To all my dearest readers, who journeyed with me through Tori and Cullen's angst and pain and love, I just want to say a great big thank you. You all kept me going long past the time I normally would have stopped writing that story, and you all inspired me to push myself to be better and do better with my creative writing.

The time has come to say farewell to the Toriana and Cullen of An Uneasy Alliance and The Things We Carry. It's been years and in addition to having forgotten so much of what I'd planned for this story, after going back and rereading I simply hate my old writing style and the character development (or lack thereof) as well as how they all behaved and treated each other. I've grown a lot in the past six years, and I like to think my creative writing ability has as well. So TTWC will be no more, and I will never update it again.

This is not the end of the line for Tori and Cullen, however! I have started writing an entirely new story, following a different plotline that takes place during the Inquisition, with our dear Toriana as the protaganist. She's better, more mature, and far more emotionally stable than the old Toriana lmao. In Darkness Enveloped will be slower to start in the romance department, but will be far more fleshed out in terms of characters, lore, and emotional connection.

There will be smut in it eventually though, mark my words, and I have learned a lot in the past years ;)

So to those of you who are reading this after sticking through this with me, I send you all my heartfelt thanks and love. And to new readers, welcome! Please go take a look at In Darkness Enveloped and let me know what you think!