Thank you for the Birthday wishes! It was really nice to wake up to a flooded phone inbox this morning. I'm very happy that you enjoy this story so much and you consider it quite well written. It really is a joy to know how many people continue to enjoy this story. I'm just glad to share it with such a supportive community. Thank you again!
I'm so happy!

Hey, stranger! I'm glad to hear that you are still enjoying Nefarious. As for my characterization of Sesshoumaru... I've gotten ragged a few times by people saying that Sesshoumaru doesn't act like I write him, that I make him look weak, and that he hates humans and Inuyasha and blah, blah, blah. And I can't help but wonder if they missed the whole last season of the series - or even the entire series in general, because we see him grow and change so much in it that he's not the same as he was in the beginning at all. In fact, over on my devart account a few weeks ago or so I found an art someone did of different anime characters - but ones that were in her words 'pure evil'. She had Sesshoumaru in that art! I was like... Oh, HELL no! And even when I pointed out to her that he wasn't evil and how could she possibly have thought that, I had to conclude that she didn't watch past maybe the first season or read the manga either, because she got all huffy with me and said that it was her opinion and that he's evil. Just thinking about that makes me want to pull out my hair, lol.

Anyway, I guess this is just how I see Sesshoumaru. Like I wrote in Illumination - Sesshoumaru isn't going to allow anything to defeat him - not even himself, and so he will change as he needs to, because those that cannot change will eventually die. "And of all things, this Sesshoumaru will always survive." He's quiet a lot, so what do people think he's doing? Thinking. I see him as very introspective as he grows into his power and learns the lessons his father was trying to teach him. I guess this is why I just love Sesshoumaru so much. RT did an awesome job creating her characters, but she left so much open - there was so much more that she could have done with them, so much potential wasted.

Okay, now that I've typed two pages of my own brand of mouthiness, lol, this old lady needs to get back to work on her original novel, since my own characters (that are based on Sess/Kag sorta, lol,) are bugging the hell out of me to get several more scenes and chapters done, standing over me with the whips and whatnot. So off to work I go!

Hope you have a WONDERFUL weekend, m'dear!

Amber

Oh, dear - I hope you didn't get any funny looks or trouble for the bouncing around at work, lol. I sometimes forget that in these new days of high technology people can access the web from their phones, tablets, and computers even at work, and I'm just waiting for the day when they start doing implants into people's heads that allow them to access everything with just a thought. (I guess I'm just too old - I still remember the now defunct art of reading actual BOOKS that were printed on PAPER, when there was no such thing as spell check, you had to look the word up in the dictionary or ask the local living dictionary how to spell the word, and the days when telephones were just landlines owned mostly by AT&T, which company charged you an arm and a leg to call anyone outside your immediate area code - yes, I'm speaking of LONG DISTANCE calling - a term this younger generation doesn't even know, lol. The good old days when the term 'cell phone' didn't exist, let alone the world wide web.) I am sure you know the obsolete things I'm speaking of! But I AM glad that we all have Dokuga - I can't imagine going back to the days without it! And I'm even more pleased that you were so happy to see a new story from me, and I hope I can continue to deliver happiness to your inbox!

Amber

Loved your review on The Snow Angel. Been a long time since anyone but me called me the Queen of the cliffhangers. Kinda missed it. I honestly didn't plan it that way. If I hadn't posted an extra chapter way back when cuz they were all short, she wouldn't have died until tomorrow and there'd be no fuss. I think I got more reviews today than any other posting day for this fic. Guess I'd better not be lazy tomorrow and not post, huh?

Thank you for such a nice review- it really made me smile, particularly since you were the first person to contact me on this site (regarding House of Illusions)! I shall endeavour to update sooner and I hope you enjoy the following 47 chapters

Awww, thank you! I hope it continues to be, since I'm really just winging it as I go along!

Thank you for catching my error, Wiccan! I was JUST going to go back and edit it when I saw you had already done it for me!

Thanks for the review! Lucky you, I'll be posting a new chapter of Curious every day 'til it's over because I waited until I finished writing it to start posting. If only I did that with everything, right? Don't get caught at work reading!

Love the sona! Does she charge for those? Hope all is well! Hugs!

~InuAtashi

Hey Wiccan,

Thank you for reading and reviewing my story Fateful Meetings. I was super flattered! I'm still crazy busy, but I'll continue writing when I get the chance. Thanks again!

Jessica