It was my Willing Choice

Chapter XI: A Realm In-Between

This is a chapter farther down, but please read: very important! So, as a huge heads-up and warning to the faithful readers and the newbies joining me on this work of fiction...I would like to say that there are elements to this chapter and possibly others in the future that while I have studied these topics used out of my own personal interest and free-time; I do not in any way proclaim the knowledge I have gained or reviewed as entirely correct in how it will be written, translated or used within the chapter.

One, I am not a practitioner of Wicca, nor do I practice any related branches. What is used here; I have tried to the best of my capabilities to use with as accurate context as I could with the resources and time I had to devote to this chapter. As correctly as I could to fit how I wanted the chapter to flow.

If any of what I have written is considered as offensive in how I used it or how I translated it; I apologize ahead of time, but as this is a work of fiction...I am not going to fully correct it unless it truly is horribly a breach of offense. To which the persons' who are telling me of the offense will need to leave a comment on why in a respectful and non-flaming manner.

My reason is what I have done in the translation and use; it is more for the purpose of the contents of the chapter, and while keeping to factualism and realism...to a degree for this, and I do not disagree that those things are important, it is not the end of the world if it isn't.

This is still fan-fiction; thus, purely for entertainment, creative outlet, and writing practice.

I know there are those who would criticize me for this; that they would take offense simply because they could, but implore you to not do so. If you comment in a disrespectful manner; your comments will be read, but most likely deleted or reported and/or totally ignored.

There is no benefit or gain to using deconstructive criticism.

Secondly, (Yes, I know...) I want to give a big thanks and shout-out to the Chosen of Eilistraee Drow-Common Translator for its immense help through my many works over the years. Thanks to http://www.sunnyway.com/runes/meanings.html for the revision of the Elder Futhark runes and their interpretations.

Finally, a huge and very gratefully heartfelt thanks to all the readers who have been so kind and supportive to me through the years, and especially now; after the loss of my maternal grandmother to COVID-19 two months ago.

She was in a nursing home before the quarantine started; we visited her the day before it began, and not a week later...we received a call that she was going to be one of the high-risk patients to it if exposed. When someone else tested positive in her ward, the rest of the residents; including my grandmother, were all tested.

At first from the initial testing, she was merely diagnosed as atypical to all the signs and symptoms. But when she began to deteriorate and it a very fast and sudden deterioration; they did another test and sent it to the state labs. We took her original diagnosis as a sign of hope; knowing how stubborn she was in her life, only to dread the coming days when it proved she had indeed tested positive. From the time of the final diagnosis; she lived less than twenty-four hours after.

Our family has been hit hard the last couple of years from a familial standpoint; we lost my paternal grandmother in January of 2019 from a rare form of cancer; I don't remember which one or what it is called. My paternal grandfather passed on this May from stomach cancer that he fought vigorously for months and months even while still dealing with the loss of his wife for over 50 years of marriage, and now my maternal grandmother to COVID-19 this June.

If anyone has wondered why my writing and release of chapters has been so erratic; now you know. My heart and my mind were not in a place until recently to even try to come up with ways to write. But now, I am finally getting myself to a place of closure and so; I figured it was time. Time to try once more to pick-up where I left things and to start new with a clear mind and peaceful heart.