Dear readers,
Please note that the subsequent chapters of this fic have been temporarily removed by me, the writer, due to an unauthorized site posting my fics without notice or permission. Until I can resolve this, I have decided to remove the content of this story to prevent further mirroring. I've run across at least one other writer who had this happen to them years ago, and they ended up deleting their fics and reposting them later after the mirroring had stopped. As this story is rather long, I've opted for a temporary fix to avoid having to repost from scratch.
I apologize for the inconvenience, and hope that this situation will settle soon. Thank you for your patience!
-pjean19