I need more of this.

I'm kind of whiplashed. Going from The Gift to this. You really can write any genre with ease and it amazes me. Lyle and Jarod's interactions here. I nearly fell into the floor. My God. It's all so plausible. This is stunning too. You are damn amazing.

I'm giving you a standing ovation and cheers and whistles. You can hear or see it but that's what I'm doing now.

My jaw hit the floor when I discovered it was Lyle, but that is the face Jarod seems to most laoath and that makes sense.

This is the most plausible thing I've read since.. the last thing I read by you a minute ago. This is so succinct and poignant and so profound and just...oh, my god! I need to read all of this. The sequel and prequel. I'll go look for those now. Thank you so so much for writing and sharing with us.

I don't know how I missed this one. You said you've written other stories in which Jarod is gay or pansexual or transgender. In this he isn't either of those things or you don't label him anyway but I think, and you can correct me if I'm wrong, that you aren't a person who labels others. I don't think Jarod is gay in this fic and I do think you would have clarified. I think Lyle is trying to distract Jarod.

It's a stunning piece Mirage. Gorgeous. There is solace in wild things but it can take work. It's good to see Jarod giving Lyle the attention he gave Ethan and Kyle. Your explanation as to why Jarod tends to Lyle instead of Miss Parker is haunting. I'd like to read that piece. Also I noticed that you've deleted a fic or two. Please don't delete your work.

This is a treasure! This is NOW my favorite story of yours.... my favorite 1 chapter story of yours anyway.

"There is solace in wild things."

"..horses are all what they are: wild; he doesn't take that from them."

"he feels something inside him begin to splinter, break.. he in turn wants to break something"(Oh Mirage but it's true that broken people want to break people and wounded animals are dangerous).

I love that Jarod doesn't break or beat animals (human ones included) into submission. He doesn't try to take the wildness from them.

Lyle can't stop because Lyle is sick. It could be his mum's mental problems or the child abuse he suffered and being locked up in a shed as a child or all of those things that made him a monster. I don't know why Jarod didn't try to help Lyle like he helped Ethan and Kyle during the tv series.

I just want to add that you really captured Jarod and Lyle and their spirits, their humanity and characters...all of it, and you always do, but it was so much clearer in this story, even more so than in the past stories...but this IS a past story. I see now that this was the first thing you ever wrote of the pretender. Fascinating story Mirage and so brief. Jarod thinks he's just keeping a promise..I love that humility. He comes off as cocky I'm intrigued about the mention of the companion piece. I'd like to know at least if Lyle killed Miss Parker in the companion piece. Could you post it too? Please?

I wish I was a writer so I could tell you how much I love this. But I'll leave it to you dear. Splendid, Mirage. It is a pleasure to read your work.

Author's Response:

You are a writer. You wrote a review and I enjoyed it. That's a start. I give your review five stars. Thanks for reading and the generous review.

Readalicious like always Mirage. Thank you so much!

Author's Response:

Thank you, Gunner.

It's nice to see your true colors. I think people might have been offended by this. Now not so much. I had a feeling you didn't always write Jarod-Parker stories you just only posted mostly Jarod-Parker stories. Beautiful. Thank you for sharing your talent with us and congratulations.

Author's Response:

Hi and thanks for the r&r, Jen. I get requests mostly for the Parker-Jarod. You're absolutely correct. 

Ooooh uhuh! Honey honey honey! I love this. I want to read what happened in the other story that lead to Jarod stepping in and breaking nothing. LOVE.

Poignant and succinct. You are an extremely gifted author, even right out of the gate ...pun intended.. with this first story. The theme is unbroken. Horses, promises, Lyle, and the young woman presumably Korean bearing the takeout food Lyle ordered. She could have been destoryed. No one could blame Jarod for putting Lyle down and breaking him. You've touched on Parker's potential mental issue inherited from Catherine in past stories but only after reading this did I remember that Lyle could have the same illness as Catherine. He is insane. Wow. I want to read the companion piece.

"He tastes his own blood; it does not slake his thrist; it is not his own blood he craved"