This story is being discontinued.
I would thank you for your support but since plenty of you are reading, and 19 of you took the trouble to sign up for updates and/or favourited this, yet not a single one of you bothered to comment, I can't honestly do that.
You have no idea how far a word of encouragement goes for a writer, or how the echoing silence of two chapters seemingly being ignored more completely than the fat girl at a school dance, crushes both the creative spirit and the desire to write. I'm honestly amazed that given the lack of feedback, my draft has crossed the 40,000 word mark but I cannot in all good conscience continue to spend time on this endeavour, which means not only finishing it but also editing it and (badly, I admit) proofing it. I get far more reviews on my novels, which people actually pay to read, so it honestly makes more sense for me to abandon this to work on those; not only do they keep my roof over my head, evidently they are more appreciated.
This is not a temper tantrum and I don't want an influx of reviews begging me to continue. I have taken the weekend to think about this and made my decision. Besides, I have never received such a lacklustre response to any multi-chapter work I've done in the past, even in small fandoms, so perhaps I just have to realise that for whatever reason, this story just isn't very good. That's okay, this isn't the first manuscript I have abandoned for that reason and it wont be the last, I'm just sorry I began posting it before I realised that fact.
Vidgealz C Valvatore, Asuna, princess lolitatheorca and Guest, thanks for taking the time and trouble to comment on chapter one.
Cat Winchester