WHAT'S THIS?
SHE'S ALIVE?!
Yes. Yes, she is. And she is so very very sorry. That's still unacceptable I know. Honest to God, I'm really trying not to make excuses here. There have been some HUGE changes in my life since my last update. Main change is - I have a new job. And this takes up pretty much 90% of my free time. I spend more time at work than I do being at home. I barely even see my family and friends! About 8% goes towards my commitment in writing reviews for book publishers - which also means giving up free time to read the books I am sent. I'm even behind on that! Free time is so hard to come by for me and I have barely touched my laptop/computer for anything other than work emails. I haven't even had the time to work on my own book manuscripts in months. It's heartbreaking.
I love my Rosewick fic. I think about it every day, I make up new ideas but I just never get the time to actually write them down. So here's what I'm hoping will happen:
Chapter 11 is almost ready. I am spending every spare second I have to work on it. Fire & Thorns will NOT remain incomplete. Updates will just take a little while. I feel absolutely awful for making readers wait, I know it's hard but I'll make it up to you! I'm hoping to get some time off soon and I will attempt to post as many updates as I can during that period to make up for the gap.
The real question is, do you guys want me to carry on? I'll warn you now and say it will require a little patience (trust me, it's killing me too). I would completely understand if you wouldn't be able to wait for updates, but just let me know. Again, I am so sorry for not updating for so long (and for this update not being another chapter but it's coming!).
Because I'm such an awful person, I thought I'd treat you guys to a sneak peek of Chapter 11.
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She pulled back, her hands – now with more strength in them – pushed off against his chest, the cool air instantly attacking her skin making her shiver from the icicles that seemed to dig at her exposed flesh. She missed the warmth already. His arms refused to move and remained locked around her like they were frozen in their position. Ruby craned her neck up to see him open his eyes, now aware of her consciousness. She noticed a faint glow surrounding his form. Whether it was his aura or an effect from his semblance she had no idea.
"Hey," she called out softly, forcing her voice to remain steady. "What's wrong?"
Torchwick dropped his arms, resting his head back against the wall with an exasperated sigh.
"Nothing, kid. I'm fine," he reassured although he didn't sound too sure. His cheeks were slightly flushed.
Ruby frowned, now sitting on her knees, ignoring the cold feeling of the rock hard ground beneath her.
"Stop trying to act all tough. The look on your face says it all – you're not fine at all so tell me, what is it"
He made a sound of irritation, grumbling curses as he kept looking to the side, avoiding her gaze.
"You're sick."
The ends of Torchwick's lips quirked upwards. "So I've heard."
"No." Without thinking about the consequences, Ruby placed a palm flat over Torchwick's forehead, pushing his bangs aside as they brushed against her skin. "You're sick." Her hand immediately retracted as if she had touched a real flame. His skin, was quite literally on fire and it definitely wasn't his semblance. Whatever it was.
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Yup. That's all you getting.
I just want to say HOLY CRAP, the amount of positive feedback I am getting for my story is ASTOUNDING O_O I never once thought it would be this successful and that so many of you would like it and it just MAKES MY LIFE. Seriously, it's the best feeling ever and I want to thank each and every one of you who have written a review and taken the time to actually read the crap I write. An extra huge thank you and hugs to those who actually put up with my sh*t and poor updating skills. ALSO THERE IS WORD THAT MY STORY HAS BRANCHED TO TUMBLR. Like WHAAAT? People actually mention my work on places other than FanFiction? HOW.
I almost died. From happiness. That is seriously a huge achievement for me. Thanks so much everyone for your continued support and patience! I really love you all. Until next time!
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By the way, the chapter is titled A THORNY KISS.
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P.S. I hope you all had a great summer! Mine was meh, I could really do with a year off just to sleep.