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I think the beautiful white wolf is Rory. It could be Christopher just investigating but Rory seems most likely. And Milan seems taken by him. I suspect that for Milan, Wereiwolf's blood will be the answer to Milan's health issues if the older werewolves stay out of it and allow things to happen naturally and progress the same way. Great story to by the way! Rory and Milan seem both to have set their sights on each other. This is why I suspect the white wolf is Rory. As both Rory and Milan are gay it seems logical that this attraction of gaydar would be at work here. There would of course be a compromise here in that Milan would seemingly have to become one and be bitten and changed for that to happen and work.

Excellent chapter again and I love the way the problem between the two protectors is dealt with. Silly pair of clowns and clodsy plods deserved to be dealt with like that to sort their problem out. I wonder how he is going to deal with a recalcitrant and pig headed bigoted ayatollah and his people!

A very interesting and thoughtful chapter. When rear ng history and the events that shape and make it , it would always insightful to look back over it. It can show us what was done well and what was not and what was a total failure. Everyone can learn from this if wise and thoughtful enough and open minded enough. It is the narrow and closed minded that don't do this, don't learn from history and are doomed to make the same mistakes again and again. There is an old saying with says," There is no new mistake only a recycling of past old ones." This corollary is very true in a situation and story like this. I think by his very nature Dylan is a thoughtful and reflective young man that is mentally strong enough and tough enough to get past negative black events and concentrate on the greater good . It is always going to be tough being the chief trouble shooter ,problem solver and brow beater as one will always have enemies who dislike one views and and the abilities of such a person always make them an object of envy and jealousy by lesser mortals. Dylan needs to understand this and not dwell on the negatives and regrets and missed opportunities but rather on the greater good that has been able to be done for the greater good and the individual good.

Geez the last two chapters are something else entirely, what with the revelations by the two brothers and Amara's breaking down on Drew's bed making the reluctant big 'C' as in confession. He would have made made a great priest/father confessor. It seems somehow Ben has a grafting hold over the boys in particular Amara. Whether it is because Amara is sleeping around to protect and help Aria and do what Aria can't or wont or both or because it is what they think their mother who is very distant and anti boys and wishes that they were girls,who knows Whatever it is that us happening it appears Ben is at the centre of the trouble and Drew has come close in less than 24hours in unravelling it. This alone seems to be the root cause of Amara's session in Drew's room. And the fact that Drew told Ben to @$#% of the night before when he,that is Drew was taking the boys too bed then slept in the chair in Aria's bedroom undid The boys next morning. And this is very much inspite of Amara's hard outer shell. It shows just how weak and brittle such a shell can be! I also think that it possible that because of the switcheroo they have been conducting up till now that this partly explains what happens latter! I think that in taking Aria later the person or person's as yet unknown too us but who one may well be Ben, take the wrong one hostage! I suspect that they may have been going to take Amara possibly for sex reasons or money or both! Sorry for the possible spoiler comments! Lol No I'm not! But l do think this is what will happen and very soon.

What a great story so far! Yes ,Dylan has made some stuff ups and ignored the sound cautious advice of those senior in experience around him. But like the consulate professional he is he admits his mistakes says sorry and moves on with little if any rancor or angst. He is very good at solving problems at the pointy end of the spear in so many tricky and sticky situations which many older minds would full to pieces on and marches on to the next bundle of issues as if everything else were just a walk in the park. I can well imagine his intolerance of the impatience found in the lesser mortals around him. This is the biggest mistake they make. They believe and assume because he is after all only a young teen that he acts like one but is playing in what is usually regarded as an adults world that he can be bullied like one. What a rude shock they get when he tells them off. The way he and Henry are building their circle or families is very much like what a statesman might do and in many ways functions for Dylan just like one even his teachers act as advisors and sounding boards.

He was annoyed some to as he felt a bit miffed not all the information was missing for obvious reasons. As much as anything g this story seems to be about the forging of strong alliances. This has to be going to lead to some steamy places I think.

Quokka don't worry about the length of the story. If a story is good long or short wont matter, everyone will still like it. Look how much is Christopher paolinis stories.They are great dragon stories etc. Then compare the stories of Mathew Reilly. his stories are just as good to but much shorter. Lol

Yes I like the cross over and interlinking of stories . I also like how certain people have handled the gay question.It should never have come up. It could also have wrecked the trip in so many ways if it had been allowed to fester. The still have the bad male steward on board. Believe he will cause much trouble yet hope they keel haul him if he chooses to cause trouble and a big pain

I depends on where they sail to the straits of Malacca are not that safe and neither is the Horn of Africa. So Who knows I doubt they would go via the Cape as the Atlantic is said to be quite rough. So who knows where they will go!

Very few people go through what Jamie and Lucas without some type of awakening or mountain top experience. As I am a country boy born and bred and lived in the bush for nearly all of my 57yrs I would have to say I have a more practical and distinctly earthy outlook on life in general. From this perspective I think it is to much to read much into Jamie's character over relationships .He is a fairly easy to understand guy he had a deep loving relationship with Sean but lost him and in truth he just hasn't been ready for one as until he has been seriously grieving for a love lost very much in the style of an ancient Greek tragedy. As I said before the indications are there that he could be now ready to move on and explore things one of his hot rescuers. I think it may have shaken Lucas up to because he seems quite taken by Lucas and has his partner in crime. Plus itay not be along distance relationship as I seem to remember that he has been thinking about moving south to Texas to get away from memories even though he has signed for a flat in the new condo development home. Fire Chief s where ever they travelled have been trying to poach both him and his cousin to work for them so they must be pretty hot fireries in their jobs respectively.

Dylan definitely has the smarts and he Fred to go with it. But I wonder if he took too much of a risk with some of the things he did to be with Jimmy? I also very wonder if this might force Jimmy to reevaluate his priorities and may want to go to be well with them more and be just like them. Untill now it seems as if he was just cruising by not knowing who he was or what he had to or wanted to do, I think he does now. I also think I could be present the next day when Henry does his interview so that will be quite interesting too.. Oh my poor Sammy at the end of the story. That was quite funny.

IT is my understanding that corvettes like patrol boats are for costal waters only and not deep sea vessels. I'm not Sir how many Indonesia has but I would be reasonably confident in ruling them out is being in the invasion fleet. And while they have eight frigates I believe only three are ever in service at the same time. So they would be stretching themselves very thin especially as they are very old and mostly don't have the Modern Up grades that Australia, Japan ,UK and USA use. One thing I'm not sure is if they have sub's. My feeling is they don't or if they do they are of a much older very noisy and unreliable type possiblely like Argentina has. They kicked up a stink about the Collins class when we built them . They thought we were being to agressive . IT WAS MUCH WORSE every time we bought or decided to build something new for the military and they definitely didn't like it when we let the Us marine build a permanent training base near Darwin. This is also what makes me think it would be very unlikely for us ever to try and dispossess the Chagoes in any way but I don't think think we would allow the Indonesian incursion to go unanswered either especially in light of what initiated and did to get them out of Timor Leste. While we do have our occasional tiffs by and large they are happy neighbours .They get billions in aid from us. We are usually the first there in an inmergancy and stump up more aid in those situations. And we have a genuine free trade agreement that works well . If they need it it often becomes part of an aid package. So in practice I doubt it would happen. However the south China sea could be something else entirely. As I said earlier it is all in the realm of make believe and hypothetical .I think there are worse scenarios that would happen before that. I am also of the opinion that like naru the phosphate deposit is pretty much exhausted.

Funny you should say that NEP. I'm actually surprised that Benny can walk without being severely cross legged or holding his butt cheeks so tight that everyone would think he had been visiting a bull elephant. Lol but drew is getting seriously attached to his principle as the one the look after is called and I think Aria has recognised this and likes it a lot I wonder if it will developed more and if Amara will see it for what it is and want in to because he wants that attention and closeness too. I think that mainly why he seems to be almost insanely jealous of the two not just because the relationship between Aria and Drew is much better than he has with Ben. But precisely because he can see the dynamic at play is very different and Drew is trying so much to Keep Aria safe and protect him from all harm and danger. Where as Ben is none of these things and does non of this things and is just happy to barely function at his job and have as much fun as he can on the bosses dime. I am sure Amara being so sharp and clever has seen this and is waiting for the crash which probablely in his mind should have come already. Drew is like all the other protectors though and he won't fit into the stereo typical moulds that others want for him because his thinking the way he has been taught to do things at home and army and being poor has shaped his world view and given him a very different approach to others I know Ben was army to but I can't help but think he was trouble.He grumbled and complained the whole time he was in and probablely gave his superiors a bad time not to mention his team and patrol unit.

Depending on how one reads your opening blurb understanding would be somehow or. Other their comfortable little world with all its little boxes and compartments gets turned upside down and pear shaped for them because they won't be able to control it and for Drew because he is ex army and functions still very much on their regimented level it will be pear shaped. It mentions His royal pain as going missing so instead of two looking after the boys Drew is going to have to do double honors. No doubt at first Amara will have a hissy fit spectacular until he learns which way is up and where the ground is and just how the real world actually works better now than later me thinks as long as the trio don't get hurt in the processs and Benny boi gets royally shafted and screwed for his mess ups I don't care. Lol

Depending on how one reads your opening blurbyy understanding would be somehow or. Other their comfortable little world with all its little boxes and compartments gets turned upside down and pear shaped for them because they won't be able to control it and for Drew because he is ex army and functions still very much on their regimented level it will be pear shaped. It mentions His royal pain as going missing so instead of two looking after the boys Drew is going to have to do double honors. No doubt at first Amara will have a hissy fit spectacular until he learns which way is up and where the ground is and just how the real world actually works better now than later me thinks as long as the trio don't get hurt in the processs and Benny boi gets royally shafted and screwed for his mess ups I don't care. Lol

The bitch person found someone who proved to be more thorny than her and she didn't like it in any way and neither did her friends. They need to get a life or suck eggs big time.lol PS.prefferablely the more rotten the better for them so that the smell and mess stays with them for ages and clears. Them out. No star of roses for them thank you or oil of jasmine. They need toreap what they sow big time.

I have sensed from the beginning that because of their parents absences and their mothers in particular, that this was at the root of the trust issues and the insecurities that Aria and Amara have. This is not that in usual boys are often lost and adrift if their mother isn't there to provide the care and nurturing that they need early on even in their teens they still gravite to mum for emotional nurturing were as girls seem to get that from Dad while getting the practical from Mum. In this situation its not unusual to find that they buy their children's love with with money and things. This creates on the whole and in the main little monsters who become dysfunctional adults someday. So far I think the boys aren't to bad from what I have seen. the exception would be Amara is trying to be the adult to much and Aria is seeking in the friendships he his like with Drew the love of an adult parent figure. Good on Drew if he can provide for Aria. Maybe when Amara has seen up close and personal how this works he may back down and become more open with Drew and come to see what the real otherwise of family is all about. I feel it will be very important to both Amara and Aria and also Drew. I think it will provide a stable base when things go pear shaped later.

Ooooooo a baby dragon . It sounds a bit like sapphira out of Eragon or may be dragons brothers green dragon.lol I so love decent dragon stories..

Very few people go through what Jamie and Lucas have without some type of awakening or mountain top experience. As I am a country boy born and bred and lived in the bush for nearly all of my 57yrs, I would have to say,I have a more practical and distinctly earthy outlook on life in general.

I'm not that sympathetic with that veiw as I find it fairly shallow.in my opinion. On top of that I find the modern concept of.love and romance fairly shallow, one sided and hurtful with one side always giving while the other takes and receives but rarely giving. I don't believe in love I think what most today think of as love is not much more than list. Sorry, but that is the what I believe and feel. Lol

To my knowledge Jamie hasnt broken many if any hearts . There may have been a couple since Sean but that's excusable as he wasn't over his loss of Sean yet and it did take him ages to do so. Others did not understand this at the time from my reading the story. I think in many ways they were themselves shallow in not understanding his loss or need at the time. He may not even habitat understood it himself properly untill very recently.

Hmmmmm. A more mundane chapter. I wonder what your devious mind has plotted for us. It is good to have a bit of a slower chapter for a breather. The plot thickens me thinks. Lol

Jamie or James is not a complex character. He loves who loves genuinely,truly, deeply, long and feelingly. There is nothing shallow about that or for that matter anything difficult either.

I have no doubt James.and Ben these to guys will find plenty of room for each other . Every sign that they are taken with you each other is therefore the world to see. I think both James and Lucas are very gratefull to Ben for what he did art the crash and after especially as he has been supplying them with essential comfort food.

I think there is more to Amara then many are seeing yet.I think he doesn't trust any one except Aria. At the same time as much as he tells Aria off trusting Drew but Aria doesn't take any notice. I suspect that despite what he says he is closely watching watching firstly to make sure aria s hurt in anyway and two to see if Drew is genuine and true. I don't for one minute think he is as closed minded as he makes out. an think it has to do more with the shall vapid hangers on and staffers who have failed him so badly. I also suspect that because Aria is more trusting he hasn't been hurt as much were as Amara is not as trusting as an individual which could be as.much because of his nature as due to those around him.