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Honestly, hoping that Jeff does nothing else stupid. Maybe Gavin and Jeff will end up in the same place, but I doubt it. Glad that Michael and Stephen are both putting themselves out there. Leon did what he did as much to protect his two new friends as to protect himself. Excellent chapter.

As always, thanks for the deep dive, a great category and some truly excellent authors and stories.

Dust feels as if ever piece of bad news is another body blow. Each time another victim dies, or chooses to take their own life, he is blaming himself. Kellen was truly worried about him; hope he just takes him home and puts him to bed. Why do the most horrible people always seem to have mothers, grandmothers, and little old ladies that think they are perfect and everyone else is just out to get them????

Let's hope Dorjin does the right thing and lets them know to strike back and the Human's, clearly no matter what they say, the Humans are not from this Earth and perhaps have never actually been there.

Do you know, I never even thought about the title meaning anything other than Brian, Gordon, and Toby; but it could easily refer to Brian, Gordon, and Russ as well. Have always enjoyed saunas, but rarely ever used them. Rare to find a health club in my part of the US that has them, not sure why. There are several health benefits to them, maybe cleaning or insurance issues? As always, the conversations all the way around, even the internal ones were delightful. Sad that this arc is coming to an end, but you must promise to keep coming back to visit some, as long as the muse moves you so.

The magic was stronger because she is on Earth and engaging in the magic. Leave it up to Humans to use death magic.

Aaven did not get his deer; but is he about to get something more? And how will that effect his perception of self? A unique talent, echolocation. outside of bats, dolphins, whales, a few species of birds, and a couple of mammals that I believe are only found in Madagascar, not something that would be easy to deal with, especially having it thrust upon you. And why the hell would any of the others believe that he just wanted to go to bed without feeding?

Tony, Harry, and Luke had a wonderful lunch and possibly found something that they could all get behind and work on to help others that were in a situation like Tony was. Tony and his friends all realize how lucky that he was to have someone to turn to, even if he did wait a bit to do so. Tony wants Bayview, and if he could get it, as @Ivor Slipper suggested, that amount of land would offer a more than nice place for a hostel or something similar. Wonderful chapter, can't wait to see what happens next.

Don't have to have a happy story, and this one is truly well written, as are all of yours. That said, just finding it hard to find anyone that I really just like.

From your lips to the Goddess ears.

Woo Hoo knew all seven words this week. Summer seems to have started in about March here in Texas, already too hot and tired of it all, and it isn't even really here yet. As always, thanks for the round up, always need to see what I might have missed out on.

Nice to see how this has played out. All of the fourteen children are out of the nursery and finding their own ways in the universe. The House and Corporation is so large that they can each find what they truly want to work on and learn how to be the best they can be. Marc and Adam have done a better job than I would have anticipated with the kids, yes, they had help, but they also were always involved. So, Marc Adam and Liam? Have to wonder just how serious it is, and how far they will go together.

Honestly, both Claire and Sarah are becoming dangerous to not only themselves but all those around them. Remy needs to call the Mistresses right away, nothing about this is going to end well. I am almost to the point of not truly liking any of these people, they are all so flawed.

WOW, and I thought I was vicious...

Oh, My Freaking God... I truly can't believe that Taylor would be this stupid. Nor, honestly, do I see her being smart enough to pull this all off, Taylor is sneaky but can't see her having the contacts to get this done. Have to wonder was she the mastermind or is someone manipulating her? Lord, I truly can't see how this is going to play out. There must be a connection, or she would not have the watch and the passport, I just don't know... I can't believe that Taylor killed Travis's dog, of all the things she has done, that may be the worst of it. What type of sicko poisons a poor animal like that? If for nothing else Travis needs to slap the living daylights out of her. Maria is a miracle worker, but she may need to be a witch to deal with John and Ryan. I truly hope for his sake Roenig only is doing this for the money and that nothing happens to Travis, or he will come to regret this.

Some people will just never learn, does not matter how gentle or hard the lesson is, they just never change their actions nor attitudes.

We can hope that the message was delivered but Etienne may never know, unless the Prince is able to respond in some way to the message and get a response back to the Cardinal and Etienne learns that way. Thomas was no more nor less than a product of his time and position. Could he be fully trusted, no, but he might well deliver the message to the Prince for then he would have something on him about corresponding with foreign powers. Etienne and Corin have forged a deeper connection than either of them expected. Let's hope they are able to get out of their current situation. Of course, the Prince or Thomas might surprise them, we will see.

I am honestly all over the place on both this chapter and Mathew. Each of these intertwining stories seem to represent a different facet of Mathew's personality. Starting to feel pulled in all direction on how I feel about him depending on who he is involved with at the moment. There seems to be such total contrast to his personality and behavior. Well written and flowed really well, but just not sure how to react to it.

Well, let's hope the ship and the ladies are right. A nice fog going over the sea would be easily overlooked, unless maybe in the middle of the day, but we shall see. Earth magic and Human magic seem vastly different.

Wonderfully written chapter, have to admit it made me think more that anyone should at 5:00 p.m. on a Friday afternoon. Love how Graham is looking back and taking stock. He realizes that he has a lot of things going on and need to get a little more organized and prioritize what needs to be handled and how. Plus, he has started looking back and some of his old writings and other things, never truly an easy thing to do, you would be surprised how hard it can be to maintain the right attitude and try and look at it all in a balanced way. I am just so proud of Vince. He has come so far, in really a short period of time. Some of that is Peter, but some is dealing with Graham and taking stock of his life as well. Freddie asks just the best questions. Oh, how I loved Are You Being Served? I know some now days bash John Inman's performance, but personally, I think it was brilliant. Larry Grayson is another matter; he just always came off as really bitchy and unhappy to me even when he was being funny. I have been told I need to see some of his older stuff and that the stage persona was much different but what I did see never impressed me. Baz might have a few things to suggest for Freddie to explore. Give him and Arvid something to do. Wonderful as always.

Generally, unless you are truly a major writer, the amount you make from book sales is not what most people really think. Unless you get a best seller and the contract is written in the right way, you only get a certain amount for each book, more for hardback copies and less for paperback, mass market, downloaded or audible books. Movies or TV money, if it can be acquired is where you can make major bank. Sounds like Tony's new idea was just what the American company was looking for; may have to lose the kangaroo, perhaps a porcupine instead. Can't wait to see what happens next.

I am almost to the point of agreeing that any organized religion is cult like/lite. But I think you can be spiritual and be in a good place, it is the organizational part that always seems to go bad.

I hope that Mordoq is able to live out their life in peace, no matter how short or long it is. Let's hope the rebels are able to use what the group has knowledge of and find a way to fight back.

Dorjin has to come to terms with her actions and in some cases inaction. She needs to decide what type of person she wants to be.

No, I would not expect that to be addressed. But I wish someone would check out the issues with his hearing and make sure that physically he is okay. The way the hearing issues seem to impact so many other areas, he could easily get hurt or blamed for something that he had no control over.