Oh my god.

Oh my god.

Oh my god.

If you’ve finished reading the latest installment, you’re likely having about the same reaction as I had when I wrote it. That ending was not pre-planned. I have about 80% of the story figured out ahead of time—a full outline, the backstory, most of the worldbuilding. But that ending? It hit me about as hard as you did.

I did not have that ending planned out. Every once in a while, things build toward an inevitable end without the author’s say. Or permission. Or n...