Author's Note
Due to many comments of a similar nature, I thought it would be best to put a little note in reference to them. Many comments I receive are along the lines of "please update soon!" Though I am not annoyed by such comments, I ask that you—the readers—bear in mind that I do have a life outside of writing. Though my major in college is that of writing specialization with an education double major, the majority of my writing is for academic reasons and not pleasure. Because of this, I have very little time to devote to the stories I want to continue, though I am trying to find a way to use my stories in classes to get even more feedback from fellow students and professors. It is this latter reason that brings me to my next point.
I am currently in the process of editing all of the chapters I have submitted. I have made replies to a couple of comments regarding this, so if you received such a reply, you already know this information. But please bear with me. After reading through a couple of the earlier chapters of this story, I realize that I need to edit them drastically. Don't worry, I won't be changing the plot too much, and the characters will have the same base, but I do hope to make things clearer and maybe add a little more tension to things by inserting some previously-unseen chapters in the beginning. This is a very tedious and time-consuming process, so I ask that you—as readers and people—have patience with me as I edit and update. I will do my best to make the chapters I have updated obvious by placing "Updated" in the title of each chapter. Again, this is a long process, so patience is key.
And on to lighter subjects. I just want to thank all of you who have read my story and have been kind enough to show your opinions of it. Currently, I write for pleasure when I can—academic writing aside—so it is very encouraging to hear from you all that you enjoy reading what I have decided to put down on paper. I hope you continue to do so as I continue and edit/update this story in the coming months. But there is someone I would like to personally thank. Koyote Fae, thanks for being there to help keep me on track, as well as hit me upside the head a couple of times when I desperately needed it. And for the comment explaining what was keeping me from actually continuing the story. I really don't know what I would do without your bright shining face glaring at me for grammar mistakes and just the general nonsense I tend to commit. Thank you.
And for the rest of you, thank you all so much for reading. It means a lot to an amateur writer such as myself to hear that my story is being read and enjoyed, and even being compared to Patricia Briggs' own novels. I do not claim to be anywhere near he caliber of writing, but it is nice to hear that there are some who disagree with my opinion. I meant this story to be a stand-alone piece that was not based on Mrs. Briggs' own works, mainly since I feel that my taking her characters—or even inserting my own into her stories—can be seen as highly offensive and dangerous. Offensive because it could be construed as my thinking I know her characters well enough to put my own in her story and have them interact as normal. Dangerous because I don't know every nuance of the story, even after reading them several times, to be able to write a character in without causing major damage to the plot structure. And it's just easier to take the basis of her wolves and create my own separate story. Then I don't have to worry about whether I'm creating canyon-sized plot-holes.
Oh, and I might be giving away a HUGE secret by doing this, but I just wanted to reply to the comment I received saying the Sam reminds people of Anna from Alpha and Omega. Well… Sam is not an Omega wolf. But you'll find out what she truly is in later chapters. I wrote this story before reading Alpha and Omega, so the concept of Omega wolves was unknown to me. I do have my reasons for Sam's behavior, but you won' find out what it is until much later. I'm just evil that way.
Anyway. That was a longer note than I intended to make. If you made it all the way through, here's a cookie. I hope you continue to read my writing in the future, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy writing it. I'm trying to go by the old writing adage: "Never have more fun writing a story than your reading will have reading it." Hopefully, I've done a good job so far.