Top shelf mate!

Bullseye!

Oh my heart is shattered for them. So tragic. So eloquently and exquisitely written. I'm impatient for the next part and grateful for what you've given us so far. Thank you.

The empty house silence following a death ahhhhhhh. I know that sound. It's terrible. I'm a grief counseler and I've had to make house calls to visit grieving parents because that pain that Jarod and Parker are feeling zaps the will to keep doing the things that keep them alive. It's realistic, plausible. I can feel it. You bring the realism into the story and it makes it seem like I'm watching this all unfold instead of reading it and imagining it all unfold. You're talented. You truly have a gift. Thank you for sharing it. Keeping this old series alive means everything.

Poignant and succinct. Every word resonated. You seem to be accustomed to loos yourself. You write about it often and accurately. My home was silent like that too . I think we all recognize that silence and relate. Emily witnessing the breakdown which was probably traumatic too. Her feelings of helplessness, fear, not wanting to intrude on the grieving parents are all pieces of this tragic puzzle.

Ian's reaction, Sydney's arrival, the major's wounds that don't heal. My God you know grief.

Then the parents themselves. They had no plans, just were lying there, she beneath blankets and he on top of the blankets. Each word is so lyrical, building up to the end.The spark of inspiration that saves them. Scraping up strength, merging resources. Oomph. Instead of dying where they lay. That last line falls like the final piece it is, perfecting the puzzle.

I am amazed Mirage.

Thank you for this painful and extraordinarily beautiful piece of literature.

Oh, wow! Hurray. I'm doing the seated happy dance. Looks like I'm doing nasty things to my chair probably. Idgaf about that tho. Damnnnnn girl! This is awesome. Heart shattering. I'm kind of like moving around in the shards now.

Jarod and Parker discovered at the same time that it was their child, and then immediately learned he was dead. Jarod's denial is real. The primal paternal need is real. He'd rather Parker be nuts than his child be dead and that's on point and dead spot on. We know how Jarod is about family and about children. 

It was a stroke of gotdern genius to use her inner sense, prenomitions, and ability to see and chat with the dead to discover the truth. It was PURE genius to have Catherine lead her daughter to the people she knew that Parker would need during the grief.

I'm so totally freaking blown away right now.

Oh, and Ian. Oh, my god he IS young Jarod. Innocent. Sweet.

You are brilliant.

That took away my breath Mirage.

Hope really is a cruel thing sometimes.

Yes, the grief is crippling. You write is so beautifully and insist that I feel it while reading.

The plausibility of this is striking. I think I still feel so shattered right now because I feel like I just experienced it first hand.

This story could easily be the next movie or episode. I say that about all of your stories I know and it's true.

It makes so much sense in Pretenderverse canon that Parker would make the turn and do the right thing and rescue her brother at her mother's behest only to discover that he's dead.

Miss Parker always gets the rug snatched out from under her. That is canon. Happiness is going to be something she has to fight for.

I hope Jarod will fight WITH her.

This is stunning work. Startling, painful, beautiful, magical work.

Thank you.

It's always a pleasure to read you.

More please?

That was devastating!  I'm hoping this story has nowhere to go but up.  Can't wait for the next chapter.

Uumfph. Shot through the heart and YOU'RE to blame! Umfph. Mirage. You killed a little......    acktwually I don't care. I had pretty much writtten the kid off the moment Raines started tinkering around with him. Either he would die or have life long trauma and become another Lyle or Alex and Parker or Jarod would have to put him down or Lyle would end killing him to hurt Parker and Jarod.

That's how it goes in The Pretender.

I hope to see them continue to grieve and I hope they pair up and rain hell down on the guilty parites. This is the turning point.

Beautifully written. Action packed. You've got my attention. You're one of the few authors who can hold my attention.

I think your auto correct added too many e's to scrooge dude's name but we know who you maen and Parker does have a way of holding the syllable for a moment. No biggie. I kind of giggled thinking of you calling yourself the queen of typos and I finally saw a typo. Finally. lol. A cute little one.

Don't worry about that. Just write. You rule!

More please?

I'm EVEN MORE STOKED now!

Oh my Goddesses!

I have election anxiety even though I'm not in the United States. Fingers crossed that Harris wins by a (cue Stevie Nicks) Landside...

The US doesn't need a rapist in the white house. They already TWO rapists on the Supreme Court. What is it about the US and rapists? They LOVE Them some rapists.

yeah so anyhoo!

I'm glad you don't have to worry about that... well then again being a victim of the rapist's foreign policies will suck. Poor Palestine and Ukraine aren't going to exist anymore if the rapist...

NO. I won't put that in the universe.

Anxiety!!

I hope you're ok. I don't know where in the world you are but I hope you're well.

I love this story. I love all of them and will be reading everything here tonight. If you have recommendations hit me with them please. Do you recommend your Circles of Hell or Forces of Nature? Where should I begin again?

I need to lose myself in reading for a few days until it's clear that there was a BLUE Landside tsunami wave.

I wish you would update constantly.

So much excitement. Really painful chapter but I trust you to do right by them...you always have.

Mad respect!

Thank you

More!

🌹🌹 🌹 🌹 Bravo Mirage! � 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

Sorrowful and beautiful.

I think Jarod is growing on you.

I foresee them becoming closer.  I walk with you wherever you lead.

More please?

Until next time,

Ciao!

Stunning, stunning, impressive writing as always.

You leave me craving more.