Dear readers, friends and all who dearly hold Illumi as the beloved husband of our hearts, I hope you're all doing well and having a lovely holiday season. I've been putting off this announcement for a while, in part because I thought I would eventually not have to write it and would spring back vigorously with assassin smut aplenty lol My absence hasn't been due to disinterest of the fic or of HunterXHunter, but because of my health. Long story short, I've been in chronic pain since May (2023), but the signs were popping up before then. I was bedridden over the summer, and it was the most terrifying experience of my life. Though that is no longer the case, it is still difficult for me to perform activities of daily living and my days mainly consist of pain management, trying and failing and cycling daily. The constant pain has taken a toll on my mental health, and it's been a struggle. Only recently I've gotten back into things I'd normally do for fun, like reading, because it's very hard for me to focus and do things while in pain and my mind is pretty much one tract focus now. I've begun the process of getting tests done to find out what is wrong with me (I had my first MRI yesterday!) and in doing so to, hopefully, be guided along treatment that will help me.

So what does this mean for Where Shadows Touch? Because it's inextricably linked to my health, chapters will be updated whenever I can and have energy to write them. I'm very sorry, please have patience with me T_T I remember that I started chapter 19 back in April and I would LIKE to see if I can try to have it ready this month (Dec. 2023), or next! I doubt that I can still manage the quality and quantity of my previous chapters, I haven't attempted writing in a long while and it makes me nervous...So I shall apologize in ADVANCE for all my shortcomings haha :D

The journey will be a slow one, but I would very much like to continue writing this story and see it through til the end. Thank you all.

With love,

Rebel