Very tense chapter! and evil cliffie- of course! Nice job Vaness! Sorry I dont get/take the chance to review often- but I've been addicted to this story!

Author's Response: Thank you, Tree.  I'm so very pleased you submitted a review for this chapter.  I'm happy to hear you liked it.

okay, Vanessa.....shame, shame, shame ...for giving us false hopes and then dashing them with that final declaration from Bobby.....

Loved Dean upchucking on Avin's remains....would have liked it better had she still been breathing....but hey ....still good

Author's Response:

LOL  Sorry about that, Jude.  Hope you liked it anyway.

Had to work that puking in again somewhere.  LOL

Another chapter packing a punch. A common element to this fic has been that intense, sharp intro with its dense description that sets the atmosphere with precision. This atmosphere reeks of evil that is disturbing and repulsive. Excellent job, I was freaked within that first painful wrack and scream. These words of yours escalated Avin’s evil to an all time high– “He watched as her head tilted forward once more and her tongue, acting quite like a proboscis, pushed deep into the widening silver-gray wound” *gross* And your description of Dean’s scream subsiding to a moan to a whisper was shattering.

 Avin screeching out, “You! The dawl’s damnable anchor” blew me away, so strong, she could feel it. Loved Sam and Bobby working as a team. The way you wrote Sam seamlessly continuing the incantation and Bobby locating his weapon on auto pilot amongst Avin’s unleashed fury was awesome. Gotta love hunters!

 Your battle scene was outstanding. The action was non stop and Avin’s strikes were original and believable to your story. “A puff of air from her lungs turned into a full force gale, dispersing the caustic, gritty mist throughout the room. Other debris, strewn about throughout the cavernous space, was lifted and tossed about, pinging and bouncing off the walls” added to baddies coming out of a mirror was one powerful confrontation. Well written, I’m exhausted!!

 I so loved the casual way the brothers interacted, belying yet emphasising Sam’s fear and worry and Dean’s pain and exhaustion. For me, it’s always all about the boy’s connection and you wrote it beautifully. Jokes with the physical support, as much as a crux for Sam as it was for Dean - here is that anchor. Sam carrying it brother, Sam in the car already revving with barely concealed patience. *sigh* I loved every second of it.

 Fantastic work, no wonder it is a featured story.

Author's Response:

I just love your in depth reviews, Petra.  They always help to make me feel good.

I was a little worried about this chapter, so I'm very glad to see that many of the elements came together for you.

It's good to know you're still loving it.  Thank you.

If I send you some peanut M&M's    M&M's can I have another chapter please (lip quivers in a desperate fashion) Birdie x

Great story! I can't wait for more.

Author's Response: Thank you, lostatc.  I'm pleased to know that you're liking my story.

Great story!! I'm loving every minute


Author's Response: Thank you very much, mtee.  Those words mean a lot to me.  :-)

you wicked, evil girl, Vanessa.......how can you even think to put Dean in contact with a broad who has no value for his outer self....

Avin must die...and soon

Author's Response:

Yeah, Dean's outer self is sooooo scrumptious.  She's a cold hearted monster, isn't she?

Thank you for reading, Jude, and for leaving me a review with those lovely stars.

That was a riveting chapter and what a cliffhanger, can't wait to know what'll happen next.

Author's Response: Thank you, Oceane.  I can't wait to know what happens next either.  hehehehe

It ended so soon. How sad. Well, i'm waiting on edge for the next chapter!

Author's Response: More to come soon, I promise.  I'm so very glad you're enjoying it so much.

OMG I held my breath all the way! This whole chapter was non-stop anticipation. Your into was spectacular, gripping, her evilness screaming out the page .Your first paragraph in particular was a masterpiece in description. This sentence freaked me out – “she could feel him - his energy like a static buzz - drawing closer. Hell, she could practically taste him”  coz you targeted that intense evilness straight onto Dean in one fell swoop.  The drive following Dean was a torturous for me as it was for Sam and Bobby. We felt every inch of that frustration. That truck blocked more than our view of the road, it blocked our damn view of your story and it was all I could do not to skip past it.  The pinnacle of this ch was Avin’s meeting with Dean. I wanted her just to get her filthy mitts OFF him, so intense was your description it felt abusive, invasive, soo wrong. Referring to Dean as “the dawl” you made it crystal clear that Dean was her property, not a person at all. Brilliant! This whole story has been an exhilarating ride, but this chapter is a work of genius in writing style and creativity. *standing ovation*

Author's Response:

Gosh, Petra, you've left me speechless with your incredible review.  Saying merely "thank you" isn't enough.  I had to smile at your comment that the truck also blocked your "damn view of your story".  I'm so grateful to know that my descriptiveness shined through in this chapter.  I really appreciate your continuing to read and write such awesome reviews.

AhhhhhhhhhHhhhHhhhHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MOOOOOOOOREE!!!!!! Vanessa...the creepiness in which your portray Avin is terrifying. Poor Dean...some creepy, creepy, Creepything getting...um...happy...from his blood....eeeeeewwwwwwwwwww....Dean caaaaaan't get his soul sucked out by THAT thing...it's time for rescuemode in Sam and Bobby...and I sense a LOT of angst after this...pooor pooor Dean...not being able to control his own body? That's gotta be the worst thing that's ever happened to him. Besides Sam dying, anyway. I mean, seriously, not being able to control yourself...Dean's gonna be messed up after this, ain't he? I caaaaan tellllllll.....write more, V, please. I will give you frostinged pastries...that is SO not a verb...frostinged...dang it...now I'm hungry...

Author's Response:

I'm glad you liked this addition.  Boy, that Avin sure is something, isn't she?  Sam & Bobby are on their way.

More to come soon.

 Was going to read on anyway, but your cahapter title made me read faster :-) LOL! There were a number of nice touches here. Bobby's gruff but touching concern for Dean (and Sam), the patented Winchester humour masking "all that nasty pain" and Dean IGNORING the Impala, while someone else is driving her!!!

Author's Response: Thank for continuing to read.