Reviewing as I'm reading. :)

At least Tom's honest.

"He was a tall man and well built to go with it, built like a brawler with broad shoulders, long arms and narrow hips."
For some reason an image of Gaston from Beauty and the Beast popped in my head... ^^''

"It was an old building, the pub itself establish in 1847 while Ireland battled the worst of the Great Hunger. Made of wood and stone with high, exposed rafters, the building had weathered more than a century of turmoil and still stood strong." That's what I don't like about this country. People are so eager for progress for the sake of progress that we tear down all the nice old buildings. Go Europe for preserving them.

I really like the image you gave the Easter Lily there. It was nice. :)

Mick sounds like a sex god. :P But to be honest, I cannot wait to see his flaws. He can't be as perfect as you're making him out to be.

Siobhan! I know how to pronounce this one by myself! shi-VAWN. ^^

Oh hey, Annie.

"He’d never believed in miracles, but he surely did have faith in God."
Mick, doll, you believe in an omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent, invisible trinity. What's so hard about miracles?
(My friend is right... if you break it down like that, we sound nuts.)

"Where could she have been put?" In a bed. :P

"A man’s room, she thought, studying the dark hunter green of the bedspread, of the pillows she’d been burrowed into."
...It's times like these that I'm really glad I'm a psych minor...
Suggestion: maybe you could change it to "...the bedspread and the pillows..."? It makes it sound a little less awkward. :)

I can't help but notice you keep describing Annie the same way. Maybe switch it up a little?

I empathize with ya, Annie. *Sigh*

Thanks for asking that question! ^_^

Wow. Did not expect that little outburst of "No!" at the end there.

"He only watched her, only made her angrier by doing so, as if he could learn all about her simply by staring."
Osmosis! No wait. That's not osmosis. That's... stare-mosis.
...It's super late.

Not a bad first chapter. ^^ Of course we know how this ends, but seeing Mick and Annie get there will be interesting.
Anyways. I can't keep reading tonight because I'll end up collapsing from exhaustion, but I'll be back tomorrow. There's a three-hour gap between classes. :D

Chat later!
-Qzie

Okay, you can't just leave us hanging like this now... Not after that last little bit anyways. Need more :)

Well I'm slowly getting caught up lol. Considering that this was an indacation of what's to come, I can't wait for the rest :). But I seriously can't keep my eyes open to read another chapter no matter how good it looks, so the rest will have to wai until I'm actually awake again tomorrow morning.

Good job Murphy. Absolutly loved the chapter. I wonder what's going to happen down the road? :) This story and Cold Gray Dawn are rapidly becoming my favorite stories. Keep it coming

this is just because you asked for reviews, i dont have much of anything to say. i like this, please keep writing.

Oh. My. Goodness.
How horrible.
Of course I mean the situation, but... I checked that date three times because of the events and setting because it doesn't seem like this sorta thing should be happening in the 90's.
Poor Annie! Of course it's obvious where she's headed, but... aw, she was only eighteen. :(
I am very much looking forward to the next chapter. ^^
Chat later.
-Qzie
Oh, and glad the European Love Triangle thing amused you.

Holy hell, can we say fast paced? Realy good though, And it realy puts Could Gray dawn into a perspective that you never would have thought of. Can't wait fo the rest of it