Alright, so this is just an update on what's going on because it's been a while. This is cross-posted on Ao3 and wattpad, and just a reminder that I am much more active on Ao3, my account is linked in my bio, but my user is down below. Anyway, I kinda copied and pasted this from my wattpad update so don't mind it's slight messiness, I honestly can't really be bothered to fix everything, so sorry in advance. But the overall jist is I rewrote most of the chapter, updated them on Ao3 first, and then updated them on Wattpad a few months later, and now I'm finally updating everything on FF. So yeah, as you can see FF is pretty low on my priority list, which I apologize for because I do know that there are some loyal readers here, but I'm sorry, I've been busy and lowk lazy about everything. Anyways, I have chapter 9 mostly finished for now, so I just need to revise it before uploading it, but it's probably going to be a few months before y'all see it not gonna lie, unless so miracle happens, but I highly doubt it. I'm coming to an end on my winter break and my winter quarter starts soon and it's gonna be very hectic which is why I'm letting y'all know now. But hopefully this 24k update will tide you over until I update again. If you want a better explanation of all of this, check out True Mates on Ao3 and scroll through the notes, I'm a lot more honest and open there, but yeah. Thank you y'all, I really appreciate the love and I hope you have a great day! :)

The following information and changes listed were all made to this fic on Ao3 a few months ago and I've now gotten the chance to update everything on FF as well. Please note that dates that say "10/4/20" and such are referencing Ao3 dates when this update was posted. ArchiveofOurOwn (Ao3) is my primary site which is why I am keeping all the dates consistent across all platforms this story is posted on. If you'd like to stay updated with me, feel free to check out my Ao3 account, my user is luke_is_a_kirby, all my socials are also linked in my profile so check that out if you'd like, enough with the promo tho :)

EDIT 10/04/20: i have rewritten and reuploaded chapters 1-8 to fit my new writing style so if you have read this story prior to June 2020, please do read it again, the plotline has not changed, but the story itself is just better written in my opinion! Note that every chapter with "UPLOADED: 12.28.20" and "EDIT: 12.28.20" at the bottom has been revised and reuploaded, you'll most likely also see a second date like "06.14.18" or something in both the uploaded/edit slots as well and those are just dates that I tracked of my previous updates and edits so don't mind those, but you're more than free to compare the dates because it's obvious that this story has gone on for a long time oops haha. In addition, i do not have a beta so if you see any mistakes in the new chapters, please ignore them, i'm not perfect sorry, but i tried my best.

hai, so i wanted to clear up the timeline of when this story takes place, because i never explicitly stated it as i did not even know myself when i started this 😅 but this takes place after season 2, it's basically a rewrite of 3A, but quite a few details and scenes will still be cannon, which i will list below:

- Cora has already been introduced and the incident of Derek giving up his alpha spark to save Cora has already happened so Derek is now a beta and follows Scott as his alpha
- Cora also leaves for South America right after so you won't see her at all either
- Jackson does not leave for London (obviously)
- Erica and Boyd's death still happened, albeit a little early so they will not be part of this story
- i highk forgot about the Darach so she has no part in this storyline (I'm sorry to one of my commenters who inquired about her 😭 i took way too many breaks writing this and ended up forgetting a lot of the characters, i'm sorry)
- allision plays a small part in this, you'll see her every so often, but she has like no scenes, it's her presence that has a bigger role
- a lot of the soulmate/true mate stuff is my headcanon so you'll find out more aspects of it as the story progresses
- this story will be very heavily centered around Stiles and Jackson, so if some characters drift in and out of chapters, that's the reason why
- some characters may seem OOC, it's been a few years since i watched TW so they may not be as accurate, however, this story is my own interpretation and if you don't like that, you can click out of the story 😁

i'll add more to this list as i remember some things so i'm sorry if some things seem out of place.