Author's Cut: The Omega Witch

Hey All,

Welcome to what I’m calling my Author’s Cut.

I imagine this space as my comfortable little reading nook that I don’t yet own, nestled up next to a window for ambience and light that comes with the ever changing seasons. It’s a place where I can dream out loud in any media besides the written word and read them in full when I’ve finally gotten them all down on paper. I realize it sounds odd to start as I have, but I have noticed that my initial setting for working on said projects is detrimental to the way that the scene plays out.

For instance, I’ve tried to write this segment over the last few days, knowing exactly what I wanted to write and making notes about what else I needed to bring up, but it didn’t flow correctly. As the day went on today, I realized that I needed to slow down and wait for my day to end before I could start up with this journey. I am currently, finally, in the right place, with the most comfortable pillow I found at Target behind my back, heavy rain with thunderstorm soundscapes playing on YouTube, and not an extra worry to my day popping up to wrestle me away from my task. Therefore, I am absolutely, finally ready to get into this properly.

…And the first story that we’ll be getting into deeply is hardly my first ever. It is, however, my first for the Dreame library platform. To go along with the previous posts in this blog on my site here, it is my first, completely original story, all the way down to the characters, as well as the very last detail which also meant a lot of research. That might sound weird to a reader, so let me take a moment to really get into that too. First and foremost, I don’t like to be wrong. That sounds really silly to write, but it’s true, however, research can only take the author, regardless of if it’s myself or another person, so far. The research I do becomes the initial anchor that will, in some way, tether itself to the world we know, which in turn, makes the story believable. My personal belief is that I can do more with relative facts and make the underlying foundation stronger with it regardless of the artistic freedom that comes with being an author, especially one that focuses heavily in alternate universes and fantasy.

While that isn’t for everyone, it is for me. By the time this first story, The Omega Witch was even a thought in my mind, I was already working through heavier concepts that relied on worldly content for fanfiction. All of which were quieted by the time that this story materialized in my mind. Like many other authors who have a similar creative process, I found myself stumbling onto this one, completely unaware of its presence until it was there.

I’m sure there are people reading this, quirking up an eyebrow and muttering, “How?” I assure you, some of these ideas are capable of throwing the soundest mind out of their element. Inspiration can be a temptress though. In the fandom that I’ve written for in the years prior, Reylo, we refer to these surprises as “plot bunnies” or for shorter still, “plunnies”. They’re cute at first but before I know it there are thousands of them popping up, which is exactly how The Omega Witch started.

At first, I figured it was just a phase and that it would calm down if I got a chapter or two out. I could cut it and run back to what I was doing previously, but that wasn’t the case either.

The grungy style start is something I’m known for. It was far too easy to create the initial family that would be affected by themselves. The tiny unit of Kristoph Sarkis, the father, Jordan Aashita, the mother, and Sylvia Tana, their daughter, was expected to be an experiment. It was supposed to be a quickie to show the layers of dedication that a couple of parents go through to help their child, but as the story grew between them, so did their motives. The plot thickened. Sylvia’s response to what was happening to her snapped. She broke. The pain that the closest person to her, being her father, had gone through when it happened, drove him mad enough to run away and never return to them. That is a huge pivotal decision to make on the fly like that as a human as it is. The psychological shift is a heavy one to bear and even the strongest can crumble. You double up on Kristoph’s disappearance, his mate Jordan is also abandoned. Her mental health is stripped from her further and she’s hypothetically widowed by both her mate and her child as well. Finally, I furthered even that with Sylvia’s quest to find herself despite it all. Essentially, she becomes a whole different woman after this experiment goes awry and their goddess takes out her wrath on the family, Sylvia specifically.

It was a lot to dive into, honestly. Before I knew it, I couldn’t stop. There was more to tell, more layers to thicken, more questions to ask and answer… For lack of a better description, the story became a hunt to find out what would happen if we went further into the thick of it.

In the notes of this book, which honestly, I refer to as the lore of The Omega Witch, I have it spelled out that Jordan was the initial Omega Witch for the very fact that they were playing with “magic” within the sciences to rid their daughter of the uncertainty of taking a mate early, especially because the same sciences lacked the ability to prove that their lunar goddess Selene provided each of the werewolves she created with an actual fated mate, as their history suggests. I know, I know. That’s a lot to take on, but in history, the sciences were deemed to be a dark art before medicine became the way to survive such natural, biological issues. This was used as the first tether to the world we knew despite it being a fantasy book about werewolves.

This notation eventually wound up following Sylvia along on her path as Jordan is left to be forgotten in the woods, along with her estranged father. Essentially, Sylvia’s mother was doing some pretty shady experiments on her daughter to slow the effects of her first heat, which would call her fated mate to her, as it did for Kristoph to find Jordan when he did during hers. Their story is unique, unlike the rest where the couple is meant to procreate then and there, as per goddess’ Selene’s ‘love at first sight’s kindling. A heady reward for making such a connection was often followed by days of passionate coupling. However, Jordan was against laying down with just any male that came to her, claiming he was truly hers. I wanted to write Kristoph as being her fated mate because of the decisions he made that were uncharacteristic to their species because not all males are the same.

I also wanted to make sure Kristoph’s character had more of a depth to him because of my own husband’s recognition of exactly how the world has been changing what we see in the media with men in general. This is, in no way an attack or a backhanded comment about seeing more strong roles being led by women, but with seeing it as much as we do now, I see him and his concerns of what males are supposed to be portrayed as going further. And to back him even more so, it is concerning to have less of a rounded out partnership between the sexes, regardless of how the roles affect everyone else’s lives, it is hard to be one-sided and only expect that one person can be the hero or heroine in the relationship. Kristoph was created to help be that bridge that Jordan needed in her life to feel like she wasn’t just something to use. He was created for more than that and in the story we really see how his discomfort comes out in what he’s consenting to, regardless of whether or not his mate can see her flaws in the matter.

I found it very humanizing to include such efforts in this story, regardless of it being a werewolf story set in the Omegaverse. If you aren’t familiar with Omegaverse style stories, don’t worry, you’re not alone. I had actually read my first one several years ago when I first stumbled upon the Reylo fandom on Pinterest. The cute artwork was the first to pull me in, and furthermore, the stories I found on archive of our own, otherwise referred to as Ao3. I found myself researching the theme and before long, I found my favorites, the reasons I love them, and even started writing them as well. It seemed only right to include these concepts into a werewolf story as well as the content above, but where I didn’t include wolves or alternate egos in those stories (besides designations, of course) I did in this book. It seemed like the right thing to do to name each of their wolves so that I knew who was talking and when. Doing it also gave me more insight of what that secondary being was going through and gave another element of that character’s whole was two.

The more I thought about it, the more it made sense to break each character down into three’s. Each has a human name, a wolf name, and their designation, whether they be Alpha, Beta or Omega, of which their designation was also allowed to bear a name. This final name is exceptionally hard to reach. It means that they have achieved Selene’s expected purpose in life to be able to reach that level of oneness. This is also why none of the characters do this until the end. There are also other characters that achieve this oneness with themselves and decide on only one form instead of flipping back and forth between what’s acceptable among the other species in the world to fit in with and around people. There are also those that don’t achieve the ability to shift, of which, brings us to a gross overuse of self-proclaimed power that provides an undignified amount of stress that hinders the werewolves ability to grow into themselves as well.

This book really allowed me to explore the psychological growth and damage of cause and effect and furthermore the change that time travel could bring to those suffering as well. I don’t know one single person that I’ve come across in one way or another that hasn’t looked at an event in their lives and wished it went another way. Up until this point in the story, Jordan, Kristoph and Sylvia are ruined by each other’s actions, but their goddess’ rage severs them from each other completely. This reminds me of times that we’ve reacted to each other in anger, and all I can do is see myself acting out, ready to end the problem, only to question myself moments later, knowing full well that there was a better way to go about things. In this story, goddess Selene does her best to use new moons to help fated mates find each other and clean up the loose ends that were finally showing signs of stopping after centuries of lost mates droning on in the pools of borrowed hope. Her sorrow for them takes over and her last hope is her most recent daughter Vivian who has no recollection of her kinship to Selene.

Unlike the packs who had started over the past few decades to override the devastation that impacted them since Sylvia ruined goddess Selene’s species and sent her own mate into a downward spiral ruining them further, by the time Vivian is created, all she knows is her den mother. A den mother lived in a communal home and made sure that anyone given to her would have what they needed to survive and not much more. By a certain age, Vivian was expected to continue on and specifically not to look back. The weight of this and knowing her designation makes it hard for Vivian to want to settle down. Because of this, she focuses her time into learning as much as she can within their great history and in doing so is motivated by the thought of Jordan being her teacher. Jordan isn’t though and Vivian’s successes are entirely her own. She’s intelligent and can retain her knowledge but with that, she isn’t what we would call “street smart”. Her common sense only goes so far and being new to the world, on her first life cycle, being that they entirely believe in reincarnation, she is bound to make a lot of mistakes. Her first mistake is not listening to herself.

We all do it. Not listening to ourselves is a practice I hope that I could push away with this book entirely. That’s not to say that special rules apply to us or the like, but instead that the person you were created to be wants the ability to be that. It’s become the norm to put yourself to the side to make someone else feel better, and that is damning to Vivian’s character. In fact, we talked about each of the characters having a trinity that needs to find balance, and Vivian doesn’t even know her wolf’s name at the beginning and thinks that her Omega is just supposed to be some slut begging to be railed and make pups. That, however, is not the case. Her wolf, Zera, makes up the part of her that is confident in the woods and around other wolves, despite the situations she puts herself in. Vivian’s Omega is the emotional part of her that can feel out the individuals around her and act appropriately, regardless of some mishaps along the way. Her trinity takes turns being at the forefront of her being until she can decide which is necessary for going forward as she embraces each part of her.

The thought of embracing the “real you” is also an important, impactful message for this story that I wanted to bring to the light too. Telling the story this way over-accentuates the need for completeness in one's life, but it was the most meaningful way that I could think to explore that journey and eventual success. I also found that keeping it in the first person in Vivian’s view of the process and her world was important too. It suggested that regardless of what it is we’re working on personally, that no other person is working on it the same way, and that the person that we’re following will not know what the individuals around them are doing entirely unless they tell Vivian first hand. All she can process is what is going on around her and the information she is interpreting from the situations she finds herself in. Again, this is another tether to the realities we face and certainly makes the story more relatable because of it.

Rest assured that the other characters in the story are going through the same insecurities and looking for their wholeness. By this point, it’s hard to miss the spoilers, especially if you read Maximus Takuya’s introduction post and therefore I won’t be tip-toeing around this one either. Maximus knows this search for completeness like no other. He’s essentially the story’s hero, and is blessed with knowing that his fated mate is out there, untouched by the Alpha King he slayed to end the self-proclaimed king’s torture. Maximus waits for his promise to be fulfilled through several rebirths until he can no longer handle going through yet another one without finding her. The only thing he can think to do is to give up his Alpha to Alignak who, in turn, gives it to Alexander to give the werewolf a chance to learn from Maximus. I felt this was a very moving release of power, and Alignak’s role in it really hits home with the thought of “life” striking when we don’t think it will change anything so drastically.

The truth of the matter is that life really can strike and making sure that this translated well was the key to its success. Maximus’ human divides it’s way down into not only a human named Damian, but also a wolf named Takuya, which replaces Aaron entirely. Aaron’s essence leaves with his Alpha and settles into Asmodeus’ which guides Alexander into a more fulfilled life, regardless of how Maximus failed Aaron by letting him go. Maximus’ loss of Aaron and his Alpha turns his new being into a Beta which is less domineering among designations in this universe and essentially is what eases Vivian’s wolf Zera into welcoming Takuya into her heart.

Vivian Zera only knows what an Alpha is known for, given her newness to her first life. She’s twenty-two and thinks she knows all there is to know about Alphas but it takes a Beta to actually reach her. It says a lot about the culture as one of Selene’s werewolves up until this point, and ultimately, changing it will come with a price, but it’s one she will bear. I believe we can all relate to that, where we need to be the change to reach the greater good. In no way does the moment have to be as momentous as what Vivian chooses to do though, and I want to be able to make that clear. I’ve found that changing my own life in smaller steps has helped afford me a bigger change in the larger picture. Essentially, Vivian does this without knowing it in the beginning. She’s forced to by her mother, goddess Selene at first, when her shift into Zera happens. Vivian is forced to let go of what she knows and let Zera free… and because of this she’s able to see and understand more as the story continues. Vivian does wind up making contact with Alexander Aaron who she thinks is Asmodeus because his wolf’s recorded appearance fluctuates. No one really knows what he looks like by now, just that he’s still perceived to be out there given their expectation to reincarnate until they’ve found peace.

Her connection to Maximus’ split Alpha and Aaron is something to behold. She has an attraction to Alexander’s energy once he calms down, which is also something to note. In wanting to promote growth and change within his character, I found that this connection to him would help Vivian see that there was more that was going on behind the scenes for him to take his initial path. Still, we know that Alexander and Aaron are still confused by her and think that she’s their mate. Only, Alexander thinks that Vivian is Sylvia going by another name so as to be rid of her past, and Aaron is very aware that Vivian is who she says she is and belongs to him for his bravery defeating Alexander within their original timeline. It makes his advances with her harder to pull away from, but it also doubles his feelings for her when she shows him compassion.

We see it a lot in fanfiction, the need to help the villain through their redemption. At least, my Reylos know this, and well. Vivian is able to see Alexander’s vulnerability through the eyes of her Omega and ultimately decides that she needs to let this individual in. He’s changed and is trying, but that doesn’t mean she’s looking to settle down with him. Her heart is still very torn between what she’s experiencing with him and what she wants to experience with Damian Takuya because of Zera. By now her Omega has come out of her shell to embrace these changes. While Vivian and Zera are both taken back by what their Omega does because it defiles the lines of which they had made in the beginning with Alexander, their Omega stands her ground. There’s a lesson for the trio to learn here and most of it has to do with their Omega completing this task. She is the most apt to deal with the emotional aspect of connecting with herself and the males in her life. Having the other two avoid this leads to communication errors and overall mistrust among the others going forward.

A lot can be said about that as well. I branched that off of what we are comfortable with saying and the latter, what we let slide so that we can avoid whatever drama we’re looking to get past. While I’m not saying to let every event bother you, I would suggest opening up to help others see past what they can understand and judge you based on. This is why the Omega was so important in the story. In fact, her sister whom Vivian is unaware that she even has, Lilith, is also an Omega. She is a dominant woman, completely in control of herself and because of this she prospers past the fact that she is immortal and one of goddess Selene’s magical daughters as well. Her Omega is her foundation. It’s how Lilith knows that she’s owed more than what she’s gotten in her life and she’s ready to go out and get it, just like she does with her own mate, Marco.

Lilith is the one to wake Vivian up to this, despite what her Omega has already told her. Lilith’s disappointment in Vivian’s need to cover her Omega up this whole time for her protection is blasphemy. It really stirs up Lilith in a way we don’t see throughout the book and the decisions she makes in response to it are enough to push Vivian over to take the next step on her journey throughout the book.

I will say that I do allow Zera to be the one that shows Vivian that she has her own feelings and needs to see this through with Takuya even if she’s having a hard time connecting with Damian. Her brutal honesty helps Vivian come to terms with her own feelings and it helps her leave Alexander to get back to Damian. It’s not to say she doesn’t stir the pot and find out why she shouldn’t have, but seeing Asmodeus’ wolf, controlled by Aaron, protect her and fight with himself not to claim her against her will, is a lot to take on. It shows his growth once again and Vivian isn’t sure how to take it.

I wanted to encourage this way of thinking when she does find Takuya and the hurt that comes with his assessment of what happened based on what he can scent on her. He is guarded because of his own past. What Vivian doesn’t know is that he’s known that Vivian was meant to be his since the first day they crossed paths, but she was too busy looking out for herself that she never noticed him. Working this back in his mind is difficult for him and much more so when he finds out that Aaron found her that evening as well. His jealousy spikes and she can’t understand why just yet because she’s unaware of Aaron’s presence or that Damian Takuya is Maximus. All of which he hasn’t shared and she hasn’t figured out, which only adds to the layers of miscommunication between them. In a way, he thinks she should just know that they’re meant to be together, but he can’t tell her that. She has to let her heat come so that he can assure her that it’s him that she’s looking for.

In essence, she does come to him in the beginning of her first heat when she returns to him. Vivian doesn’t exactly know what that feeling is that’s tearing her apart, but Takuya does. Zera claims she needs him despite what Takuya thinks of her, and her emotional dam breaks. Her Omega takes the floor and assures him that he’s the one she needs, which speaks to Takuya on a deeper level than what he’s expecting. I like to think that this is something that is practiced throughout life between couples in all stages of their relationships. I think of myself and when I tell my husband something that he desperately needs to hear regardless of whether or not he believes me at the time, and let it settle until he can accept it. That is basically what I wanted in this scene, for Takuya to be told that he’s wanted after lifetimes of loneliness, that he’s worthy of her affection and why.

It isn’t enough, however, to let them just be, because redemption for Damian Takuya and Alexander (Asmodeus) Aaron, hasn’t happened yet, and it won’t happen if I just let the two pair up and be done with it. Goddess Selene takes this time to take Vivian’s consciousness to the Lunar Realm to meet her. It changes Vivian’s view on what’s happening around her and gives her a purpose past being a young werewolf ready to take Damian Takuya as her mate to see her through it. Selene ensures Vivian that she is on the right path with the right mate, but things are more complicated than they seem. She’s given information about what happened and a new proposal to change not only her life, but to correct the lives of the shattered werewolf Vivian is learning to love.

In most cases, in my own life, I haven’t wanted to change the people, not even those that I had dated because I spent my whole life up until that point always changing to fit my parents ever-changing mold. That, in itself, was damaging to both myself and my image. Having Vivian feel the need to give Maximus a chance to reclaim himself was an action she wasn’t sure of at first, but when she thought of Alexander and how he’s overcome so much over the years, she finds it in her heart to need to correct her mother’s mistake. Vivian processes the concept that she would need to move back in time to do this, which brings me back to needing to do research.

While not much came up in terms of the sciences behind it, I did have not only a Lunar Realm now to work within and a goddess among other gods that had their own supernatural powers to keep life as they knew it within a some version of the peaceful chaos known as life. There I brought in two more beings, both gods, Alignak and Ta’lab. Their characters helped shape Vivian’s proposal and made it doable. Without them, I don’t see how Vivian would have been able to see Selene’s task through and she would have ultimately gone back to being in heat with her broken Alpha and Alexander as well. Sure, it would have been an interesting turn, but the importance of this story is how Vivian finds a way to connect these dots for these men and get them the help they deserve.

Deep down, Vivian is doing it for her mother and she knows this. There is an impact that she cannot ignore, and knows full well that she’ll have an even harder time with what’s to come thereafter, but the thought of Sylvia and Alexander ruining themselves and other werewolves’ futures lays heavy on her heart. Vivian wants a different life. One where she wasn’t scared to be herself and to know that fated mates were a real gift given to them by her mother. Having that piece of the puzzle would have given her peace to know that she wasn’t the only one looking out for herself. It really does wind up being a huge turning point for her and Vivian steps up to the challenge to do so.

Traveling in time teaches Vivian and her trinity more about herself. They are forced, yet again, to work together, and this is also a big turning point for her. She’s capable of listening to them as time goes on. She lets them make decisions and goes with the flow that is the balance of her trinity and gets the job done, regardless of how her broken Alpha and his many forms respond to her between time traveling events. She sees the way that Damian reacts to the bond she has with Alexander and it threatens his capability to stay stable regardless of what she’s doing with the other man. Alexander’s ability to apologize to Vivian for his actions speak loudly to her as well, which is why she takes the backseat to her own emotions. Although I don’t talk about Vivian’s ability to see her mother’s response to fulfilling the task, she knows that her werewolves are getting the lessons they so desperately needed back then.

By the time Vivian finds Kristoph, she’s able to apply what she’s learned from the men in her life to him. Surprisingly, he’s very vulnerable at this place in his life. It’s unnerving. Vivian connects with him too. It’s as if the unknown pulls it out of her, and she relies on the fact that he knows this all too well. The legend that he becomes isn’t because he knew how to be a good Alpha. It was because he wasn’t sure how to be and his compassion helped him get Jordan to safety. I think that’s a strong point that should be made. There are a lot of people in our lives telling us how to do things and how to be when even they don’t know how to. Kristoph wasn’t acting like an Alpha when he took care of Jordan. He was just being himself and listening to her and that doesn’t discredit his Alphahood, it makes it stronger.

When Vivian presses forward, using her acquired gifts from her mother as a demi-goddess, she is able to transfer the timeline of visions to Kristoph because his mind is wavering, unlike Jordan who is still for the task. It gives Kristoph time to process it, while Vivian infiltrates the space, looking for Sylvia. Finding Sylvia is heartbreaking. She, like Kristoph, is not the same as what their stories foretold. It’s yet another layer of miscommunication and lies that hid the family’s troubles in plain sight, blaming Sylvia as Jordan’s scapegoat. I found that it was imperative to bring this realization into it as well because even though the story made history and was a huge part of the way that their werewolf culture evolved, it was wrong.

Sylvia was ruined because her history was altered and while Vivian can’t help but see the desperation Jordan put forth into their daughter, the acts against Sylvia’s Omega are damning.

Vivian also deals with visions from her mother in the steps forward leading up to the event. Alarmingly everything in the home is an answer to the truth she seeks. Even Sylvia’s wolf’s coat suggested that Sylvia was never truly theirs. She was a gift from goddess Selene, just like Lilith was, and finally, Vivian. Selene was obviously so heartbroken that Jordan would ruin her gift the say she did, that she was ready to take Sylvia back regardless of what the timeline would turn into. And so when Selene releases the timeline and her attack slams down into the skylight, making it known that Selene is the one that ruined them initially, Vivian shelters the pup and takes the pain away from her in a selfless act of hope.

While there isn’t another indication that Vivian would have been able to feel what her fated mates were when she sacrificed herself, we do know that upon her return her reality is already changing. The timeline has been restored. Young Alexander Asmodeus shows up to claim his rights to Sylvia before her parents, once again as his self-proclaimed kingship that Vivian acknowledges, leaving Sylvia’s parents to do the same. It’s a lot to take in and worse when she returns back to the Lunar Realm. To complete her task, she must say goodbye to the pieces of Maximus and his Alpha who journeyed with her to protect Sylvia and strengthen Vivian herself. He deemed it was the right thing to do, to protect his mate. The loss of Aaron is a painful one, but one she cannot process as Damian is disappearing before her. Damian’s loss is essentially Maximus’ healing. He gets to watch how Vivian responds to pieces of himself, and how she needs to still hold onto him. She gives herself up to him, begging for his mark, which he gives shallowly in case she ever wanted to move on.

The act is deeply emotional for all parties, especially Maximus who struggles to hold onto the pieces he’s losing before being thrown back into the timeline that she’s in. While we don’t get to see the struggle Maximus goes through to get back to Vivian, he does go through quite a time to find her. Zera wakes up in the cave that she was in prior to her adventure, looking around desperately for Takuya, Damian or even Maximus, but it’s hard for her to focus. She accepts that she’s going to have to battle this heat out on her own.

By the time they find each other, she’s unsure of him, but makes sure to tell him off that she’s mated and will not take another. It speaks to Maximus in such an endearing way that she still knows that they’re destined for each other. Even while her heat spikes, and she's desperate, Vivian Zera needs to know that he’s really hers before she lets him near. In building this scene the overwhelming emotion of finding one another and relief that comforts them both is in essence what goddess Selene wanted for her species. I can’t assume anything for our own, but finding love and acceptance is an overwhelming feeling and usually builds its own foundation within the couple that I wanted to portray here.

Their coupling is just as important as Maximus’ reformation. While he is hesitant of himself and what Vivian will accept from him because of it, he’s willing to stay in his wolf form, Takuya, if that’s what she wants from him. In which case, Vivian shows grace and growth thereafter, trying to make sure that he’s more than what he thinks and that any mate would be lucky to have such a competent Alpha.

As their relations build, I wanted to also incorporate the events in the Lunar Realm that Vivian borrowed and mistakenly hadn’t given back before entering her world. Her sisters, Queen Sylvia and goddess Lilith are there for extraction so that Maximus isn’t ruined within the transfer of their energy from her. They, however, aren’t capable of fixing this in time which ends Maximus’ rebirths, making him just as immortal as Vivian is in the process. Their lives thereafter lean further into what being a warrior goddess means to her too which only complicates things after having pups of her own.

These changes, like the other layers that overwhelmed their species, pushed her past her limit and because of it, I found myself taking it to yet another extreme within her duties. I wanted to cut her off and make her answer to her reactions to the humans who’ve started a war against their kind. Where she thought she was reacting justly, the devils within limbo disagree. Maximus can’t deal with the thought of her leaving him, so he does what he can to set things straight and answer for her crimes against them, just as she faced his inner demons, Maximus promised to fight hers for her in hopes to keep her right by his side.

This is where the book takes pause and readies itself for the sequel. There will only be a sequel to this, however. It won’t continue as a series because at this point, I want to start using the history here as the basis of other books that could stem from it, of which, I already have one being outlined to go along with it. This, like the sequel to this one, has not been titled yet, but it is there, and I’m excited to bring it forward.

Since this post wound up being far longer than what I initially expected, I’m going to be adding another post with music that had been detrimental in the making of these elements and eventually be posting artwork for the scenes that were specifically vivid while writing them. These may pop up on Deviant Art as I get time though. My artwork takes time and I would rather really show you what I see instead of rushing through it, so there will be updates for that as I get to them. For now, I’ll be working on getting the playlist posted and talk about what each one helped me sort out for reference.

Otherwise, thank you for checking this out and I’ll see you next time!

Until then, happy reading!