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Real name: Valerie

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A Hero's Heart by Mirage
Rated: PG 13 starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 361]
Summary:

When Jarod and his clone are presumed dead and further cloning attempts prove futile, Raines is determined to find another way. He finds it in Dry River, Arizona.

 



Categories: Post IOTH
Characters: All the characters, Jarod, Miss Parker, Other Non-Centre Related Character, Sydney
Classifications: Genres: Angst, Drama, General
Warnings: Warning: Character Death, Warning: Language, Warning: Violence

Series: None
Chapters: 27 Table of Contents
Completed:Yes
Word count: 70940
Read Count: 1143608
[Report This] Published: 29/03/13 Updated: 11/04/25


Title: Chapter 1: The Missing Piece

I've never read this one. On one hand I regret not following along with this as you wrote and on the other hand OMG this is complete now and I can binge read! No lines no waiting. This first chapter is awesome!

Awesome!

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Date: 21/04/25
Title: Chapter 2: Silent Treatment

Fans self ... vigorously, darling.

You deliver the tension, the heat, and an actual kissπŸ’‹.

Parker is the ultimate boss bitch! This is amazing.

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Date: 21/04/25
Title: Chapter 3: Truce?

Lol still alive. Parker didn't kill him yet. Jarod should be optimistic. The woman kissed him. That had to be a optism booster.

Only one way to find out..."trust me" ahh I love it .

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Date: 21/04/25
Title: Chapter 4: Welcome Back, Jarod

Perfect chapter title.yes. Perfect chapter. Perfect all the way.

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Date: 21/04/25
Title: Chapter 5: Help

Chapter notes are a hilarious and sweet touch. I love the way Jarod confronted her.. always with her mom, always showing her herself..

So plausible and canon.

Uhh I wish I could read it all now but I have to go. Being an adult sucks sometimes. Will come back.

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Date: 21/04/25
Title: Chapter 6: Flight of Fancy

Oomph! You don't cross Jarod.

Parker should've known.

Thank goodness for Saturdays. I can totally read more of this I hope. I love it!

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Date: 26/04/25
Title: Chapter 7: An Ace in the Hole

Ohhh 😲 😲 😲 my god!!!

The funny bits. Good thing it's Jarod and he would never πŸ˜‚ πŸ˜‚πŸ€£..but Parker didn't know that.

This reads so fast. It's so amazing 😍. I try to stop dowed reading and savor it more ....goddd! I want more and more!

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Date: 26/04/25
Title: Chapter 8: Exile

^ I second what Twisted said. You SHOULD be writing official...you ARE official for me!

 

Jarod's "I'm taking you with me" has me killedt. Oh mi gods ! 😍

Can't get enough.

 

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Date: 26/04/25
Title: Chapter 9: Unfinished Business

So you dream about these things and then write them? You are obviously a very vivid dreamer. I envy that...i guess it can be a curse too tho. This keeps getting better and better and I keep craving more and more. Im a speed reader so it's hard for me to slow down and taste it all. I love it. So addicting so in character. Perfect! 😁

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Date: 26/04/25
Title: Chapter 10: Tension

Those consequences....oh goddesses! I love their tension.. it's uncomfortable watching it on TV and it's just as uncomfortable to read it here.

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Date: 26/04/25
Title: Chapter 11: Demons

Oh wow you did it!; like that just happened literally.... and I knew it. You are a young, or were really young when you began this. You're so in tune! I keep getting interrupted even on my weekend but I am gonna read and review all of this if it takes me all week!

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Date: 26/04/25
Title: Chapter 12: Recompense

The song has to be father figure by George Michael because reasons . Or died in your arms tonight by cutting crew. .could be maybe wolf at the door by keane...which of those 3 do u prefer?!

I just love it and can imagine Jarod's concealed anger but a lot of disappointment and real concern for her .

 

Parker's thinking  meant there were 3 of her "knowing raines" and the cloning exploits is so hilarious. I died laughing.

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Date: 26/04/25
Title: Chapter 12: Recompense

The song has to be father figure by George Michael because reasons . Or died in your arms tonight by cutting crew. .could be maybe wolf at the door by keane...which of those 3 do u prefer?!

I just love it and can imagine Jarod's concealed anger but a lot of disappointment and real concern for her .

 

Correction:::::

Parker's thinking jarod meant there were 2 of her "knowing raines" and the cloning exploits is so hilarious. I died laughing.

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Date: 26/04/25
Title: Chapter 13: Traffic

This gives me so much to consider, insights I never considered at all. I will want to write an essay on this if that's ok? Just for personal use may I? I need to write about it to learn better how to think about it.

Your ability to bring characters to life is thrilling.

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Date: 26/04/25
Title: Chapter 13: Traffic

This gives me so much to consider, insights I never considered at all. I will want to write an essay on this if that's ok? Just for personal use may I? I need to write about it to learn better how to think about it.

Your ability to bring characters to life is thrilling.

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Date: 26/04/25
Title: Chapter 14: Gone (Part I)

Your descriptive work is  amazing 😍. Always. I can't get enough.

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Date: 28/04/25
Title: Chapter 15: Gone (Part II)

So. Freaking. Awesome 😎

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Date: 28/04/25
Title: Chapter 16: Gone (Part III)

Lol.jarod was totally watching soaps lol..they are like that. Reva from guilding light totally married both brothers and the dad! Lol .trailer trash soaps. Do you watch them? Did You watch our very own family Micheal t Weiss in days of our lives as dr Mike?

I love this chapter!

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Date: 28/04/25
Title: Chapter 17: Gone (Part IV)

Jarod is so clever..you are too. πŸ˜‰πŸ˜Ž

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Date: 01/05/25
Title: Chapter 18: Gone (Part V)

Sparks literally flying and figuratively too, and shhhh it was just Jarod being concussed...the elevator bits never happened.. this was so eerie .. intentionally. You are a genius.so worried for parker even tho I've read this and know what happens.

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Date: 01/05/25
Title: Chapter 19: Gone (Part VI)

It was a stroke of genius to have little miss parker harass Jarod. I recall that when Jarod walked in to find her half naked with Kyle that he thought she looked young and childlike....so that was in his subconscious and then he was concussed and this all makes sense..love it

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Date: 01/05/25
Title: Chapter 20: Gone (Part VII)

" Jarod felt, off-kilter, physically and emotionally ill, positively addled and misplaced, as if he—and not Parker—was missing."


You really deep dive into it every time and it's so accurate those moments when someone goes missing and the emotional and physical toll it takes .

You are a wordsmith and a hell of a story teller.

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Date: 01/05/25
Title: Chapter 21: Gone (Part VIII)

I almost feel sorry for Rachel because she has to know he'll never love her ..while watching Jarod risk everything for Parker .

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Date: 01/05/25
Title: Chapter 22: Gone (Part IX)

Ya gotta love tech and blood guys, a hilarious bunch.

I love that you have continuity and include special scenes from the TV series to add more information and build. Parker giving Jarod a thumb drive in that limo is plausible. She couldn't give him herself but she gave him something else that could help him find his mom and at that tracks with her telling him at the end of ioth that she hopes he finds his mom .

I love this so hard.

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Date: 01/05/25
Title: Chapter 23: The Missing Piece

I love Margaret's personality, some real saltiness there, "no that wasn't strange at all"πŸ˜‚ πŸ˜‚ 🀣 cos she knows something is up and knows Jarod is being sneaky. Jarod Jarod Jarod... wanting to stop out of concern for Parker but also not stopping her and just letting her take control. Hot! πŸ₯΅ πŸ₯΅ πŸ”₯

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Date: 01/05/25