026: Storytime

I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. With this story, I have a lot of internal moments to help show the character's mental state. Depression and trauma are real and hard to work through. So often mental health related issues are ignored in stories like these, but in this situation, I couldn't see the story suddenly changing to happy families and continuous physical encounters when the characters themselves have so much unresolved stuff to work through, especially Carnelia, who was abused continuously by the entire village just for being different. Don't worry, happier times are coming soon. The next chapter is one that is a bit of a heart melt. I look forward to sharing it with you. If you are enjoying the story so far, please #vote# for it! Every #vote# helps my story be seen by new readers and allows me to continue writing fun tales like this one. I appreciate each and every one of you!