First of all, thank you for your interest, and for being patient.

I've removed a number of chapters. Things are moving in a different direction, one that makes more sense to me. Turns out there was an event that had become fairly inevitable, and I was unconsciously trying to write around it. I was trying to protect a certain character, in a way that was starting to make the story feel contrived, to me. Well, I've fixed that. And I think the story's going to be better for it. Even if it kinda bums me out that it had to be this way.

I still have copies of the other chapters, and some chapters ahead that I hadn't posted yet, as far as the direction I had been moving in. If you're interested in, they do exist, and I'm willing to share them if anyone wants them.

I also went through and made some edits all throughout Vol II, mostly in Silas' chapters. I don't think it's necessary to go back and read the edited version if you're past that. It's mostly little tweaks. I did add in a sort of meta narrative device, involving the fact that Silas is dissociating a little, in that he seems himself as a character in a story, and that's helping him keep moving without actually stopping to deal with his trauma. It's a fairly non-intrusive narration thing, in my opinion, but it's there. If you read the first paragraph or so of chapter 52, I think you would get the idea, but again, I don't think it's necessary.

If you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.

I've also reposted versions of chapters 79 and 80. They're mostly the same, but 80 in particular is different in a key area that sets up for the tone of where this is going.

I did not want to have to go back and change things drastically, especially with it already posted. I'm going to do my best to avoid having to do that again. Part of what happened is I got really busy with some life stuff that happened, and that's why things went under the radar. I was writing every day, but something was off. It just didn't sit right with my brain. Well, it took some finagling, but I figured out what it was.

Anyway. Sorry for the wall of the text. But for those that are following and care, I figured you should know what's going on.