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checked out the artwork. über cool.

love your writing, btw

face it, both men and women have been using sex to get their significant others to do what they want and what Sara wants is Sam to listen. i don't necessarily agree with the process, but it is effective. and yes, we are cutting her a break because she's a woman and we would be crucifying Sam if he was the manipulative one. i'm still hooked on the story.

so much so, i got the Flashpoint and Flashback via eBooks (because i'm an instant gratification girl) and ate them up one night. i'm hooked there too. men in uniform... mmmmmmmmmmm

been wanting to share since we finished the first POV challenge. there's an awesome author over in Elfwood. i go there often to re-read his work. here's his page link: http://garonwhited.elfwood.com/

check out Hail My Love in particular. he's got a set of chapters that is a love story (unfinished...augh!) that i'm hoping he's finishing called Michael's Tale - also first POV.

anyhoo, check Garon's work. you can always let me know if you think i'm full of it.

checked out the site. er... has anyone ever questioned your (as in both of u's) sanity? i've bookmarked the site in order to show my man that yes... there are others in the world similar to me.

y'all are nutz and i'm lovin' it!

i thought the story was a tad slow start up, but did it ever pick up. i hope Taylor gets through okay, don't really care what happens to the bad guy, although him spending mucho time in jail would be better punishment than death (but with death, Dahlia wouldn't have to fear anything - like parole)

i can see why there was a tie. i wouldn't be able to pick between either of your entries - both were great reads

JodieG - someday when i grow up, i'll be able to write like you. have to confess, i had to google clive owens because i didn't recognize the name. mmmmm, thanks for the visual.

Anita mae - i'm glad you submitted the second draft without running it past your DH. the last line had me laughing aloud. i think you did great with first POV.

Natalie - great action and set up of a world there. danger galore, but where's the chance at love if the "hero" kills the heroine at a mere touch? or does she become a wraith like him? liked how questions got set up.

TigerToes - like Anita mae wrote, i think your entry could be expanded to a really cool Noc bite. i got caught up in the story really quick. congrats on third! hope to see more from you in future challenges.

Nancy - the delayed confirmation of Joe's death caught me. the dilema for poor girl really got to me, too. i also feel for Tim - there's a interesting twist to the story there i'd love to see more.

NHjeepchick - again, great to see you de-lurk and contribute. would love to see more on your entry. you did pack quite a bit into the amount you wrote. looking forward to reading future entries from you as well.

Vince - wow. as always, poignantly written. i have to confess that most of the time, i don't get the literary references the mark your work, but it doesn't lessen the impact. the insanity was felt by me, since i got as confused as your heroine on who her love exactly was. i think that's a good thing...

i am looking forward to seeing the next challenge. anita and jodie have a tough act to follow.

i really enjoyed reading everyone's entries. great to see you de-lurk and enter, NHjeepchick *yay*

hey Nini, or Sue or Stargirl go help Vince judge the entries since you didn't enter this time. I know you're taking a break from writing to read. help the nice man - he came up with an awesome challenge.

again, great stuff from the peeps who entered. i definitely don't envy Vince his judging fun.

well, i managed to eke out something. First POV is interesting. I don't know if I pulled it off well. All I know is, I wasn't about to read any entries before posting.

Wedding rings bought. Will post on my blog a picture of the custom ring I designed - it won't be an exact representation, but close enough. The ring will be ready in about a week or so. Very jazzed about it.
http://community.eharlequin.com/content/wedding-plans-amuck-part-deux

Looking forward to reading the entries. Yay Vince! Great challenge, Sir!

      I’d always thought my Mom was a certifiable nut case, right up until the moment some dude threw a fireball from his hands and turned her into la femme flambé. It took all the training Mom had ever given me to keep from screaming.

       D@mn! All that bullsh#t Mom fed me about being some sort of mutant one rung up on the evolutionary ladder from humans was true. She shouldn’t have come to campus to try to protect me. For all I know, she may have inadvertently led these hunters to their prey: me.

     Story of Mom’s life: no good deed goes unpunished.

     There’s two of them. If I remember what Mom told me, they’re the same sort of mutant I am… sort of. According to Mom, I’m what they’d call Neska: child of water. Seeing how the one dude was flinging fire about, that would make him Djin: child of fire – natch. Now all I need is a child of earth to pop up from somewhere and we could have an Elemental family reunion of sorts.

     They’re looking for me now. I’m frozen to the spot where I was stupid enough to turn and take one last look towards my Mom, only to behold her writhing body engulfed in flames. It’s burned into my memory – no pun intended. The scary thing is, Mom never made a sound as she died – like she knew if she did, I’d turn around. After all, she had yelled for me to run and not look back.

     I never was an obedient child.

     I’m watching them search, petrified despite having made myself invisible. Again, the training Mom drilled into me since I was a wee child working here. I’m not moving… barely breathing because I don’t know if I can hold the invisibility if I try any sort of action.

     “Come out, come out, wherever you are…”

    Gah… I hate the sing-song tone he’s using. It doesn’t help that the jerk hunting me down to flambé me is so gorgeous. Assassins should be ugly. I don’t want to die at the hands of some Adonis – it just doesn’t seem right.

     “We know you’re still here,” Mom’s murderer is a hottie too, d@mn him. “We can sense you working the elements.”

     Yeah, right. If they really could, they’d have already killed me. At least, that’s what Mom would say. Both of them are getting closer… shi#t, is Mr. Sing-song actually sniffing the air?

     “We’re getting closer, Dane,” I watch him curl his lip into a smug looking sneer, “I can smell her fear.”

     Okay, time to tamp down my fear and shield my thoughts as much as possible. I’m too frightened to glean my mind for other training Mom gave me. Oh, how I wish I’d had paid more attention to her blatherings about the different Branches of our people! Then maybe I could come up with a way to ditch these two gorgeous killers.

     “For the love of –,” I watch er…Dane glare at his buddy. “Nice going, dimwit. Now she’s slammed down her mental shields.”

     “I can still smell her fear,” Dimwit is still sniffing like a bloodhound on the scent.

     Think, Corrie, think!

     I’d go on the offensive – if I knew how… which I don’t. Screaming for assistance is out of the question. I’d be a crispy critter before I could complete one yelp for help. There had to be someone nearby who could rescue me.

     Mom had been taking me to some protector dude when our little trip had been so rudely derailed. She’d said his name was Gio… that I’d like him – something about him being a beautiful specimen of manhood. I don’t exactly remember since I was rolling my eyes while ignoring Mom’s babblings.

     God… what I’d give to ignore Mom’s voice now.

     “Gotcha!” Hearing his exclamation, I watch Dimwit roast an innocent bush nearby with a fireball.

    “WTF, Dude?” I spun my head to see Dane staring at Dimwit in confusion and shaking his head in disgust.

     “Well, I…”

     “I don’t wanna hear it.”

     A deep, rich chuckle reverberates inside my head.

     I’d like to.

     Who the hell –?

     Okay, I’m officially completely weirded out now. Don’t ask me how I didn’t go visible and scream bloody murder in response to the voice in my head. Maybe it was the chuckle, or the gentleness of the mental voice.

     No scream or visibility… I’m impressed.

     Please tell me you’re a good guy. Great, now I’m talking to the voices in my head.

     I am. Name’s Gio, by the way.

     Nice to meet you, I’m Corrie. Well, if I’m going insane, it never hurts to be polite.

     Well met, Corrie, I could feel his mental smile. I’ll take care of these yahoos. Just stay as you are and enjoy the show.

     Huh, a mutant with a warped sense of humor. Mom was right – I like this Gio dude and I haven’t even seen him.

     “Two against one?” I hear Gio’s call aloud. “Doesn’t seem quite fair.”

     I watch Dane and Dimwit freeze in their tracks and practically spin their heads off their necks as they look for Gio.

     “Show yourself!” Dimwit yells, obviously not knowing where to direct his words.

     “No.”

     “Coward,” Dane mutters.

     “Leave the girl alone, she’s under my protection now.” Gio’s voice comes from somewhere completely different.

     “She’s a stray, a weakling to be culled from our people,” Dimwit snarls.

     “So what does that make you two?” Gio counters. “Two strong, strapping young men who cannot find the weakling stray. Perhaps I should cull you.”

     “Brave words from someone who won’t show himself,” Dane answers.

     I hear Gio’s mental sigh.

     “As you wish…”

     A magnificent specimen of manhood materializes between Dane and the Dimwit and the ensuing skirmish is extremely short. Gio doesn’t kill them, but they’ll eventually awaken with killer headaches. Even though I’m still invisible, Gio walks straight to me, holding out a hand.

     “Corrie.”

     I materialize and fall into his arms. I’m safe.

THE END

i did mean Peter out. I think i must've had Jack on the brain still.

i guess i am a fast reader, especially when i'm caught up in a book i don't want to put down. confession: read til wee hours of morning because i didn't want to wait to finish the next day (as in after sleeping).

i am so happy the publishers decided to release the books in 2009 one after the other. the wait would be agonizing otherwise.