Thank you! That's funny - I didn't actually intend it to be a sequel to 'Alpha', but several readers have pointed that out. Oops. :) (I'm more surprised that anyone even remembers that story these days, eeee!) Anyway, I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I had a lot of fun with this story, and mostly I'm just grateful that anyone read 36K of rarepairs and OCs! :)