Dear readers….

I am sorry.

This story is probably the longest piece of work I have ever tackled, and looking back now, I realized how many errors I've made, in the storytelling, in the flow, in the characterization….THAT in particular was and still is a thorn in my side; well, more of a sword really.

Don't thing I am joking when I say I cried while attempting to write the last chapter, the frustration and the pressure I myself created was unbearable, I saw so many reviews and supportive comments that…I just couldn't bear the thought of letting you all down.

So I sat down, opened a new doc, and started writing.

It is dreadful, re-reading it now, seeing how dry and…just plain awful it turned out to be….

I was devastated, I imagined all my supporters, all eagerly awaiting the chapter. I imagined them reading the last chapter and being so disappointed, I imagined them looking at me with an angry scowl and shouting at me that I had ruined the story with my lack of skills.

I'm rambling again, aren't i?

I hid away, thinking that if I forgot about it, others would too and I'd be free to bury this story deep where no wandering reader could find it, maybe continue with my little plot bunny drabble and generally be forgotten.

But I realized I was being selfish.

So, I sat myself down and wrote this, I am leaving this story in the capable hands of my readers, hoping they can find it a better home, I don't really care if they strip it down to just the base elements and rewrite it completely, I just want this story to have an end, may it be happy or sad or catastrophic.

May your sword remain sharp,

The Artsy bookworm