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That was fun. Please check the names, the spelling differs from one line to the next. Also, I guess BJ and uncle Silas share a last name, which should be the same as at Christmas, right?

Oscar is not my favorite person right now

Happy to have another chapter! While I’m sailing slowly around the world, I’m already looking forward to visiting South Africa! I’ll make sure to visit Devlin Major approved venues! Please tell me what a halfway house in conjunction with a resort restaurant is? That had me baffled…

The opening stanza speaks of “entwining” three - and then of 1 wolf, 1 man, and 1 ‘shadow’. So there will Mark remain in a spirit plane / realm? Guiding the two fated on their quest? Will all three eventually be able to cross between planes? Would be fitting for a god, to not be constrained to our earthly valley of sorrows!

It seems the author is overly fond of “hafta”! Other than that, everyone speaks proper English. Even potty mouth Kyle utters his trademark f-bomb only occasionally!

Canal Sound&Light? my credulity is stretched when Ash after the first sleepover grabs “old underwear” he keeps specifically for Seth…lol

I guess our quarter-third Genevieve might not know the difference between archeology and paleontology either?

… at times a soapbox blocks the flow of this nice story for a while…

I’d like to get reimbursed for a Quobuz subscription I had to take out!

Now why dont i trust Raphael?

Dmitri is quite crafty…a safe place to evade a nosy copper is the place said sleuth has just left! Assuming the best - for Talin’s sake - I can think of only one “harmless” explanation for the nighttime activities on the lake…

I’m pretty sure Kieran needs now urgently Brain, human, Vers.3.3, with extended Memory Module! He otherwise can’t keep track with every Orca, and soon possibly half the world’s animal kingdom!

Hey! I’m dying here! Fast forward to Dani’s birthday!

Happy to see you back with a new story!

Very dense, yet romantic chapter! I hope our boy opts for total disclosure soon!

Ä-йCliffie bad! Chapter good! I see a forced change in the offing! Guess they need another fridge for all the fresh blood for the new blood! In my ancestral home in Transylvania I’d have had Jason suffer in the dungeons to atone for his sins, then have him impaled or let him meet some other gruesome fate. But now, in a more refined society, some suggestions and mental compulsion might be all that’s needed.

Well, we learned clkap is NOT an empath! lol Such a lovely chapter, Jenny’s a gem, and Brian a sweet sap!

I must have missed a train, or two. What plan will now be implemented for measly four millions? And who gets what for 25.000 each? A year, a month? Is that for the home conversion - sounds more like a budget for a new build. And the other sum is theb “salary” for Greg’s initial retinue?

Where do I find the original? I’m dropping into serious withdrawal by now. So the original might tide me over J4F’s writing block

I guess Baron Evans is the ‘local’ one, James’ superior? He would be most interested about having a new fellow Baron in his Domain. Surely he’ll want a meeting rather soon! And obviously Prince George, who is already quite invested. Now, since Greg has all these amazing capabilities, and is most likely brought into this vampire world to fulfill the Prophecy, we want to learn about said prophecy!

Sharpening the Razor I was gifted by Mr. Occam himself - and no, it is not polite to ask my age! - I deduced a Baron doesn’t necessarily need a territory, since he has no vampires to rule over. So our boy is currently like a minister without a portfolio. I am sure a suitable job will be found for him. Charities, and Vampire social services come to mind. Greg is a bit stuck-up on not being stuck-up. I think he should respect his new, millennia old family and society a bit more, and learn a little formality and the old customs. Leonard will relax just a bit, they could meet on some middle ground! The accident sure looks like a lead up to Greg’s? first turning. Or at least attempts at mental healing efforts. (I don’t want to go as far as saying that the father as very much a side character, would be expendable for the story line. Greg loves him too much, and still needs him for guidance)

I rather wonder which of the friends is going to ask first to be turned….then the rest will eventually follow. None wants to be left behind!

All a bit rushed, covering about two years without much happening, or explanations. Why the secrecy? He grew up 4 ½ years on IoM, is six when starting school in Tasmania. There are 1 ½ years unaccounted for. I know the author's obsession with numbers, and measurements, so surely there's an explanation? As always big wealth and big, big yachts are involved... and a hyper-talented protagonist! I can't wait until - without yearlong training - he'll be leading an international business imperium, drive the largest yachts, and have a fluent command of at least six languages!

cruel, and unusual... punishment awaits you!

Obviously, I am concerned about the boys, their safety. I think the combination of Calvin wanting them back - however short, and for whatever purpose - and the natural curiosity of the boys, particularly Caleb's, are a most dangerous mixture to let bad things happen...