Welcome back, Realpowermind! Thank you for taking the time to comment again, and my apologies for the cliffhanger. 😅 To be fair, I had much of chapters 8 and 9 already written when I first published this story. Now I’m feeling the pressure a little more, lol.
And you’re correct, everything is building toward an inevitable conflict, which may be coming sooner than you expect. 👀 Thank you again for the lovely comment, I love hearing from you!