Note to our readers: Thank you so much for your support! My coauthor, Ras, has had to step down from writing. He eventually was kind enough to turn the story over to me to write so that it will not be abandoned. Temperance is going to be a series and you can find the first book, the rewriting and further writing of this story, under the title "Death and the World" by rynthewin. I really hope you will follow along as I work on writing and expanding on this AU universe.