I really love the world you created here, and the idea of the "World Outside"...it makes everything in Arthur's space seemed closed off and intimate, and there's definitely this sense of magic pervading everything--but it almost begins to feel claustrophobic , and makes me want to break out just as much as Arthur did!

Putting all of that aside, Eames makes for one sexy werewolf!! I liked that you had him be so powerful, animal, but also so vulnerable at the same time! (Also that Arthur wasn't afraid of him, was as strong as him, and Eames wasn't worried about protecting him, only wanted to take Arthur into the outside world because he knew Arthur could protect HIMSELF, and would make for a good companion...I think maybe because the scenes in the clearing draw the inevitable comparison to the meadow scenes in twilight, and I've always disliked twilight for making Bella so frigging WEAK, and Edward so controlling...this was such a fresh take on the supernatural/human relationship...)

Wow...I've officially gone pretentious english literature student on you, and I apologize...

in short...I loved it! Thank you!