AS OF 12/24/14 I HAVE POSTED THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THE REWRITE! PLEASE GO CHECK IT OUT! :)

Hello to all! Just wanted to let everyone know that I am in the process of rewriting this whole series. I'm not sure when I'll start posting the chapters I've completed and revised, but I just wanted to get everyone's opinions on things they'd like to see change and to just let you all know what was going on!

Here's a few things I'm reworking:

- Things are going to be explained in a much more detail earlier on in the story so there's less confusion when things really get going.

- I've upped Lilly/Seth/Oliver to seventeen, and made Holly sixteen. I've also made Nigel twenty instead of twenty-one.

- Holly should be a lot more stable personality wise, and I'm fleshing out her story earlier on so it's not so rushed and doesn't feel so much like fact dumping.

- All of my characters should be sounding far less ignorant, which for many of the canon characters means them actually being written in character.

- The habit of every character having like five names is going to end. Raven will probably be the only one with more than one name because it's at least related to the plot. The others were just crazy indecisiveness from a teenager who loved to make things needlessly confusing. I realize now that was probably pretty damned annoying. I retroactively apologize!

- I'm filling in some plot holes and editing spelling/grammar.

- I'm slowing all the Seth/Lilly stuff down just a tad because it all seemed really rushed.

I'm contemplating reworking some of the plot elements as well to work more logically and be more suspenseful (i.e. I may change who the bad guy is. See the note at the end for more info about this.)

All in all, it should be a much more compelling story with more romance and more mature writing. Speaking of mature, how would you all feel about me upping the rating? It would mostly be for language and perhaps some more gore.

I started writing this story nearly six years ago, and I've grown so much as a person, as well as a writer, since then. For a long time, these characters stopped speaking to me, which is why Raised By Wolves was abandoned nearly four years ago, but I've recently reconnected with Lilly and her story. The best way for me to continue on is to fix the glaring errors and round about writing that this story was made of when I first posted it. I'll leave you now with a sneak peek at the first scene, rewritten. Please, feel free to compare!

Prologue: Blank Space

Anna Davenport

"But you'll come back each time you leave

'Cause, darling, I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream."

I could never have anticipated how well my plans would turn out. I had stolen away from my pathetic village and made a new life for myself. The life of a queen. To the people of Avalon, I was Queen Anemone, their beloved king's wife, and mother to the future leaders of Avalon. All seven of them. I'd never intended to be a mother to so many children. I didn't even particularly like children in my youth, but circumstances had showered the blessings upon me. No matter the tragedy.

I let myself look over the balcony of my personal sitting chamber to gaze at a small number of my children playing in the grass below. They were so beautiful. Though I had considered her my daughter since the hour of her birth, raven haired Hollyhock wasn't mine by blood. Her mother, Avalien, a childhood friend I had once called Ava, died giving birth to her. Ava refused to give a name to her child's father, and my curiosity got the best of me. I took it upon myself to tell her family that Ava had named me guardian to her child, and had raised the girl as one of my own for the last sixteen years.

Holly trailed after my oldest girl, who yelled back, "Hurry up! You're too slow!"

Holly must have inherited her viper's tongue from her mysterious father, "I am not. You're an idiot."

My youngest walked along a felled tree along the side of the clearing, "Act like ladies!"

Holly lunged at her sister, and I smiled as I watched them tussle, passing the time like their brothers would. I was always grateful for my youngest's neutrality, even though it came at a terrible price. Little Geranium was eight years old, petite and pale. She was also a Healer, one of the most incredibly rare gifts that any in our land could possess. She wasn't Rowan, with the ability to harness animal senses and take that animals shape, but she was one of my greatest triumphs. Geranium was going to live on in history because of her ability and her status.

Normally, I wouldn't have minded my daughters rough housing, but lately, Holly had been restless. Holly had always been so quiet, but now she would anger at the tiniest of things. Signs of a young Rowan nearing his or her Transition, which signaled the beginning of a bloodlust that would follow them for the rest of their lives and would help them find their Mate.

My fingers fiddled with the pendant I wore even in sleep, which housed a lock of blonde hair. Strong arms wrapped around my waist and I smiled even before my husband spoke, "Is something the matter, my love?"

I shook my head. "Non, I wouldn't seek to worry you, my King."

He smiled against my shoulder, "My Queen, you mustn't keep secrets from your beloved Mate. Speak to me of what troubles you."

I sighed, turning in his grasp to rest my hands flat on his muscled chest, "Some of the children are becoming restless."

His eyebrows furrowed, "Which one?"

A wry smile tugged at the corner of my lips, "Holly."

He sighed, running a hand through his straight blond hair. "Oh dear. I always assumed she be the first girl, but I never thought she'd Transition before Nigel, he's nearly reached majority and he still hasn't Transitioned. What do you suggest we do? You are my best and brightest council member."

I looked up into the silver eyes of the only man I'd ever wanted, "I don't know. Perhaps it's time to take them from here. It is tradition for them to live for a time among the people of the Earthly realm around the time they Transition."

He sighed, messing with his hair again, "Are you certain, beloved? It seems rash to me. Holly is just the first. Should we not wait for some of the others?"

I gazed out the window again. He had a point. The twins, Oliver and Lilly, were just barely a year older than Holly though. "Possibly, but you know that being close to someone who's Transitioning can set off others. Being there will slow it a bit. I don't think we can handle Holly and Lilly Transitioning at the same time."

He chuckled, shaking his head, "I think you might be right, the two of them would tear us apart, both stubborn as mules. I have no idea where Lilly gets that from." I raised an eyebrow at his statement. Lilly certainly didn't get it from me. No other soul in our world knew the truth, but Lilly and Oliver weren't mine. They were related to Chrys though. He gasped dramatically, taking my expression in the only way he knew possible, "Are you insinuating that I'm where she gets that from? I'm appalled. You wound me with your words you beautifully wicked woman."

The smile on my face was dark. He didn't know the half of me being wicked. I'd be dead if he did. It wouldn't matter that I was the mother of four of his children if he ever found out what I had done. "My apologies, my love. When should we leave?"

"Today." He replied instantly, "Can you have the children readied by nightfall?"

"I might. Depends on how unruly our clan is though." He grinned at me, but said nothing as I stretched up to kiss his lightly whiskered cheek. I preferred him clean shaven. He looked far too common like this. "I'll leave you to the official arrangements."

Did I mention it's going to be longer? I'm adding a whole bunch of really exciting stuff! And as you can see, I'm dealing with the whole 'What are they?' debacle right off the bat this time. Hopefully reader confusion will be limited to intentional mysteries this time!

Here's what I need from you guys:

- Please, let me know if you're interested in rereading!

- Would you like this story a little darker? The Seth/Lilly romance will still be paramount, but things could get a lot darker for this pair! Mainly, I'm going to bring the vampires from Avalon to having a bigger role. I mentioned them in passing here and there, but never did anything with them. I think it would be fun to see that change.

If you've hung on this long, thank you so much! I have through chapter 4 rewritten already, but I want feedback before I start posting them!

-Jenn

P.S. The title will be shortened to simply 'Nightfall'. Taking Chances will become 'Daybreak', and In Between will become 'High Noon'.