Well, well....hello there! 5 years later, I return and to my deep shame, I see that this story is still not finished. My sincere apologies. However, I have news:
- I am writing again. The joy I found in writing disappeared for a long while. A very long while, yes. It has returned, since about a month ago and I spent much of my three-week vacation writing, after first re-reading this one. And then it just...began again. The joy in writing had returned and I wrote from dusk till dawn, about two weeks straight. An idea formed and resulted in hundreds of pages, to be exact. And I found I wasn't done with these characters. So:
- I'm planning to expand this story with one more installment, making this a trilogy series instead of a two-parter;
- The 3rd is actually almost complete, about 3/4 done, and you're not going to see that one coming ;
- One other story formed in my head while writing, went on that tangent for a while and it's about halfway.
So here I am again. Chapter 52 is coming soon enough, but not today. Just know that you can expect it in the near future. And I will not be using the pace I previously did. I want stories finished now, before I start posting. Take my time. I've done my George RR Martin stint.