Status Updates From Paradise Island (The Flesh ...

Oh, Nate... He's so sweet!
Please don't tell him I called him that ;)

"[...] maybe he'd count down the days until he could leave. The days until Mat is dead."

"The Master would notice Douglas. He was a Petrovic, after all."

Oh my God!!! He just killed him in cold blood!

'Nikolai would have said, “Verbally abuse them, but don’t injure them,” or “Look scary, but don’t speak.” He’d have laid out rules and guidelines to follow. He was still a tyrant and a fucking asshole and Mat still hated him, but at least with him Mat had known what to do to protect his hide. With Allen, he was flying blind.'

' No wonder the master hadn’t paid Douglas the slightest mind. All these men were stunning. How was he supposed to even begin to compete with them? It was like putting lipstick on a pig.'

OMG, Nikolai's place was so much better than this ISLAND FROM HELL!!

Before Allen starts whatever kind of torture he has in mind for poor Mat, I'm off to bed *frustrated*

I contemplated posting another quote, but went for a cute fluffy kitty instead. I definitely need it now...

“Who is,” Allen continued, still circling, “of absolutely no value to me. Not even the best cocksucker I’ve had.” Another dramatic pause. Was Mat supposed to defend Dougie’s cocksucking honor here? “So let’s just get this out of the way up front, Dog. You bite me, and I will do things to your brother there aren’t even words for, do you understand?”

How can this story get even worse than it already was?! How is that even possible?!

Okay, so Nikolai wasn't so bad when you compare him to Allen. And did I just say that?! HURRY UP NATE, goddammit!!

“Well, have Tsing’s people break his fucking knees then. My assistant has his number. I’m sure he’d be willing to help collect. Or I don’t know. He have a kid? Take the kid and I’ll have my new dog tear the little shit’s throat out, how about that?”

What line of business is Allan in, for God's sake?!

Mat is in pain and you're right next to him, NOT helping him, Douglas!!

My hands are shivering, looking over Nate's shoulder, willing him to find something...

Oh boy, it sounds like Nate is more than a fan of Mat's. Is he like a former one night stand? Or an almost-boyfriend?!

I think Mat thought of him once, but I don't remember in what context...

' He knew his boss was right. Knew that his time and resources were better spent elsewhere. He was letting his personal feelings get in the way of his common sense. Yeah, Mat Carmichael deserved to be found—not dead, Nate was pretty sure of that at least—but so did that pair of siblings kidnapped by their noncustodial father and spirited across state lines.'

This uncertainty is killing me!!!

'He’d pored over hundreds of hours of security footage from the underground fighting cages Stonewall Carmichael had appeared in, looking for that fateful thrown match.'

Oh God oh God, please don't give up, please find some evidence to track them. Please!!!

Nate! Oh how I love the sweet sound of that name. Go Nate and DO SOMETHING!!

“I expect you’ll meet your fellows later tonight, and they’ll brief you on their particular schedule. I tend not to bother myself with the comings and goings of your set, except inasmuch as it affects the business of the proper house slaves.”
Your set. How he said it, dripping with malice. He might as well have called them whores.'

“I expect you’ll meet your fellows later tonight, and they’ll brief you on their particular schedule. I tend not to bother myself with the comings and goings of your set, except inasmuch as it affects the business of the proper house slaves.”
Your set. How he said it, dripping with malice. He might as well have called them whores.'

' As if Allen wasn’t scary enough, now there was a possibility of being passed on to be used by his staff? Douglas remembered his time at Madame’s. His time in the hunters’ cabin. Going to sleep on the floor with a belly full of piss and cum and an ass stretched out by a line of cocks. He wouldn’t go back to that. He couldn’t. He’d be good for Allen. He’d be so good. Whatever it took.'

Not that any person who wants to own a slave is sane in my eyes, but this Allen guy sure takes the cake.

“Master will meet you when he’s good and ready. You may be an expensive toy, but that hardly makes you his priority, no more than his art collection is his priority, or his yacht. You are still a slave. Still a possession. So if I were you, I would nip that entitled attitude right in the bud.”

'It was beautiful in its own way. Maybe Douglas would come to appreciate it. Or maybe he’d count down the days until he could leave.
The days until Mat is dead.
No, he wouldn’t think of it that way, because how could he possibly serve to his fullest capabilities if he was constantly thinking of Nikolai and leaving?'

' Mat squeezed his eyes shut and tried not to think of the last time he’d been this close to his brother. Funny how once upon a time this position would have brought memories of long hugs, of lying together in bed on stormy nights, his arms around his innocent little brother, hugging him, protecting him. So much for that.
He was never getting that back. Never.'

Crap! I was so looking dorward to having at least one 'not complete fuck head' character around with Mat. But no!

An ally lost.

I like Jason, perhaps I am suffering from Stockholm Syndrome?

Still hating Dougie, that hasn't changed. Don't like Roger, he uses kindness to manipulate. As for Nikolai, he should be strapped down and put on intravenous serum. Then there is Mat, the most courageous, resilient character and now he has a champion. Nate, keep looking, please......Mat keep fighting.