Clever!

I agree! What a fun series, very well written and super hot. I just love these. Hope you write more!

That final scene... of the five of them together ... it had such a beautiful feeling of love and family. I cant begin to imagine how you got me to that spot. There was so many things that are taboo that you successfully wrote away. What a gift you have for writing. THANK YOU for this wonderful story that was so well written. I love your writing. INPUT from a married guy: I love anything that helps me "feel" the smells of the sex or the men or the room. I find myself inhaling deeply trying to imagine the smells of those handsome men - their workout scent, their post sex smells. Don't hesitate to bring me there with your amazing words! THANKS AGAIN! I loved it.

As I read this, I was hoping that Daniel would end up undergoing the process himself, and you absolutely delivered!

Story is so good I jacked off to it a million times

Love this and hope lance get more wedgies and does it to himself and maybe other jocks! Hope for more soon

Loving this series! Very fun concept and i loved how it was a couple going through the changes together. Would love to see more installments of this

I would love to see this chapter from Slave’s perspective, ngl.

Very good. I wanna see them grow more though.

@[Pcm](/user/show/10039396) You are very right that it's likely most-if not all westerners would likely be converted willingly- the beastblood breeding campaign was done for that purpose. I think that some folk like Ruby could hide if they managed to avoid getting killed- but it's entirely possible that if Ruby gets converted (as per your headcanon), that they'd be found out rather quickly- having safe spots and the like revealed. As for Ruby and Gil's dynamic, I feel the tea time point I mentioned would highlight Gil's desire for his family and loved ones and his kindness, but not above being manipulative to get what he wants- he could use Ruby's feelings for Rudolf as a way to nudge her, or have her question just how chivalrous and compassionate the east was- or if they were being hypocrites (and honestly the latter point isn't even a lie as we see with Daniel)- but he's also doing this because he wants Rudolf to be happy and to some extent- for Ruby to stop being so miserable. I'm glad you found that dynamic fitting. The idea of the easterners becoming acolytes in the west and being rewarded by shifting makes sense. Gil I can imagine would be very heavily involved in such a process or the logistics involved in maintaining it. The fact that the diplomat serves as a scribe also opens up the possibility of beastfolk culture, arts, literature and legal codes. Which makes sense- they are a society unto themselves and would have those things. But it's fascinating to ponder. It also would open up the ability of sending sleeper agents back east, which we saw with Henriette. As for Daniel, I would argue that if any corruptions happen, they'd be of the mind rather than the body primarily. Daniel's main trait is that his desire for humanity's survival has led to him having no compassion for humanity. It's likely that as the situation grows more desperate, he'd likely become more tyrannical and harsh- possibly even ordering mass suicides of his men or civilians in areas that are deemed lost causes to avoid the enemy gaining more numbers- leading to the horror possibilities I mentioned of a shifted looking for his loved ones to convert only to find them dead- either willingly by their own hand, or because soldiers inflicted such upon them and then later upon themselves. This would then also tie into the idea of the grieving exile being found by a shifted love one who has to convince them to shift but can't force it or the unshifted will die through assisted suicide (poison or the like), but leaving them to drown and die slowly due to their grief isn't an option either. In the post-apocalyptic narrative I imagined, I saw him as learning how to control his reincarnation cycles (test tube babies or hosts ready for the soul to be shifted over) and essentially become a ruthless king of the remaining humans- focusing on survival at all costs- ignoring the individual costs for such. Or in his desperation to stopping the demons makes a magical WMD/nuke that essentially works a little to well and pretty much starts a localized extinction event. He might also start experimenting on people to see who can "resist" being corrupted. So your idea that they wind up being "corrupted" in a way is entirely possible. But you'll likely be focusing more on the transformed winning (which in itself is a positive considering retaining of loved ones), and I'm eager to see whatever unfolds.