goshh this is seriouspy my most fave crime au rusame ever! thanks for completing this masterpiece!

This is the first fanfic that I have actually broken down sobbing at the end

Awwwwww. I didn't want Alfred to die...

Awesome.

This is AMAZING!

Last time I commented on a story was years ago, but I couldn't just skim this in passing and not let you know that I did and how I felt.

I'm sure you've been praised for your writing style - it captivated me despite a few grammar issues - and plot devices, but what really stood out to me is your tackling the issue of humanity. It's so easy to see our enemies as evil and the world as black-and-white that it can be confusing, hurtful and scary to look at them through a prism of our own flaws and see similarities instead of differences. To me, this transition from blame to, if not forgiveness, then at least understanding and empathy, was symbolized in the names of the two final chapters, with Ivan accepting what Alfred became because of everything that had happened to him as a child.

And what a masterful metaphor with monsters and Halloween costumes. One of the strongest scenes is Alfred warning the little girl that a child molester is really a monster pretending to be human. A great way to remind us that Alfred was just another human after all, though one who had committed atrocious crimes.

I don't think I've thanked you yet, so thank you for writing this 3 I love a read that makes me feel the way I do now

I'm sorry, it's just too much for me. I've always known that I should stay away from murder and disturbing crime stories because they make me so nervous, so paranoid, so scared, so sick. Ah, but sometimes I can't help it and then I regret it...

The plot is interesting enough, but the sexual aspect of the story was really gross to me so I skipped over all that (as well as the murder descriptions). I don't know, it just really started disturbibg me more and more after Ivan discovered the hard evidence agaibst Alfred.

Quite honestly, I'm surprised I got as far as I did. But I couldn't take Alfred killing his own parents. It's too much for me. Too real. I almost want to tell you the reason why, but writing my own family experiences on a place like this is just silly.

I just don't have the heart for this. And now I will be scared of being alone for the next six months. It's not you, it's just the plot (which I found interesting when it was about finding evidence leading to the murderer...)

Oh God, I feel like I'm gonna die now. Why do I hurt myself so DXX

Ahh...
I can't explain my feelings right now. This story is insanely good and I can't think of what to say other than that! XD
You're so amazingly talented with writing! I love it! Instant fav :)

Aaaahhh..wow...this is just 50k fics but I think this is even longer than your fic: A thorn in our time which is 100k. I dunno...maybe bc it's much more emotional than the other...or maybe bc it doesnt end so well so time moves slower for me..but anyway I can honestly say this is my top fave fics of yours, maybe even more than undying urge. Or fifty-fifty. Haha. Still wished that Alfred doesnt die but it's highly unlikely, though I kinda hope maybe he's confined in solitary cell and Ivan then visits him on maybe weekly basis and still has..uhm intimate relations with him, though that will be very unlikely considering Alfred has a very very low chance of spared Alive from law due to his killings. And even if he did spared bc he's underage *isnt he?*, then I dont think the FBI will allow Ivan to be near him considering they were lovers so Ivan may probably help him to escape..or maybe Ivan then helped Alfred escape and they eloped...haha so cliche ikr but the naive part of me desperately just want them to be happy..sobs..

Anyway I rly rly love every plot twists you put in here, especially in how you made me believe Alfred is a psychopath but in reality he is a jaded hero with unstable urge to kill...rly thats what makes me like Ivan in the last chapter, like a lost person who didnt know what to do hahaha..

Ok rant over. 4 thumbs up for this magnificent fics and a big thank you for sharing this to rusame fandom, you amazing author! :'D

Please please please let Alfred lives please...

Fckk i cant think of how they will reconcile their relationship after all of this..

Wow...and if he is not stopping, he will create a new killer persona?

Aaaa i rly hope this fic will end happily...as happily as it can be

I rly rly love thiss

Awwww i love how al is distracted too