OK, so I did really like this chapter. It was a bit different for me than the first one. In the first one when Danny is put under he's kind of a blank. But it seems that when he gets told he's going to be going under for at least a month at a time, he prepares another personality that he's going to take on when he's under. Now that's very different. I don't know what it says about me that I am more turned on by a blank drone than the sexy slutty version that appears. Don't get me wrong -- I'm turned on by both!... but if I had to choose... LOL So it wasn't until the end that I asked myself "What was the little trick that Gerald told him at the end that we weren't privy to?" And then I decided it must be to use the wooden chest and have Danny put what he wanted to be into the chest first, then take everything away, and then bring back just what Danny had put in the chest. But that wasn't immediately obvious to me as I was reading. I think maybe the reason chapter 1 and the blank Danny turned me on more than super slutty Danny is that I could understand Noah's horror at what he had done, and that made his lust and all the sex they had even hotter to me because it was despite that horror. In chapter 2 since this is the personality Danny hand picked -- and apparently with no input from Noah because it was a total surprise -- then it's just what Danny wanted to be. So Noah interacting with the new slutty Danny doesn't have the same conflict on Noah's part for me. If anything Noah pulls back because of the really needy and bratty behavior of slutty Danny. As for a name... I don't have a specific suggestion but depending on what you plan to do with this character, I thought something with a little nefarious edge to it might be appropriate. I just got a feeling that the new personality might have a darker side. His desires are on overdrive and he's very insistent that he wants what he wants. I think a character like that would perhaps do some darker/evil things to get what they want. Or if the new personality begins to realize that a return of the old Danny means he will cease to exist he might want to prevent that. It occurred to me before it occurred to Noah that bringing Danny back means having him open up that jar of all his old self and take it all back on. It probably also means taking the slutty personality and removing it/putting it back into the trunk first. Neither of those things is guaranteed that slutty Danny will want to do. I also had this little idea pop into my head -- although I'm hesitant to voice it because once I suggest it I doubt you'd want to use it. Spoilers and all that, I guess. But here goes. Danny didn't really like the idea of being brought back every month. So what if Danny thinks he outsmarted Noah on that point. What if he created this slutty personality to take over when he was under, and one of the hidden directives for this slutty personality was to prevent Noah from bringing him back at the end of a month, even just for a check-in? Now there may be various ways of doing this but one way I thought of was for the new personality to PRETEND to be Danny again just for the brief check-in. But the old Danny was never really brought back. Maybe Noah would have suspected something at the end of the first month when he did the check-in.... something about the old Danny that just didn't seem right... some mannerism or personality quirk the new personality isn't doing quite right and doesn't even know it... but he puts Danny back under (which isn't actually doing anything because he was never brought out of the trance) and then the next month during the check-in he already has his suspicions and is watching for signs that it isn't really Danny. It was just an idea that went through my head is all. And then as for a vote for what to do next... I say go back to Gerald. Whoring him out to strangers doesn't seem like something Noah would want to do, and taking him to a bar or club and letting slutty Danny go at all the men is basically the same thing... it's just taking Danny to the men rather than bringing the men one by one to Danny.

Just making it through this series for the first time, and very happy to see that some of my fave authors like Dace and Nutiper have already sung its praises. This is quickly becoming an all-time favorite for me, with its warm, fun characters, its delicious tension-building "will-we-won't-we" scenes, and it's hot hot sex. All the little supernatural types are a lot of fun too, and a fresh twist on the mind control theme that I'm thoroughly enjoying. Thank you so much for sharing your work!

Oh! Christmas is early this year! So happy to find out this new chapter when I opened GSS this morning. I just love Talley, but I also feel so much for Arik. Hoping hard he’ll find his way too. In the meantime, I’ve never seen such a long, loving, sensual description of a rimjob, and I guess Talley’s not the only Siren out there…

I've read every chapter/story you've written so far, and I love all of it. Part of me just wants to have Dan "convince" his dad that what he needs is to be pounded into the mattress every night, but you're the writer with the talent here, so I anxiously await more of your excellent skill. Thanks for bringing a new story to the mix, especially one that makes me cum so fucking hard!

Fantastic story! My vote is for Gerald.

I’m really enjoying this. I’m interested to see if things go awry for Lance. His feelings of unease left me wondering if that will happen soon.

Like your other stories, this one is extremely well written and EROTIC.

Although hypnosis isn’t my thing, the comments were simply too tempting to resist seeing your take on the way this kink plays out in a real relationship. I felt for Noah the whole time, and I appreciated how you handled the conflict in his mind, from the way he lost control over the weekend to all his concerns and reluctance at different times. It was wise of you, and it made the story deeper, to write Noah as not utterly turned off by having a mindless sex toy. It wasn’t all emptiness for him, and he seemed pleased to have Danny back with him. It’s only that… well, Danny isn’t pleased. The impossible tension is enough to make me feel even as I write this comment. Well done!

This was very well done. I loved it from start to finish. I'm real excited about chapter 2. Gonna go read it right now! Had to type this comment with one hand cuz I'm really ready for chapter 2! haha

This is a really interesting twist on things. The idea that a secondary personality of Danny’s became revealed by having him hide/throwaway/etc his primary personality was surprising and a great way to keep this fresh. Well done! I’m excited to see what happens next. I too was/am sort of expecting Gerald to turn out to have hypnotized Noah and that be what caused some of this. My vote would probably be for the Gerald option, but I’m happy to read more either way.