I'm sorry it has taken me so long to post more chapters about Atalanta's continuing adventures but a lot of things contributed to that. Ashleigh my editor has been fighting an illness as I have which in the last month has worsened with pinched/inflamed nerves in my back and hips and now COPD. And my husband is in nursing care and decided he wanted to recuperate in his home state; two states away. Stuff happens but you can't quit.

I have been in contact with Ashleigh and she tells me that she has almost all (close to 75 pages) that I sent her edited but I held back several chapters from last year that are edited. Sometime this week or over the weekend I'll start posting chapters again. I had to go back and reread the last chapter because I couldn't remember where I left off. I'm a stinker aren't I leaving everyone on the edge of the cliff that way. The next several chapters are fast moving with plenty of action that I hope is worth the wait. I should say that probably because of the delay some story elements may not flow as smoothly as I'd like. I don't know that it will be it is just that seems likely and I'm hard on myself.

One more thing as soon as Atalanta arrived at Whateley I knew she didn't belong and I probably should have just taken up the story the following summer and tell in flashbacks why she left but I didn't. I have had difficulty at coming up with a reason for to leave the school and I think I've found that missing element. But I need help from anyone on here that has federal LE experience, military especially covert actions/unit/tactics to read and correct those portions. Any help would be appreciated.

Again I apologize for the delay and not keeping you guys updated better but I really didn't know what to say. But it shouldn't be more than a week now if I haven't forgotten how to post. Thanks again.

Katie