear to be knights in shining armour, though here there was some suggestion they might be vaguely like Robin Hoods, turning wrongs to right, in a weird kind of way. I suspect that your take is not like this at all though and that it is all much darker and more devious.

Well, I'm still here, intrigued by Strife and Canaan's story and perhaps stirred with erotic, sadistic curiousity, but not greatly moved by them. I would much rather stick with Tallen and Frostie who seem a lot safer altogether and who do touch me quite deeply with their story.

I must say I don't regret for a moment the treatment that Jeff got. He deserved everything and more, but I do find Canaan and Strife way too evil and casual in their hardness and badass attitude. They are seriously twisted. Is it possible that this is a rather elaborate good versus evil tale, though very complex and involuted in the extreme, and that there is going to be some kind of showdown in the end between these two couples whose stories you are telling line by painful line as you take us in this dreadful dance of words and imaginings.

No the kid was not mentioned but maybe he only existed in the other universe and not this one. Glad that Tallen has made this choice. It won't quite be a happily ever after, but it's the start of a fulfilling life for them both. They can help each other and build something good.

London has been mentioned by Frost and/or Tallen at some point (I thought then it was the place not a person) but I can't remember quite when. Seems he is a crafty fox and I doubt any good will come of this for Frost or Tallen. Perhaps this is the part that ends with the devastation in the snow. Well, it is all very intriguing and building bit by tortuous bit.

Great chapter. My heart was in my mouth when it looked at one point as though Frostie was not going to be able to handle Tallen/Daniel being back in his life. Together these two can do much but apart they are not going to really function that successfully at anything, especially Frostie. He so needs Tallen to enable him to grow strong again.

I am so caught up in this story that I am finding it difficult to put down and then suddenly I've read the whole section and on to the next. Very compelling writing. So they move beyond the tentative mistletoe kiss. Inevitable, but still have to face their awful separation and the devastation of it, though even here we see that Frostie and Tallen have both been so badly damaged and abused, it is a wonder there is anything vaguely "normal" about them. So for them to find comfort in each other is very healing for them.

The dreams are intensifying and leading Frostie closer to this terrible truth of what happened between him and Tallen. I believing that somehow once that has been faced it can be dealt with and they can move on together to better things.

That was such a tender scene with Sophie apologizing and reassuring him. So lovely. It warmed the heart. Not sure what happened to separate him and Tallen before and how or where that was - in another life somewhere - and Frostie so badly wanting to go there again and needing to but still uncertain. You have led us all to feel like Sophie does, that Frostie is our little bro and we want to make sure he's happy, he's ok, he's safe. I'll kill you, Tallen, if you mess with him and leave him again.

That was so moving and powerful and full of poignancy. I loved it.

I can't believe we are already on ch.11. Seems like it's just the beginning, but so much has already changed. This chapter was a winner. I loved it. It has such a beautiful balance of realistic, romantic, tantalizing, building expectation. I loved every moment of it and I love that you're not leaping in there but dragging this out - no not dragging (wrong word because it's not a drag) - drawing it out, maybe, extending the anticipation. Really beautifully done. And can I say, I do believe your writing has somehow gone up a notch here. Not sure why that is, but this was really, really good in the balance of everything. Loved Gary's comments. On the nail! Bring it on, just as you are doing. Wonderful!

Such a contrast with the last section. This is by comparison light and sensible and constructive - a picture of an idyllic life in many respects - but I get an ominous feeling that it is not going to last. Yes, it is also confusing not knowing who exactly this stranger in their midst is. Seems to be like Frostie but then Tallen doesn't know him, unless this is their first time together and the bit we saw earlier was a meeting up again after a long absence and a separation caused by some trauma, and yet when we see Frostie and Tallen they are young men. Very confusing, but hopefully time will unravel it all.

I hesitated to press "like" as this was a gruesome chapter, slick with gore and blood and dark incomprehensible destruction. It was somewhat mind draining, but the end was at least a little more sane in getting back to Strife and Xander, now Canaan. I wonder if I will ever be able to make any sense of this mindless violence and confusion.

The whole time sequence is a bit clouded, but maybe it's meant to be a little in a timeless zone, though even the Watcher says it was a long time ago, and it seems it was when Xander must have still been a child. So this goes back before the last section, as I suspect Strife has something to do with the tatoo on Xander's back. It was amazing that the tatoo was not mentioned in the earlier section when they met at the bar. As you said, pen light enlightenment! You are a great tease with this, but it is very riveting reading.

I know, very dangerous to assume anything with you, but this seems like a flash back (since Xander is back home and in school) to the time he had an encounter, probably with Strife (where he has a vague memory of him), and the resultant tat and who knows what else. Very intriguing. Xander is somewhat scarey too and may well be a pyschopath. Plus now there's this reference to The Lone Wolf, which I think has to go much deeper than a mere nickname.

Short and dark and suffocating! You have a way of building atmosphere though remain oh so very darkly hooded and mysterious. Some light is needed to see the way.

Mesmerizing - both men and the story. Strife is like Tallen in so many ways and yet different. Such evocative and mysterious writing that really draws one in, but I don't know what to make of it and must read on to find out more.