Thirdly

Let's see, so far, it's 4 for 'yes,' 3 'neutral,' and 1 'no.' It might very well happen.

The story started with a prompt (thanks @Cia !) and became a fun little endeavor. Quite ironically, my sibling (who was the inspiration for Seth), ended up finding a boyfriend with a few Liam-like traits somewhere down the line in real life. Maybe the universe heard my plea. I'm glad you enjoyed his tale. Thank you for reading.

I love my siblings equally. The best part about being the youngest was that I was too young to have witnessed the bad blood that sparked up between the oldest two. It got really bad...I'm talking soap opera bad where there were lies, betrayal, and money being stolen while one of them eloped and the other went off into the military. I could write my own soap opera based off of them alone. Since I wasn't in the mix at the time, I have no right to judge, so I don't. Wow, I went off on a tangent there. The in-law introductions! I imagine every family reacts differently. My family's welcoming and help the newcomer loosen up with a drink. Generally by the end of the day, the new person knows whether we liked them or not...were they invited to watch the game? Were they invited to play board/card/video games? Were they lured over to a gossip corner where cousins or sibling bring up embarrassingly hilarious childhood stories? If they answered yes to any of those questions, then they're practically part of the family already. If they start joking around with the new person during the next family gathering, then they're officially family. Even if we never see the new person again, we'll start asking amongst ourselves "Hey, what happened to so and so's boyfriend/girlfriend? We saw him/her more than once, so it looked serious..." I'm glad that in your case, she spoke up about it so you guys were better prepared the next time. Thanks for sharing your anecdote! I love hearing about different perspectives and experiences.

If the next story happens, there will probably be another emotional rollercoaster of some kind. Thanks for reading. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

LMAO! I wondered if anyone was going to say that 'doesn't this seem like a conglomeration?' I did think about spacing it out, I kept contemplating it and babbling to @Rambling Robin about it. But, then over the holidays, Seth's real life reference person started dating a guy that was similar to Liam in certain ways and for a good little while I worried about feeling awkward writing Seth's point of view. It took on this whole different 'outside looking in' perspective where I didn't want Ken (the person my real sibling's dating) to bleed into Liam's already established character...just when I thought that writing out a character similar to my sibling was safe! But, everything turned out okay in the end. I'm glad we managed to wrap those two up. As for Michael, he was a young and rambunctious college student who meant well. He only teases family, so we ended up seeing the brunt of his teasing though the eyes of his closest sibling. If I really do end up writing his story, he'd definitely mature in spades. I always laugh and wince at the same time whenever you point out his flaws, since Michael has a good little deal of my younger self in him. The parallels were unintentional, but I was goaded by Robin to bring him to fruition, regardless (why does this sound so wrong now? lmao). Anyway, if I ever do tackle a story around him, I hope you give it a chance.

Both. Both is good (ending/new beginning). I'm glad you liked it, and that's one vote for Michael. Let me keep a little tally sheet.

When the sun rose, Michael and I had to convince a reluctant Liam to head out to work. My brother accompanied me to a domestic violence restraining order clinic, and we began the application for a temporary restraining order. We were then assigned to a court and handed the paperwork over to the Bailiff. In the days that followed, everything felt like a whirlwind to me. I had to explain my situation at work, with family, and with friends. The paperwork was processed, and Kris was served. We

Well, we hope the chapters to come continue to quench that thirst.

And we hope you continue to have fun while reading!

Yes on Tyr being their mate eventually. Ah, the letters were smuggled out by trusted hands, Andy's parents. That part will probably be covered later. As for the bed being a 'ruin,' I believe Winter meant the fact that when Andy rushed over to hug him, he took the blanket with him, exposing them both. Or it could have even meant the fact that 2 beasts and 2 naked men were on them, I'll have to ask @Rambling Robin about that later.

They're all different facets of the same soul. Some just have more stubbornness or more patience than others. How should I describe mate number 3? Intimately wild? Charmingly adaptive? Lonely. That about sums it up.

Yes, Mateo is learning and he's willing to keep trying, which makes all the difference. Pax is so invested in his mates, he's something else. The gods knew what they were doing, leading Elias to Pax first. Also, -evil snickering- give mate number 3 a chance, he has his charms.

He didn't know what he was doing, as he never climbed a ladder to the attic before. But, hopefully he'll trust his mates a little more from now on. And yessss he'll finally be here, our favorite. Even though we shouldn't play favorites with our own characters, ha ha.

Yes. Yes to all of this.

Patience, padawan~

Nice try We can't write that fast.

We adore mate 3 very much, so we're eager to find out how readers react to him. Posting on Tuesdays might become a regular thing, instead of on Thursdays.

I agree! Elias is hilarious whenever he's affected by outside sources~

I adore Hazeth and Winter so hard. I had to stop and look it up but, yes, we get to see more of them in the next chapter. I can't wait to see what you think of their interactions!

They were not in the harem 6 years prior...if I'm not mistaken, they have been there for 2-3. 6 years prior refers to when Rathburn began to sink his claws into the previous king, manipulating Victor closer and closer to him through his family. As soon as the twins became of age, he plucked them right out of their hands, after having fabricated evidence before the previous king that would have led to the twins' execution. Rathburn's a manipulative snake. More details will be shown later.

Riiiight! Didn't think about that. Good point. Where would I be without ya, Timothy?

For any first time readers out there, this is our 5th or 6th collaboration. Our other stories are all equally as fun. Kidnapping is Always an Option is nearly complete and fairly long, a great read between updates. Lust and Chastity is complete and not as long, but the sequel (Lust and Propriety) is currently updating regularly.

I also want to take the time to thank @Rambling Robin for going on this little venture of mine. I actually have a couple of failed drafts of what I originally wanted to do with unicorns and nightmares, but those drafts will remain forever buried because I saw someone else's much better/amazing/brilliant version of a similar idea only with different beings and his version was so flippin' awesome that I was more than satisfied reading it (*cough* @Timothy M.'s Angel and Imp Series *cough* I can't recommend it highly enough). The beginning of this series went a little like this (6 pages worth of babbling condensed into this): Thirdly: I want to go over some stuff with you Rambling Robin: Sure! Thirdly: that has nothing to do with anything and everything to do with unicorns lmao Rambling Robin: Unicorns? Thirdly: So, I've been thinking long and hard. Instead of bemoaning my uni-babies from the past (apparently I had over 10 of them with storylines that never came to fulfilling ends). I think I am going to start from scratch, since another rainbow gummy plot-worm has wiggled its way into my head, concerning unicorns Rambling Robin: interested Thirdly: Now, what if...there is a chaste "Maiden" that lures unicorns...and the maiden just happens to be male? XD Rambling Robin: liking it Rambling Robin: tell me more Thirdly: Since, only chaste maidens were supposed to have the ability to see unicorns... **Plot babbling ensues** Thirdly: I was thinking of STARTING it sometime this weekend while I'm still sort of free, but I don't have much else thought out for it. You are more than welcome to join me in this endeavor, though~ Rambling Robin: eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Rambling Robin: ahem Thirdly: lmao Rambling Robin: I mean, if you wish. Thirdly: Thank you for joining me <3 And now for the infamous line that was dropped halfway into writing Lust and Chastity: **in response to a steamy Alistair scene** Thirdly: I'd have died a little. Dagnabbit, Fin. Rambling Robin: omg, I would have given it up to Al so damn fast Thirdly: LMAO we would've been total sluts five seconds in Rambling Robin: reasons we never saw unicorns ...and this is why we never saw unicorns!

This made me laugh so hard.

Now that Lust and Chastity's complete, this one will see regular updates for a good while.