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Update. Yay! Well, our boys alone in a little house, snowed in for a week? Gee, what could possibly happen? I look forward to the next update, whenever it may be.

Oh, and I hope you feel all better soon *hugs*

I was Reckless Mist, but apparently ALL of my damn stories AND my profile were deleted off of here, I moved to Kirafics. Anyway, I love this story, and if your current beta decides to say "bye-bye" I'm free. I wonder what Teige will do when he finds out Drake knows what he is???

Well, I used to be RecklessMist, until I found out all of my stories and my profile has been deleted!! So I moved to Kirafics. Ha!

But I love this story! Anyway, if your current beta says 'bye-bye', I'm free.

I wonder what Teige will do when he finds out Drake knows what he is?

Sorry. My Internet died and I thought my review didn't post. So ya got three o' me this time! ;)

Nice chapter. The dream sequence was really good, painted very clear pictures in my head. I look forward to your new Monday/Friday update schedual. Yay!

Yay! Now I get to rave about all the stuff I loved!

I am a huge Drake fan, so it was really wonderful to get this glimpse inside him. I think you handled his emotions really well, making them powerful but also very repressed. Like storm waves battering at the sea walls which strain to contain them. And it was interesting to learn some hints about his history, and why he has a particular hatred of vampires. And, on a deeper level, why he has such a need to protect people.

The dream was absolutely amazing. You created such a beautiful sense of peace with the gull's cry echoing through the salty evening air and the waves washing over Drake's feet. Then you blew it all to pieces! The descriptions of the bats flying in "like a plague of locusts" and swirling around Drake "in live tornadoes" gave me chills down to my toes. And then this sentence totally sealed the deal for me: "...he discovered he couldn’t run as fast, his legs shorter and his hands barely the size of teacups..." I think that perfectly captured how unreal motion in dreams can be, how our bodies and physical abilities become completely distorted.

I already mentioned how much I love the fact that Drake named his horse "Stallion". Dear Drake. Not the creative, flamboyant type at all. Just solid and practical.

The moment when Drake decides that he can't kill Teige, no matter what Teige is, was very tender and poignant. Especially considering Drake's hatred of vampires. Somehow, when Teige was teasing Drake about leaving him alone to fend for himself, I imagined Teige talking with a Southern accent and dressed up like Scarlet O’Hara from "Gone with the Wind".

Oh yeah, and my favorite line in this chapter: "...dark lashes flitted open, like black butterfly wings lifting to reveal a sea of azure flowers." Gorgeous and evocative!

Love,
Falcon

Found this story just today, and I am so impressed. I read it all in one sitting and am now on pins and needles waiting for the next update.
I love the style, as I am not a fan of overdone descriptions and wordy backgrounds. I look forward to your next chapter and upcoming . . . smut did you say?
O and good job with detail work, I hate sloppy loose ends and you have tied them all up nicely.

Ok, I can't see that Tiege was "dealing with his vampire side" at all. It looked more like he was embracing it and not bothered one bit about it. From the first few chapters, I would have thought he would be having a panic attack over finding out he was a vampire (or on his way to being a vampire....I'm really not clear on what you're trying to make him into since the other vampires make comments about him being 'just a human'). But in this chapter, well, he seems pretty fine about drinking blood, not really even all that disgusted with having to clean the blood off afterwards (it came across as more of 'this is such a bother' that he got the blood on him in the first place). Seems a little inconsistent to me. It's a well written fic for the most part and has been enjoyable. But, you might want to watch that it doesn't start developing plot holes.

I can understand why you like this chapter so much. It does seem especially well written. I particularly enjoyed the opening description about the bird of prey swooping into town. Those first couple paragraphs were packed full of so many great sensory details - you made me clearly imagine what it might be like to fly. And when the birds turned out to be vampires, that was a nice surprise.

The confrontation between Teige and Raspel was very sexy, especially the blood drinking. I loved this line: "To his credit, the man’s blood tasted like a wild nectar, pumping with life and adrenaline that made his body soar with an almost invincible confidence, telling tales of endless forests, pines, oaks, maples, and the howl of wolves in the trees on a night of the full moon." Very beautiful and poetic.

Somehow, I just know that Drake saw the whole thing. How will he deal with discovering that Teige is (sort of) a vampire? For that matter, how will Teige deal with it, once the shock wears off? All these questions and no obvious answers! The suspense is killing me!

Can't wait for the next update!

Love,
Falcon

Omg! Teige is a vampire! Arrgh I have mixed feelings towards that and now I have mixed feelings towards Cyprien and who Teige will end up with. Omg I am so confused Waaah. You must must must update soon. I am loving this story with a passion.