CincyKris

True!

I don't think Kentonworth has ever met anyone quite like Tawni, and he has no idea how to "handle" her. The answer is that she will not be handled!

I'm all over the Addie providing ethical/moral/situationship advice! I can't wait! Max has lived in a "comfortable for him" living arrangement for too long! He needs a dose of boss girl (which I have no doubt that Addie will become) advice! Tara is maybe too close, as new best friend, to consider real, real advice!

I finished this chapter while waiting at the vet, now I’ve got a chance to comment. That was quite the bombshell about the lost twin! I wonder how the general treated Max when he was a little boy? Probably didn’t see him a lot. He strikes me as the type of man with no use for little ones, until they’re old enough to be trained. Harsh? Cold? I feel justified in my judgement of the general. I can’t help but feel sorry for Max’s mom. I think it is extraordinarily noble of Max to not make her choose! I like Roman’s chances at busting down Max’s walls. He chipped quite a hole in it less than hour after they were “official”!

Great battle scene! Tawni would have been great screenwriter, if there were still such things.

Chapter 10 has already been posted, so I get to read it next! Their negotiations felt sometimes like a business merger, other times like a living chess game, and like a sexy dance. Roman seems like he's in control of his emotions, but I bet he's just as unsettled by Max's effects on him as Max is of Roman. They are both trying something really big for the first times in their lives.

I also found this chapter very sweet and touching. I think Slav has been missing family and he's found it in this unusual home. Audra makes another appearance, she is the most wonderful female character you have written!

My anxiety is lessened because, even though our heroes are not back together yet, they are both out of Dottie's hands and with good people. On a side note, Billy's description sounds like one of Jimmy's many dates!

Oddly enough, I think that Tawni's viewpoint is more understandable than Bix's. I don't understand Bix's antiquated morality in this semi-dystopian world. Neither woman grew up with parents, how did Bix develop this modern view of morals? I completely understand Tawni's practical postmodern view, you protect yourself and those you love by any means necessary. Tawni's viewpoint was (and still is) the standard for nearly all antideluvian or underdeveloped societies. Bix's viewpoint is a product of a developed, "gentle" society, very unexpected from a child raised communally on ships and forced into subservience by despots.

When the Grondsen's find their dead "king" and missing jewelry, will they assume the Kentonworth's are to blame? Will her next target be old man Kentonworth?

Before Tawni was a killer, but now she'll be an assassin. I wonder who the target will be?

Pirates are super cool! Not modern pirates, old or fantasy pirates!

It’s interesting that Tawni, who was too shy to walk in her underwear that she swam in, has no issues killing 6 bad people. Tawni seems very pragmatic, logical and rational. She looks at things the way a soldier would. Bix is all about the connections between people, extroverted and emotional. The two together will make a formidable team.

I hope Dottie will also have a date with the devil!

Well we know for sure who the Assassin is! Unless Bix learns to read soon, Tawni is both our titular leads. Can't say I feel sorry for the Royal soldiers.