Scott Johnson (Patreon-iSotA Ikadars) used in the Side Story Deconstructed Flames and in Fire and Water

redria7 (RR Red & Cici) and yuyube used in A Wife Interrupts

Aselo (RR), Fallen_North , and heftybookboy used in In Search of a Broken Curse

Len923 (RR) and MadSong (WN Kikiri) used in Heart of the Empire

Seviradi (RR Yakim & Auvic) used in Distinctly Nervous

mcknowlesey (RR Falling Ash & Sister) used in A Little Thief

Punster lv1 (RR MarvelFanSteveRogers & DCFanGreenLantern) used in Hidden Power.

jackers used in Realtors

Nimitz (RR) used in The Elder's Challenge

TheGam1ngWizard (RR Geld, Reaper, Scar, Music, Frost Pheonix Clan) used in Nabataea Before

Jakylorhide (RR Jakyl), menchfrest (RR), and little_tortoise used in A Wee Bit Of Breaking

Roethan (RR Ruxlo) and Scynthea (WN succubus or incubus) used in Living Jade Empire

TunnelTy (RR A list of reserve names.)

My health has not been good for much of this volume. A few new problems with my eyes, complications of the neurological condition I suffer (known as Pseudotumor Cerebri or Intracranial Hypertension), and a winter flu followed a month later by a long spring cold. Thus, I'm taking a break between volumes this time.

I hope it will just be for a week, but I'll post an update if that's not enough to recover sufficiently to continue.

Of course, the beginning of this break is when WebNovel staff finally contacted me about contracting the story… To do that it would apparently have to be pulled from all other publication forms, though they were vague and it doesn't say that in the posted doc.u.mentation. I'd have been ecstatic six months ago. I'd have likely gone ahead with it four months ago. With only one volume left (I think) and while I'm so sick that I'm suspending writing while being completely out of buffer… I just don't have the energy to do it.

I may regret it later that I'm not taking the long awaited opportunity. Hard to say. For now, I'd rather just ask you all to share this story if you're enjoying it.

Thanks for reading. ❤️