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A/N:: I'm sorry that the last two chapters of 'A Devious Compromise' are literally taking so long that is must have been over a year or more since I've updated. College has been stressful as of late and classes are difficult to keep up with, but that still does not completely excuse my absence. I still have the story saved onto my laptop, and I have written out a bit of the next chapter. However I'm finding it slightly harder to actually type it out and keep the plot moving along.

I do intent to finish it, and perhaps hope to continue to a sequel like I planned. But for sure I want to be able to finish this, just so you all are not left hanging with empty questions. I had almost forgotten that you all actually read and wait for the ending. I'm sorry I've been so selfish!

I can't guarantee an update to be right away; I need to get back in touch with Sebastian and Ciel again and get my mindset right, or else the whole feeling I've worked hard to put into each chapter will just unravel and be completely meaningless.

I will, however, attempt to have the next chapter out by May. Please be patient for a little while longer!

In the meantime, I will give you guys a small excerpt of the next chapter that'll hopefully tide you over for a little bit.

For as long as I have known Sebastian, he has always danced around my head and avoided my grasp like no other as if he was nothing but fog. Even now, when we were practically forced to spend the rest of eternity together, he would dart out of my grasp and evade me.

Well not anymore. I wasn't going to sit back and let him do what he wanted anymore. I wouldn't be his little puppet on a string for him to play with.

It was time to fight back.

The next morning, Sebastian came to wake me up like always and was surprised to see me already awake and sitting up in bed, reading a random book I was able to find on the whim.

"Young master, how long have you been awake?"

I glanced at him out of the corner of my eyes, having had abandoned my eye patch onto the floor without a single care. My eyes turned back to my book and shut as I closed the book with an audible thump of the pages coming together. "No." That was a lie; I had stayed awake all night, planning each of my movements and actions for this day. I had no idea what I was doing, so I had to resort to nothing but instincts… and what I knew from watching Sebastian.

Sebastian blinked before smiling a little. "I see. I apologize for not coming sooner. You must have been bored, sitting here in the dark." I heard him step over to the window and pull back the curtains. I opened my eyes again and watched him from behind, my eyes slowly roaming over the way the cloth of his clothes curved over his body. I knew what I was going to get in to… but did I really care at this point?

No. I knew what I wanted, and I wanted him. If he wasn't going to give it to me because of some ridiculous thought in his mind, then I would have to be the one to drag it out of him.

A/N:: I hope this helps for a little bit. Please be patient and look forward to the next chapter!

-Ailea