Hey, guys. Well, I was planning on releasing a chapter today on Patreon and hence here, but...

I set about writing that chapter with an idea in my head of how I wanted to start it. And while the first few lines went as I'd imagined, the rest didn't go in the direction I'd like. It could be that this week has been busier than I expected and I have a lot on my mind. In particular, though, as I've mentioned many times, I'm not an author who has everything carefully planned out, I'm discovering the story with you. This time my writing style took me to places I didn't see as good for the ending of the first book.

That doesn't mean what I've written is bad, certainly things I would have seen play out in an epilogue, but it does mean I pretty much have to rewrite the chapter from scratch. I've already started working on it and so far I like what I have BUT it's not something I can release yet. Actually, with the way the week's going, I'd like to ask for a little more patience. Not to rush things, I want to give myself a little more breathing room and say that I won't release the next chapter until Friday.

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Really sorry about that.

And what I'm also very regretful about is that I didn't respond to your comments on the previous chapter. I meant to, reading your comments is awesome, and I enjoy replying to them, but I didn't have time to do it right away. I didn't find the time to do so the next day either and before I knew it three days were gone and I found it just awkward. Maybe it's not, maybe you wouldn't mind if I responded so late, but that's how I feel about it.

Anyway, thank you for putting up with me.