update 36.

WHAT I DID.

hey, it's been a while, hasn't it? a whole month and a bit, where does the time go? it flew by for me, but i know i can't say the same for everyone else. i hope you're all doing well. i know the break helped me <3

now, onto business. i'm nearly, nearly, nearly done chapter eight. i wish i finished it before october, but at most, i'll be only two to three days past my fantasized deadline. when i left you in august, i had three major scenes to complete—i finished the largest of the two.

rylan's hurt/comfort scene is officially done as of last night and boy, it took a lot out of me. mostly because i wrote everyone else's back to back but wrote rylan's after changing tracks and jumping to a future scene. i lost a bit of the flow i had, though i'm hoping that it turned out okay. at any rate, it's still very fun to read and just as angsty as the others, so no worries there. my biggest concern is rylan acting out of character, but that's a problem i'll get to in editing. when you have a character that grins and laughs as much as rylan, sometimes writing their more serious side is a bit... off-putting, for lack of a better word.

the other scene i checked off involved the hunter going back to work. i can't say much about this one (i need to keep some of this chapter a surprise) but i really enjoyed how it turned out. it went some routes i didn't expect and thankfully, i ended up benefiting from it. there's also a mini conversation with A here that i think everyone will love. i adored writing it so much, it's a good ice breaker from all the heaviness prior.

the end of the chapter is a wild ride and will hopefully leave everyone wanting to read chapter nine (fingers crossed). just don't hate me too much for leaving you in suspense. 

this week, i'll be working on the branch where the ro you chose you enter the vip room with is injured instead of the hunter. i expect it to be no longer than two or three thousand words, so i'll definitely be able to celebrate finishing the writing for chapter eight with you all next update. thanks for sticking with me everyone. i know i've made a lot of promises about when things are coming out, but i appreciate your support.

STATS.

344,466 words (+19.7k)

SNEAK PEEK.

In front of me, A's forehead hits the table and they jump up, startling awake. "Present!"

I glance up from my iPad. "We're at work, A. We don't do attendance here."

"Right." A rubs their forehead. "Reflexes. Sixteen years of school really drills it in you." They straighten and delete something off their laptop, presumably the keyboard smash that they typed while drifting off.