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I expected Martin was going to say "Sir"! 😂

Why—oh why—does the SA competition always happen during the summer holidays? The Wi-Fi on Greece’s beaches is so lousy… when it even exists!

Good question. I keep wondering what the endgame is for each of them. What’s the real aim of this confrontation - and what comes after? Is it about salvaging pride, reasserting dominance, reclaiming property, changing ownership… or, in Riley’s case, finding some kind of closure? They’re not the same men they were at the beginning of the story (or at the end of the prequel). Will any of this actually satisfy them, or would they be better off walking away and not looking back?

Get out. Before Benjamin calls the police. Or worse, the Albanians. The Lady is magnificent! 🙂

More troubled than this...?!

Raithion is finally confronting Dio… he once sacrificed his life for the Basileus, but now his son’s life comes first. Fortunately, Dio recognizes his most loyal man and grants him a document that may give Raithion an advantage in negotiations with Azula. Let’s hope he does not come to Sura Island with threats, because now is the time to beg - even if you are a prince and Grand Commander of the Empire. In the presence of something sacred, such as the gift of healing, even the bravest and strongest must remain humble. And Azula… he is no longer the same young man from years ago. He is a leader now, yet his heart still seems pure. He may feel hatred toward the Empire and Raithion at this moment, but he will not refuse to save the life of an innocent child.

This sounds so...kinky!!!

I love the ending… This reunion had been waiting to happen for so long. It feels like they both needed this closure - not to forgive each other, but to forgive themselves. The hint that they’re connected not only by a destiny shaped by narcissistic, abusive, and selfish adults, but by their own DNA gives a powerful turn from tragedy into a story of love and redemption.

Ben’s eyes might be blinded by the new experience, but I have a feeling another pair of eyes - the “Hawk eyes” - are seeing better, farther, and deeper than ever before. In general, I’m not as intrigued by the final encounter between Kieran and Ben as I am by the encounter between the King and the Hawk (the “new” Riley).

Cheetam Hill excursion was amazing-adventurous, funny… haha. “Fake originals” cracked me up - I once saw knockoff Snickers where instead of Reebok it said Reabok! 😁 The appearance of Lee and Kieran’s shadow is unsettling. It was expected but orchestrated by Ben and Riley...this isn’t a controllable variable. Hmm… could Kieran be behind the Montague business?!

I’m not a violent person and I don’t believe violence is the solution, but in this case… it’s really hard not to feel like someone should put that manipulative bastard Sam in his place!

I had to check Go Home, and then I remembered I’ve read both prequels. Great stories - hot, kinky… a bit controversial, but more as a psychological dissection of the characters than for its own sake. I didn’t know there was a Jake’s Story… eagerly waiting to see his closure.

Kieran too - he was his king, never a partner. He never saw any potential in Riley beyond emotional refuge. When those emotions became leverage, he discarded him.

A lot of interesting characters in the Poisoned Place… Even though everyone seems suspicious, I still can’t tell who the Monstrum is. Or is it person at all...