Another great chapter. You keep surprising me. I just love how reasonable you make all Tanner's ideas seem. Of course, they are all gonna consider it normal to kiss each other. That makes total sense, at least when Tanner explains it :-) My only nitpick is what seems to be the beginning of the pastor's sexualized feelings towards his son. It seems weird that his cock would react when he kissed his son. 1: I don't think the pastor would think of his penis as a "cock". 2: I would have thought that Tanner would play a much more active role in changing the pastor's thoughts and feelings towards his son and the other young men. As I read this chapter Tanner only really pushed the idea that the guys had all thought about kissing a guy. The pastor's cock reacting to his son and him slowly starting to admire his son's body seems to be all on his own accord. Are we supposed to think that the pastor already had some lingering thoughts about his son that Tanner is only taking advantage of? But none the less I am really looking forward to the next chapter. I guess it will soon be time for the pastor's "normal" jerk-off session if he now believes that he does it twice a day.

I think chapter 7 was the weakest, because the romantic misunderstanding is such an used trope and it made no sense that Cole would be betraying the royal family given his past, but it was dealt with quickly. This was a bit of a mess, with perhaps the worst issues being the number of things that came out of nowhere (the tapes, the uncle, the false name...) or were useless overall (Mark dating Vincent, the gratuitous rapes (Cole simply being tortures would have had the same effect), the bigotry of the parents witch was such a weak motivations it might have been better they have none). BUT, the main couple was likable, there were plenty of good ideas that just didn't have time to breathe, a bit more character development than in "The emperor and I"... I liked reading the story. I just felt it could have been handled better.

Tanner is quite aggressive sometimes,but I guess he needs to be if he wants his group to work out I have some suspicions about who Tanner is exactly,but I'll wait and see. the plot thickens

Love it so far. Though it seems Tanner uses his power obviously on Pastor Pete but feels different with the boys

... Lot to unpack here. Where to start... 1) The timeline almost came out confusing. After two years, people would probably have moved out a lot from a toxic friendship? The relationship fine there are still some issues, but mark always came out of nowhere 3-4 chapters in, so the friendship always seemed more weak that she was supposed to be. And I thought rather than two years prior the break-up happened a few mouth earlier the way it was written, with a red-con, not sure why. The first line were weirdly worded. So, it's not bad... but it's a bit confusing. 2) The BIG problem is the level of abuse the parents are doing. That some people do that in real life, probably a few, humans can be very twisted. No problem buying it, even if it makes me feel sick. That one can write this, absolutely. I think anything can be talked about if it's written with enough consideration. The problem is the execution, not the idea. The parents don't come off as really dangerous people. They come off as cartoon villains with twirling mustaches. NOBODY would be that violent or say things like that in somebody else's home, or they are really sure of themselves and how untouchable they are. But here, they barely have any power, so no. they just look dumb and the reader has an hard time believing they haven't been caught until then. 3) Didn't Vincent want Cole for sex only? Why now Vincent didn't want to have sex with him? I'm confused. Also, nothing in the previous chapter implied the parents didn't know and that they show the video to Vincent imply that they did know and wanted the relationship to break or something. 4) After the rape attempt of the emperor and I, abusive parents in this story make it looks like you are using sexual assault as a prop to fasten love between the main characters, which is filled with unfortunate implications. 5) Oh yes, with that level of violence, it's VERY unlikely only one doctor noticed. And that he threatened to report, probably wasn't intended that way, seems to state that this other doctor didn't care but simply wanted the dad gone from the hospital for a reason or another. And it could have been handled better. For example, the dad could have been reported and go to the kingdom as a way to avoid justice. Sure, it would have been a bit stupid for the kingdom to not make a background check on the new hospital administrator, but I think they would have found red flags if they did some research on him even with the current situation. So, I might not be the best to talk about this. But, the ideas of the chapter are all really interesting and could be the focuses of full novels, but your writing style (who tends to go fast with concepts and relationships, for better and for worse) and the details we are given make the situation looks just here for shock value with no thoughts put into it, and it's really not a good look when one put assault in their stories.

I also love the slow burn here. My one niggling critique is that the story is generally so well-written and immersive that a few implausible details stuck out like a sore thumb to me. The socioeconomic and racial diversity of the boys in the congregation challenged my suspension of disbelief, and then the description of Tanner's lime-green suit and raspberry shirt as "subtle" made me laugh out loud.

I was thinking about WHY where the parents not arrested immediately, but okay, this is credible, except how rushed the trial is, but I don't think anyone will complain. Mark and Vincent ended up not meaning a lot , until now. I do enjoy the fact that Cole has separation anxiety. A slight issue I had with this franchise from the get-go was how little the characters seemed affected. This is a slight touche but it helps so much.

ahhhhh been so long i love it heeheeh looking forwarf how this goes on from here

It has been so long....... i hope the updates comes sooner........ i really need to know what happens next and so on...

Okay, bobby, you can do this, second story! And I have the feeling the writing had a step down? hear instead of here, some i, "hos name", interest in e"... (May I recommend getting a beta reader, at least for now? When I had a lot of issues writing in English, that's what I did) The relationship is more solid this time around, on the other hand. The fact it comes out so fast despite both characters wanting to know each other is a bit weird, but it can be used in plenty of ways. I think the biggest problem here, I didn't comment on it in the last chapters of the emperor and I, is that Marc seems to have done a 180 in term of characterization. He went from apparently genuine friend to self-destructive asshole without much build up. I don't know, it feel like you changed plans about him as you were writing. A lot of people do that, subplots are definitively subject to changes. It just comes off really badly because now it went from side story to part of the overall plot.