Important~ Let’s Discuss 🎀

AUTHOR’S NOTE

Okay… quick time-out. 😌

I saw a comment calling Kegan weak and I won’t lie, I clutched my chest a little because… excuse me? That’s my baby you’re talking about. Please be gentle.

He’s already been through enough. 😭

But seriously, every character in this series has their own personality, and I’ve been very intentional about staying consistent with who they are. If you pay attention, you’ll notice they all read differently, think differently, and react differently, because they are different people.

Masculinity is not one thing.

It isn’t always dominance, control, violence, or emotional detachment. Sometimes masculinity is quiet. Sometimes it is restraint. Sometimes it is collapse.

They are not meant to react the same way to pain, love, or loss. If they all behaved the same, we would just be reading the same man in different outfits.

These past chapters are Kegan’s breaking point.

It is very easy to label a character as “weak” when you finally see their lowest moment. But that doesn’t do Kegan justice, and it certainly doesn’t reflect reality. He is not weak. He is going through things, and those things shaped him differently from the other men in this series.

Not everyone reacts to pain by becoming controlling or toxic. Not everyone responds with rage or dominance.

That is Kegan.

I like to keep my characters realistic, and realism means you won’t always see strength packaged as power. Sometimes you have to see them fall apart to understand them fully.

So before writing Kegan off, remember this:

You are reading a man at his lowest, not his entire worth.

And yes, just like I warned in the beginning, when you’re reading this book, you’re inside his head. You’re seeing the thoughts, the guilt, and the things he never shows the world. The things that make him human.

That makes it very easy to say, “oh, he’s weak,” when in reality, you’re just finally seeing where he bleeds.

So no, Kegan isn’t weak at all.

He’s going through stuff.

They all do at some point.

That said, if anyone else feels the same way, I’m genuinely curious 👀 because discussion is always welcome here.

Just remember to be kind to my kid. I’m watching. From the shadows. Like a ninja. 🥷🏽😂

Now… let’s get back to the chaos.

I need your opinions. 😁🤭

Xoxo.💚