Sex and Other Ways to Break You

by blacktag189

After their secret victory but public tragedy in Egypt the 13th Family regroup in London to begin their destined reign over the Circle. Trading adventure and freedom for meetings and balls Avery grows further detached from everyone around her, including Stellan. Soon she can't help but ask herself - in the end was this really what she wanted?

1. Author's Note

Hi Everyone! I am so glad you're here! Really...I am!

This is a small fandom and I appreciate anyone that takes the time to play along with the handful of us. LOL

A few things to get out of the way before you start:

1) I don't own, nor am I making any money off of this story or any of the stories I have here. It's just for fun and all the glory goes to Maggie Hall who deserves it. :)

2) I don't speak any foreign languages and Google Translate is not your friend. I've tried my best - but if YOU speak one of the MANY languages that show up in this story and see something you could correct for me I would be more than happy to take that criticism!

3) This is 100% rated M for a reason. You have been warned 13-year-olds lurking out there...I know you...I was you! LOL

4) I made my own CoU Wiki (lol) so all the Circle names and the such should be close but please forgive me if I mess some of them up.

5) This story has been a labor of love. And I can confidently say that because I have children. Labor is intense, painful, overwhelming, exhausting and deeply gratifying when you see your beautiful baby at the end of it all. Not sure if this baby is going to be cute or not...but I have literally bled and PAID for this story. My computer landed on my foot and sliced it open while I was writing, and I got a texting and driving ticket while I was frantically typing a scene into Google docs on my phone in the middle of traffic. I can't really say that about any other story I've written so despite this being "the beast" I'm still quite fond of it.

6) And finally, NONE of this would have been possible without my editor Maidenpride. She knows how much I love her - but I also need the internet to know how much I love her. Her support and encouragement and threats have helped me power through the darker moments of writing this story...and the darker moments OF this story. Without her it would have just been 2000 pages of rambling about Stellan. She turned this into something worthwhile and I will forever be grateful to her for that.

I see you lurkers out there...if you love it, or hate it, please let me know.

Enjoy!