hot. cant wait for more.

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.

Love this series.

Really great idea and hot story-telling. Impatient for more!

I also refuse to believe Max deserves this. May Clark's karma bus find him at the next intersection.

For some reason I love these game stories. It must be the way straight guys are sucked into a gay situation without any way of extricating themselves ! HOT!

I can't help but think that that was a huge chunk of story that was a waste of time if it doesn't amount to anything other than Max getting caught and never escaping.