Hello, beautiful readers! Don't worry, I'm not dead (though for a while there it felt like it), but I wouldn't blame you if you came to that conclusion. Which leads me to why I'm posting up this message rather than the next chapter. You have every right to be pissed about this not being a new chapter, but I strongly feel that you guys deserve an explanation as to why I've been silent for so long on here and why I haven't updated in... forever. It's a combination of things, but mostly it has to do with the fact that 2018 has kept me fairly busy so far. I've had a lot more critters and bottle babies to deal with, plus I have a summer job now as well. Also I've been having some relapse with my medical issues. Yeah... June was NOT a good month: So much for my birthday... I HAVE worked on the next chapter (currently working on it at the moment) and it's being written SLOWLY. I can't say when it will be up; it's going to be a fairly long chapter than incorporates a lot into it, and I've already rewritten a certain section of it multiple times in order for it to suit me. So it's going to be a little while before it's up. But it IS coming. That I promise. So please stand by and thank you all for being patient.

~ Chuck