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Gabriela B.'s avatar

Oh God! I only realized now that this is Olivia’s Ben! Shame on me hahaha, but hey, who doesn't love a dual POV?Love this, as usual by now :)

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Nikki | Nocturnal Narrator's avatar

OH MY GOSH I LOVE THAT FOR YOU! That moment of realization must have ben euphoric--or I'm bias and dramatic. 😂💀

Either way, thank you. 🖤 Chapters 2 and 3 are coming.... well, now-ish. Just moving them from the google doc. 👀

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Sapna's avatar

I am going to go and dip my head in an ice bucket.

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Tas's avatar

And again... Damn...

So Ben and his team are ex- military... Rogue but not rogue🤔 interesting...

Nice history to understand him and his team better 😁

Still loving this 😁🤩😉

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Nikki | Nocturnal Narrator's avatar

Thank you 🥹🖤

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Sarah Rose's avatar

I am gonna go sit in a corner now...

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Nikki | Nocturnal Narrator's avatar

Oh no…

Friend—it gets so much worse. 😭

Don’t worry, there will be content warnings for emotional damage.

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Sarah Rose's avatar

I will ignore those and allow myself to be emotionally wrecked it is fine 😭

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Allen Kwon's avatar

Raw. Unflinching. Exactly how these stories should be told. You didn’t sanitize the horror, and I respect that.

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Nikki | Nocturnal Narrator's avatar

Wow, thank you so much. Your kind words mean the world to me. And I’m so happy you liked it! 🌒

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Todd Anderson's avatar

Damn, you can write! Your military tactics for an assault were well done; withholding intel about the children was a nice touch.

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Nikki | Nocturnal Narrator's avatar

Wow, thank you! Seriously, that means a lot. Lots of research. 🥲

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Todd Anderson's avatar

It shows.

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Cassiopeia Crowe's avatar

This is excellent. My own anger rose as I realised what the CO was saying - no WMDs but we say there were. Such great writing as always!

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Nikki | Nocturnal Narrator's avatar

Thank you so much for this! You made my whole day. 🥹🖤

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Yanni Hamburger's avatar

I love this, I can already feel the pain of brutal compromise.

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Nikki | Nocturnal Narrator's avatar

Thank you so much 🥹🖤

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Happy Nielsen's avatar

Ahhhhh I love getting this background!!! So cool to see and damn so well written. Everything about this was perfect

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Nikki | Nocturnal Narrator's avatar

No, you. 🥲

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Ariadne Pautina's avatar

Love this! Great to learn of Ben being Ben… you have created another distinctive voice, and it only deepens the world Olivia and Ben inhabit. Can’t wait to read more!

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Nikki | Nocturnal Narrator's avatar

Thank you! Such a compliment, coming from you. 🥹🖤

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Ariadne Pautina's avatar

🖤🖤🖤

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Happy Nielsen's avatar

I AM AT WORK NIKKI

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Nikki | Nocturnal Narrator's avatar

I’M SORRY—YOU DIDN’T SEND ME YOUR SCHEDULE. 😭😂

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Happy Nielsen's avatar

Check with me next time please. I’m literally in meetings for the next 2 hours 😭😭😭😭

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Nikki | Nocturnal Narrator's avatar

I’ll be better. 🥺 I hope, one day, you’ll find space in your heart to forgive me.

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Happy Nielsen's avatar

It’s going to take a lot to earn back my trust. Perhaps posting the next 12 chapters now would do it 😏

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