I'm glad you were able to make it all the way through the story, DC! Seriously, I did try to keep it short, but that is just not my strong suit apparently! smile Thanks for sticking it out even with all the distractions! I'm pretty glad I didn't have to go with the whole forced-heir thing, but ugh, I never even thought about Ching being the one to deliberately infect him. I figured we had enough to worry about already! I actually worked on this one so long that I haven't read it all the way through myself, so reading your comment was certainly encouraging!

Thank you so much, L -- hearing that my writing flows is one of the best compliments I can get, so it definitely made my day! I'm so glad you enjoyed!

I'm glad you think it's better, Morgana -- thanks for giving it a look-over for me all those years ago!