CHAPTER 236

Hi, everyone. ✨

I know many of you have been asking for updates, and first of all, thank you. Seeing how excited you are for the next chapter truly makes me happy, and I never take your support for granted.

I also wanted to be honest with you about something.

Many readers think authors simply disappear when there isn’t an update, but that’s rarely the case. Writing is my job, but it’s also something I genuinely love. At the same time, I’m still a human being with a life outside of my books.

For those who don’t know, I’m a contracted author. Every month, I write and submit over 50,000 words, which means I’m usually updating for around 25 days every month. So when I go quiet for a few days, it isn’t because I’ve abandoned the story or forgotten about you. I literally can’t. My contract doesn’t allow me to disappear for months, and honestly, I wouldn’t want to.

The past few weeks have been especially exhausting because my family and I have been apartment hunting and preparing for a move. If you’ve ever searched for a new home, dealt with paperwork, packed your belongings, and tried to organize everything at once, then you probably know how mentally and physically draining the process can be.

Even through all of that, I’ve still been writing.

But here’s something I want to share from the heart.

I could sit down and force myself to write just to post a chapter. I could publish something simply because there’s a deadline. But that’s not the kind of author I want to be.

When I write, I want every chapter to carry emotion. I want the conversations to feel real. I want the characters’ choices to make sense. Sometimes that means spending hours rewriting a single scene because it just doesn’t feel right.

And yes… authors get writer’s block too.

Writer’s block doesn’t mean we’ve run out of ideas. Sometimes our minds are simply exhausted. Sometimes we know exactly what should happen next, but we can’t find the right words to make readers feel what the characters are feeling.

I never want to give you a chapter that feels rushed just because I wanted to meet an update. I’d rather spend a little more time polishing it than post something I’m not proud of.

If you’ve been reading my books for a while, you already know that I do my best to stay consistent. I take my work seriously, and I care deeply about every story I write.

So if there are days when updates are a little slower, I hope you’ll remember that behind the screen is a real person balancing writing deadlines, family responsibilities, and everything else life throws our way.

Thank you for being patient with me instead of giving up on my stories. Your comments, your support, your excitement, and even your impatience to read the next chapter remind me that these characters mean something to you, and that’s one of the greatest gifts an author could ever receive.

The next chapter is almost ready. I’m just finishing the final edit, and it should be up within the next hour.

Thank you so much for your patience, your support, and for believing in my story. I’m truly grateful to have each and every one of you here. Your love and encouragement mean more to me than words can express.

With love,

Pria Ambre 🖤