Woohoo. I've been gone a while, but it was awesome to come back and find three new chapters! Love the 'escape' scene, where Rogue climbs down and Logan jumps. And: "You know I'm feral, right?" "The constant growling tipped me off a bit." LOL.

And again with the cliffhanger. Yipes! Glad I don't have to wait for an update *runs off to read the next chapter*.

Author's Response: I will deal with your absences happily if they result in more delicious chapters of \"Feral\"! I\'m sorry, when I\'m writing a story I can be bad about reviewing because whenever I have the laptop I want to write on my own story, and just read others\' stories on my phone on the train. And I can type on my phone, but then my reviews are all short and lame and don\'t include my favorite lines, etc. So anyway, a long-winded way of saying don\'t worry, I\'m still loving the story and will go back and review all the chapters I haven\'t reviewed yet. ;-) And thanks for your review here -- so glad you liked this one!

Aww. You did a great job with Rogue's history, the brief flashbacks as she looks through the dossier. It really did a great job of developing her character in such a short amount of time.

And her uncertainty about Wolverine and what their future was now that they were free of Shaw? Unfh.

I'm curious how old Rogue is and whether she ever finished that veterinary degree, or if she got taken while she was still in school or what. And I'm guessing the last part is all the people she's absorbed coming back to her? Ooh, can't wait to see what happens next.

This story is riveting. Please keep it up. I get busy sometimes, but will always be a loyal reviewer when I get around to reading =).

Author's Response: Thanks for the review -- I\'m glad you liked the flashbacks. Yeah, I\'m always fascinated (and, dare I say, a little turned on?) by authoritative, team-leader Logan, since that kind of discipline and command is so different from his usual element. I think jenn does an amazing job of this in her epic \"Jus Ad Bellum,\" where Rogue actually meets up with an alternate-universe Logan who has had very different (and much more harsh experiences) and doesn\'t quite know what to make of him. Rogue felt like she knew Logan, but she suddenly sees him outside the very limited context of the Shaw mansion and realizes there is a great deal she doesn\'t know about him, and that\'s a very scary sensation. Thanks again for reviewing!

Love the description of Xavier's face as 'ascetic'. It surprised me for a moment because I've never heard the word used that way, but it really does capture him well.

And of course Logan's response to her waking up was perfect *happy sigh*. How could that silly girl not realize how bad he's got it for her? And how interesting that he didn't share her name with anyone else.

Argh, Rogue, you stubborn fool! Didn't Wolvie explicitly tell you: "Never do that again"? Hmmm? And there you go, doing exactly that.

Great chapter. It's reassuring to know what a fan of happy endings you are, especially since you seem so fond of making with the cliffhangers! I hope Rogue ends up winning against her mental Shaw, but at this point I could see it going either way--which is cool, because it leaves me on pins and needles for the next chapter :). Thanks for the great read (and the speedy updates)!

Author's Response: Yeah, I went back and forth between that and \"austere,\" but to me \"austere\" implies unfriendly or aloof, and Patrick Stewart\'s face is just really...elegant? You would think Logan\'s reaction to her waking would clue her in more, but then again we also saw his distress when she was unconscious, and she missed out on that. And, yeah, she\'s going to do the exact thing she shouldn\'t, but she does have the best of intentions. Sorry about the cliffhangers...I do seem to find them the natural place to break off a chapter. I\'m a little stuck on the next chapter, but I\'ll try to get it out soon!

You're right, it has been slow the past month. Dunno about everyone else, but it's the start-of-semester craziness for me. Must be a lot of teachers/students on this site, heh.

Aha! A pill bottle. I was wondering what kind of container she might put Shaw in. That makes perfect sense. Her interaction with him was good. She's definitely not someone to be trifled with. Go Rogue ;P. But my favorite scene has to be her waking up, the needle poised at the ready. GAH! I could just feel the tension in that moment.

Logan’s gaze sharpened on hers, suddenly intent. “Yeah, Scott.” He paused for a moment, still studying her. “Her husband,” he added.

Okay I lied. ^^^^ That is my favorite moment. Grinning from ear to ear now. Silly Marie. Glad Logan cleared that up for her!

AHH okay I lied again. The last line is, like, my favorite line ever of all time. Guh. Awesome chapter. Best chapter so far. Yay.

Author's Response: Hey there! Hope your semester has calmed down a little. I\'m glad the tension of the \"Is-it-Shaw-or-is-it-Rogue?\" moment worked. Yeah, isn\'t it nice how in a few words Logan can clear up all this Jean nonsense? I\'m glad you liked that last line too. Thanks again for the review!

Wow, that was definitely better than Snape/Hermione BDSM (but uh, to each their own =D). I almost accidentally skipped this chapter--and that woulda been a cryin' shame, because it's awesome. Hot and sweet in equal measure. The acceptance they give each other--Logan of Marie's skin and Marie of his rougher side, was really sweet and a nice parallel.

“Sorry, sugar.” He growled softly again at the sound of her honeyed drawl, his hands restlessly clenching fistfuls of the blankets. She relented, trailing her hand back up and pressing on the firm ridge at the front of his pants, feeling his body hard and eager under her hand. He groaned, pushing up into her hand even harder, the leather almost as warm as she knew his skin would be.

“Marie...” Another plea, growled like a command, as she traced the shape of him and then scraped her fingernails down the rigid length under the taut leather. “Christ, Marie, yes...” The words dissolved into gruff, inarticulate sounds of wanting as she stroked him lazily, her mind spinning with all the things she wanted to do to him.

And. Uh. Did I mention it was hot?

Author's Response: Thanks for your review! I\'m so glad you liked this chapter. I\'ve been struck before by the parallel between Logan\'s hatred of his feral side and Marie\'s hatred of her skin, so it was fun to try to squish it all into one (or two) chapters. As for hot, let the record show I re-read selected chapters of Feral in order to get my smut mojo on, so...keep at it!