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After an insanely long hiatus...
I'm so sorry for not updating, now that the holidays have begun, I'm going to do my best to get it done as soon as possible.
Thank you for not abandoning me, I haven't fully disappeared yet. And I hate leaving projects mid-complete, I just mentally can't stand it.
And thank you to all my readers and subscribers, it means the world to me that you take time out of your busy lives to pick up this novel.
Let me know what your thoughts are on this and if you have any bits of advice that I could use to make this novel better, don't be shy to comment it :)
-Fiona
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