Howzat

I've just managed to escape from the ropes I was tied up with - my earlier visitor was not very nice to me! I'm not 100% sure who it was as she (yes I'm sure it was a she) was wearing a wolf shifter mask and she didn't talk, but I could tell she meant business. Initially I suspected @kbois due to the all pervading smell of mango habanero whiskey but in one of her earlier comments she stated that she was flat out broke from her recent holiday and that said whiskey is no longer partaken of. But I suppose that could have been a lie? Or is it a cunning ruse by @Mrsgnomie or even @chris191070 to lure us down a false trail? I seem to be incarcerated inside my house - all the doors and windows are locked and keys have been removed. I've just found a note - "Next time - when I say get in The Korner, stay there! I got Caleb shot and it can be arranged for you too." It was signed Supreme Alpha!! OMG! Maybe it was @kbois after all!!

Shhhhsh! - she hasn't spotted that I've snuck out temporarily!! Or she has spotted it and has other plans for me....!!!!!!! Hang on, someone is knocking at the door........I wonder who it could be?

It's just after 4.45pm here in the UK and this chapter is making my head hurt! I'm going to go and get some food for me and Dad and then I'll come back to you later.

Yay - Caleb's story at last! Thank you @kbois and I'm sure your editor @Mrsgnomie is delighted too.

Thankyou @weinerdog - I noticed you did that!

And there was I thinking we were going to New Zealand together! MIA = life in the real world taking precedence! PS - Yay, first on Page 7 (I'll take all the little wins - I'm never going to be first on page 1)

I think we're all playing "Who's going to be first on Page 7"!

I always think of @kbois as more like this And then @Mrsgnomie as like this

Pretty sure you forgot

@chris191070 now look what you've done! *books ticket to New Zealand....* (I've always wanted to go there)

Apologies - I must have missed that. Please forgive me!!!!!! 🥰 I'll look forward to reading your anthology when it hits the interweb thingy!

You could well be joining me in The Korner!

I was kind of hoping that by the time I'd finished emoji-ing on the comments for this chapter that the next chapter would have dropped! Apparently I was wrong 😪 Anyway - kudos for the kids going on bedtime strike, 'cos they is 'nited until Uncle Perry gets there!! Is it @kbois holding you up from posting the next chapter @Mrsgnomie? It's okay @kbois I've already got my bag packed for when you send me to The Korner!!

@kbois I miss Caleb too! So I'm in @Mrsgnomie's camp! I may have just poked the proverbial bear in Florida so I may well be sent to the Korner - I hope all my stuff is still there from last time!

@chris191070 - I think your calculations are a bit out? 24 hours in a day x 7 = 168 hours in a week which according to your figure above means we're going to get to chapter 30 in about 4.6 weeks - which at 2 chapters per week is only 9 chapters (rounding off) so that gets us to chapter 12. Therefore I think it's more in the realm of 2268 hours - assuming it's 27 chapters to go = 13.5 weeks. I just had to do the maths!! (That's how we say it in the UK - its mathematics to maths and not mathematic to math)!

@Mrsgnomie - wow, what a story! Two chapters in and I'm hooked!! I can hear Gracie crying, Ava & Henry being two (as only two year olds can) and Noah speaking in his 4 year old (going on teenager) way - that just from the way you weave your magic in words. Just two chapters and I've cried at both of them. And with you starting posting again I'm guessing it won't be long before @kbois starts posting her next story (pretty please)? I just love this website!! Mark xxxx

I never met you, but I feel like I know you through your writing. Why am I crying over the loss of someone I never got to meet? Carlos - we will all miss you and all those wonderful characters you created. May you rest in peace.

@Grumpy Bear great to hear from you - @centexhairysub is quite correct - look after yourself first! The story (even though we miss it) has to come second.

I'm so glad you persevered!

@WolfM does it again with the next foray into the Running With The Pack world! This time it's Trevor who is the main protagonist and we are sharing his journey of self-discovery - you'll have to read the story to find out exactly what (and who) that journey entails. Some of the guys from previous stories make the odd appearance here or there. If you haven't read the previous stories then this story will make absolutely no sense until you do - so go and do that before you go any further here.

@WolfM I can't believe this story is over already - what on earth will I read on Monday afternoon/evening (UK time) now? Which poor schmuck has Shannon got to impregnate her? Hopefully he'll leave her to cope with that all by herself (not that the said progeny would deserve that). And how is Trev only a 9 - surely he's got to be at least a 12!! Trev & Jayson? Friends no benefits (probably) is what they should be. This new campus discussion group sounds interesting! We already know some of the things that'll probably happen in the next story - SkyRanTrev being a throuple properly when Randy has his first shift etc. I'm looking forward to it already!!

Hey @Carlos Hazday another great story in this wonderful series. Hopefully the next instalment isn't too far off. I haven't read all the comments so I may not be the first to mention this - I love how you created President Biden's assistant by merging the actress Allison Janney with her character from The West Wing, CJ Cregg (who was President Bartlet's Press Secretary before becoming his Chief Of Staff). We couldn't have two CJ's so Allison Cregg was the only option left!

Hey @Carlos Hazday don't forget you've got CJ, Owen and all those other hunks they always seeme to meet or hang around with - don't go stealing our hot trio from this story! Though hang on a cotton picking minute - how about a crossover story (spring break as per your suggestion) involving this lot and your lot - now that would be MEGA HOT 🐺🐺🐺

So that would be like having the whole of the story Circumnavigation posted as one chapter!

Or even better - tomorrow is next Monday!