Ohh oh my god! I just read all 20 chapters and wahhh can't think. So. OMG. No, I'm not even stammering over the incest. It's this line :" began to swivel. Hesitated. Her legs were poised to walk; her fingers, however, refused to loosen their grasp on Jarod's hand. Parker felt compelled to do both, perceived a violent tug in opposite directions, and the ground snatched from beneath her feet. She imagined her body twisted apart by indecision-- to accurately reflect her present emotional state."

oh my god! She just imagined ripping herself apart because of indecision. The way you write. Word selection. Descriptions. BLOWS MY MIND. It's so illustrative and lyrical. I love it. You really feel the moments don't you? To be able to write them so well you'd have to feel it or imagine the feeling. Parker wants Jarod and wants to do what she's been told is the right thing to do and can't even. You're a wordsmith and a genius. God where are you going to take us next? I'm all strapped in and ready to ride.

I love the pace and that I'm not bogging down in a lot of detail. COVID brain has me out here hating excessive descriptive work. The basics are all I need. You covered that, told us how she pissed Jarod off, got herself abducted, where she is , described the van experience and that she can't see beyond the room, what the place looks like and explained that surgery happened. You describe enough but not too much. That's a fine line and you walk it well.  This is fast paced and ooh you really hate Air Supply don't you? Jarod made that band a joke in the Junkie episode and I guess we can assume he discovered it's not the ventilation system but a band. I can see this spiraling between them and since he does use control this way and has used his power as a weapon in the past and committed organ theft this has plausibility. I'll never not read a fic that contains rapey Jarod. That's how plausible this is. More. I love the dark.

Just read all 3 chapters and love how fast paced they are. You really know the characters too and how to tell a story. I love dark and rapeyJarod so this won't be my favorite of yours but I'm already reading another of your stories in another tab I've got open that someone recommended for me and oh gods it's getting dark in that one...like damnnnn. Just what I wanted.

oh my god. I wasn't expecting Jarod to actually stay in the Centre for a while. I'm feeling big sympathy feels for Miss Parker. She doesn't catch a break.

Centre: Jarod escaped, bring him back.

MP: And then I can leave?

Centre: Don't see why not.

*MP brings Jarod back*

Centre: We lied.

I never thought they'd really let her go.
Just hope they aren't gonna try an old fashioned impregnation now that they have Jarod and MP back in the same building. Could just see the Centre saying: they're here, and they're fertile, let's do it.

More please. I love the curve ball you just tossed. You're damn amazing!

God. Your writing. The word selection. It's so lyrical and so haunting and you've got me out here sighing and thinking "oh, god." You gave us the dream, Picnic With Mom, aspect so we'd know it was a dream, but it was also so much a death dream, too. You show us that she and her mother were running from all of the things that were being done to save her by Jarod, the first responders, and the doctors.

There's no mention of what Lyle did to her. We can see that her mind is sparing her that part. She runs from the sound of Jarod slamming Lyle's head into the floor and then Jarod breathing into her mouth and chest compressions, and begging her to open her eyes. My heart right now Mirage. You're the best.

This does seem to need a warning you're right and  you're right that there are no approrpriate ones, none that fit.

I look forward to reading the entirety of this series you haven't named. I think the way you've posted this is genius. Giving us parts and not even in the correct order. We get a glimpse first with Wild Horses, which isn't the first or second part of the series. I love it. What a stroke of genius! How did you come up with that idea? Tell me please how you thought up this entire series too. I love it. I just want to know how to make my brain work like your brain. I love your brain.

Thank you for continuing The Pretender and keeping it alive.